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In 1836, Samuel Colt received a patent for the Colt Paterson revolver. It was the first revolving-cylinder handgun ever to be mass-produced. Known then as Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing...
Colt Firearms has been a major force in the design and manufacture of handguns. In the years 1850s to World War I, it was a dominating force in the production of guns. Colt was pivotal in...
World War II shaped the course of human history more than any conflict in recent memory. It shaped the world order as we know it today and much of the world’s military technology. Small arms were...
World War II was a global conflict that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. In these short years, most of the world’s nations would be pulled into what is known as the deadliest conflict in human...
Despite World War II ending just years prior, the military machine of the United States did not slow down in the 1950s. Although most of Europe was rebuilding during this time, war was raging...
The 1960s were a tumultuous decade for the United States on the military front. During this time, U.S. had to confront the Cuban Missile Crisis and then would enter the Vietnam War just a few years...
During the 1980s, geopolitical tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States were at all-time highs, and this was largely reflected in the buildup of arms at the time. Both nations were...
The 1970s were a transitional decade for the United States in more ways than one. During this time, U.S. forces pulled out of Vietnam after roughly a decade of fighting in the jungles of Southeast...