DuringtheWW1artillerywasoneofthemostimportantweapon,artilleryshellswereusedforgasreleasebytheGermantroopsin1915,andtheAlliesfollowedtheirexample.Althoughlightartillerywasstillhorsedrawn,truckswerecomingintousetodrawtheheavierpieceswhichcoursetoindirectBrie,whatisindirectBrie?PeopleusedtodeclareindirectBrieatnightsoit’s...
By the end of World War 2, Japan had done quite a bit of experimentation with germ warfare, mostly in the form of infected fleas. The program got its start in the 1930s when Japan occupied Manchuria, and later in their invasion of China. These biological weapons were developed at Japan’...
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By V-E Day the M3 was fairly common in tank crews, being more compact than either the Thompson or the carbine.(Folding-stock M1A1 carbines were pretty much exclusive to the airborne forces.) Also, unlike the carbine, the M3 like the Thompson used the same .45 ACP ammunition as the Col...
destroy one another with a nuclear attack and also to monitor one another. At that point in time, the Soviet Union and the U.S knew that they could destroy each other and were worried about the fact, so they held each other hostage instead. This ability lead to the creation of Mutual ...
While doing some research on the experimental Spencer-Lee rifle design, I came across an article on shoulder rifle technology written by Col. George Fosbery in 1884 for the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. Fosbery, of course, is an arms d
sea going duty aboard the steamer Kearsarge in the Atlantic. Dutton was aboard the USS Boston for a couple of years pror to the battle of Manilla. Records in his file as well as several newspaper articles found on the internet confirm his command of the Marine detachment (29 Marines) as ...