A 13-year-old student attending a virtual class from home on a snow day was suspended after a teacher saw him playing with a toy gun he had received for Christmas. The incident occurred at Spring Grove Middle School in York County, Pennsylvania, after the boy showed his gift to the …
Read More »John Browning’s M1911 Was Patented on Valentine’s Day
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Read More »How I Got My M1911: Military History I Can Take to the Range
by Scott Stipe My first exposure to John Moses Browning’s iconic .45 caliber 1911 pistol was in the 1980’s, during my enlistment in the Arizona Army National Guard. Our unit had a weapons cage with a grumpy old sergeant who allowed us to touch and fire the M1911A1 45’s during …
Read More »Would Putin Launch a Nuclear First Strike Against NATO?
“If Russia believes they have escalation dominance, Putin might get it into his head to launch a surprise attack.” Russia is far more willing to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield than NATO, a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies has suggested. Tactical nuclear weapons are small …
Read More »Iran’s Underground Bunker for Fighter Jets
Iran has established an underground base for fighter jets designed to withstand possible strikes by U.S. bunker-busting bombs, state media reported. The base, named Oghab 44 (Persian for “eagle”), can accommodate “all types of fighter jets and bombers, in addition to drones,” the official news agency IRNA said, releasing images …
Read More »Gunmaker Gaston Glock Dies in Austria at Age 94
The Glock company tells us their founder, Gaston Glock, passed away today at the age of 94. “With visionary foresight, Gaston Glock built his company and led it to the top of the world with the internationally valued Glock Perfection,” the company said in a statement. “Until the very end, …
Read More »Why Does Russia Keep Losing Tanks in Ukraine?
Russia has lost thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy equipment so far in its invasion of Ukraine. Experts put the losses down to a mix of reasons: the advanced anti-tank weapons given to Ukraine by Western countries, poor strategy, low morale, and important design flaws. The war has brought …
Read More »Russian Heavy Metal: Putin’s Four Main Battle Tanks
by Igor Rozin As the U.S., Germany, and other countries prepare to send armored vehicles to Ukraine, here is a look at the primary types of heavy metal that are found in Russia’s inventory. T-72BM Vadim Savicky/Defense Ministry of Russia The “oldest” tank in service is the T-72BM ‘Ural’. The …
Read More »Ukraine is Using Unique ‘PARM 2’ Mine Against Russian Armor: Here’s How it Works
The ‘PARM 2’ is an ‘off route’ directional mine that can hit enemy vehicles up to 100 metres away. Here’s how it works: a vid from British Armed Forces.
Read More »WATCH: Ukrainian Sniper Takes Out Russian Soldier in Record-Breaking Shot
A sniper in the security service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed a groundbreaking world record by taking out a Russian soldier from a distance of 2.36 miles. The shot beats the previous record for a combat kill from a distance of 1.7 miles. The sniper used a Ukrainian-made sniper rifle known …
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