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In the 1920s and 30s, the United States developed contingency plans for war against most of the world’s major powers, including our current allies the United Kingdom and France. These color-coded...
Albert Luke (Fighting Man) Ireland was born on February 25, 1918, in Putnam County, New York, and died on November 16, 1997. He was a soldier, reporter, championship boxer, firefighter, science...
Perhaps no firearm is more recognizable or more infamous than the AK-47. But not everyone knows that the term is short for the Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 automatic rifle, named after its...
The sniper rifle used to clear 505 confirmed kills and held by the deadliest sniper in warfare history may not be what you think. In fact, it didn’t even have a scope. It was a Finnish Civil Guard...