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Fort McCoy ArtiFACT: Lead Ball Munition Shrapnel

Soldiers training at Fort McCoy in 2022 have amenities and access to resources that their predecessors couldn’t have imagined possible. They also have restrictions and responsibilities that those who came before them never had to worry about. Today, natural and cultural resource conservation is integrated into the training mission in many ways. One of these […]

How the United States’ Nuclear Power Strategy Has Changed Over the Years

The United States has had a complicated relationship with a nuclear power over the years. Initially, the government was very supportive of it, but that sentiment changed in the 1970s after the Three Mile Island accident. In recent years, however, there has been a renewed interest in nuclear power to combat climate change. From bombers […]

Here are Three Ancient Melee Weapons That Were Frightful

Before guns were a thing, melee combat was the way to go during battles. The concept is simple: Hand-held weapons that could slash, pierce or shatter the enemies’ bones. Through time, early civilizations began experimenting and developing these melee weapons to make them efficient and effective in killing enemies. As a result, many weapons were […]

Unheeded Warnings: Major Tragedies That Could’ve Been Prevented

Regret is always at the end. Looking back through history, you’ll see many instances when people’s warnings were ignored and disregarded. Perhaps because they were not convincing or logical enough, or maybe the warning sounded crazy. The results were disastrous historical events that could have been prevented if only they had believed these people. #3: […]

The Military Has Come a Long Way Since The Pup Tent

If you are an army veteran of a certain age, you experienced the many joys of sleeping in the venerable Pup-Tent, your very own Hilton Hotel in the field compared to the alternative of sleeping in a trench, jungle, ditch or foxhole. Thankfully, the improvement of technology also improved the sleeping experience of our soldiers, […]

Russian T-62 tank transported by train. (Source: Glenn J. Mason from London, Britain, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Russian T-62 Tanks: Blessing or a Curse?

Beginning in the late 1930s with the T-34, the Soviet Union produced a string of outstanding tank models. Their most recent was the T-62 Main Battle Tank (MBT). The introduction of the T-62 Main Battle Tank marked the central turning point for the heavy tank class around the globe. The medium tank has become the […]

Queen's Cobras conduct a search and sweep mission in Phuoc Tho. (US military personnel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

M79 Grenade Launcher of Vietnam War: Either You Love it or You Hate it

When the M79 grenade launcher was developed in the 1960s, it received extreme feedback. Some loved it, and those who absolutely despised using it.  First of its Type The journey of the M79 grenade launcher began after World War II and lasted through the Korean War a few years later. Then, the US Army decided […]

For Military History Buffs, This Watch Puts A Piece of D-Day on Your Wrist

Praesidus Watches is a small niche watchmaker that is a really interesting fusion of the art of watchmaking and historical timepieces.  Their first product was a historic recreation of the A-11 movement watch ordered in the hundreds of thousands to put on the wrists of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines of the US armed […]

IS-3 heavy soviet tank, front side. (Boevaya mashina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

IS-3: The Soviet Super-Tank Plagued with Teething Problems That Missed WWII

When the IS-3 strutted down during the Allied victory parade along with the other 52 new tanks in Berlin on September 7, 1945, it was a stunner. The leaders of the United States and the United Kingdom were left with their mouths wide open, clearly surprised at the far more advanced arsenal of Soviet tanks […]

A Wehrmacht soldier with PzB 39 in Northern France. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-292-1262-07 / Teschendorf / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons)

The Anti-Tank Rifles of World War II

When tanks first appeared on the battlefield in WWI, they were meant to advance in front of the infantry, run over and stop astride the enemy trenches and then clear them with cannons and machine guns firing from either side. They were lightly armored and able to stop most small arms fire.  At first, they […]

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