History

The Rikhter R-23: A Unique Gas-Operated Revolver Cannon Introducing the Rikhter R-23 gas-operated revolver cannon, an intriguing and unique weapon...

U-480: The First Stealth Submarine U-480 was a type VII-C U-boat. What made it different was that it was covered...

That Time Iran Tried to Sink a U.S. Naval Vessel...Key Word, "Tried" Commissioned in 1986, the USS Samuel B. Roberts...

Long Range Naval Gunnery On the 8th June 1940, the British were evacuating their forces from Norway. At the same...

The American Concrete Ship: Fort Drum, Manila Bay Built in 1909, Fort Drum was equipped with 14-inch (356 mm) guns...

The Tsar Bomba The USSR was keen to show off its nuclear capabilities and went on to detonate the biggest...

The Pz.KpfwVI Tiger-II: A Formidable Force in Berlin 492 Tiger II tanks were built. This model was meant to replace...

The Enigma Machine Introduction to the Enigma Machine Arthur Scherbius, a German engineer, invented the Enigma electro-mechanical rotor cipher machine...

The Making of a Fox: Erwin Rommel in World War I In 1917, the Austrians were facing problems in the...

The Battle of Verdun: Artillery and Stalemate The Germans massed 1200 heavy and super heavy guns to the front prior...