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The FN FiveseveN Pistol
Designed to defeat Soviet body armor, the 5.7 came out too late for the Cold War but has found a use with Special Units around the world.
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Baltic Air Policing by NATO
When the three Baltic States joined NATO in 2004, the next day member nations sent in air support to protect them.
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Baltic Air Defense After 1994
When the Soviets left in 1994, the three Baltic countries immediately began building an air defense organization.
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The Inglourious Basterds in Historical Reference
The commando unit in the movie Inglourious Basterds has some basis in fact with actual operations in World War Two.
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Wooden Bullets Used in Peace and War
Designed for training and practice, these less-than lethal wooden bullets were often used in combat over the last 100 years
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The Ise Class Battleships 1916-1945
Born in the First World War and converted in peacetime, these durable and proud battleships found their end at the close of the Second World War.
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Last of the Surviving M-14 Battle Rifles
The standard US military rifle for only six years, the M14 refuses to go quietly into retirement after forty years. It is still seen all over the world today.
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Task Force Smith and the Bazooka
Under armed and overwhelmed the US Army soldiers of Task Force Smith turned to their M9A1 Bazookas to save the day at the Battle of Osan in 1950.
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Oldest Fighter Jets Still in Service
Since WWII more than 100 types of fighter aircraft have seen service. Most only flew for 10-20 years. However a handful have lasted longer
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New Sniper Rifles for the US Army and Marines
The US Army and Marine Corps (USMC) are currently replacing (augmenting?) their tried and true bolt action sniper weapons with new semi-auto designs.
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USMC Marine Squad Advanced Marksman
The US Marine Corps began in 2002 to develop a program for Designated Riflemen and Squad Advanced Marksmen, two superb shooters that werent quite snipers.
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US Army SDM Marksman Program
Long a practice of Warsaw Pact Soviet Battle doctrine, the US Army undertook development of a Squad Designated Marksmen program in the early 21st Century.
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Is a Designated Marksman a Sniper?
Since 2000, when the US borrowed Warsaw pact combat doctrine for squad level marksmen, the line between these men and snipers has blurred.
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Adelbert Waldron US Sniper Ace
In the first half of 1969, 36-year old Sgt Waldron of the US Army's 9th ID in Vietnam was credited with 109 confirmed kills, making him the highest scoring US sniper ever
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The US M-2 Backpack Flamethrower
Used by the US and her Allies for more than sixty years, the M-2 series of flamethrowers have been the mainstay weapon of this class.
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Iranian F-14 Tomcat History
Cut off from support, the 79 F-14 Tomcat fighters in the Iranian air force fought in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and continue to fly 30 years later.
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Mystery Ship Uncovered by Hurricane Ike
What could be a Civil War blockade runner recently found exposed on the beach near Gulf Shores Alabama after Hurricane Ike.
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US Special Forces Legend Larry Thorne
Larry A Thorne had served three different flags in his twenty years in the combat arms trade. A hero in his native Finnland he is also remembered in the United States.
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Soviet Space Based Nuke
The Soviet Union had a brilliant Space-based nuclear weapon, the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, housed on a SS-18 R-36 Rocket it could strike anywhere.
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Yugoslav Submarines
The coastal navy of Yugoslavia and its successor Montenegro employed a number of submarine designs for more that seventy years. The remnants are now for sale.
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Russian Guns In Space
Soviet and now Russian cosmonauts have carried firearms in space for decades and continue to do so.
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US Survival Knives in Space
From the first Mercury missions to todays Space Shuttle flights US Astronauts have been armed with rugged edged weapons.
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US Aircraft Carrier Sunk 1964
The USS Card was mined by sappers of a Vietnamese underwater demolition team while docked in the heavily defended Saigon Harbor, then capitol of South Vietnam.
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US Horse Marines
The US Marine Corps used horses often over the course of their service. The golden age of these Horse Marines was 1909-1938.
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Madsen Machinegun Variants
The Danish Madsen Light Machinegun was used in a dizzying 40+ variants by no less than 36 countries on five continents over the past three centuries.
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