Much of what defines modern warfare was born during World War II. From combined arms operations to strategic bombing and ...

Very rusty old flare gun Restoration. In this video I showed how to restore an old rusty flare gun. This flare gun was found by a metal detector on a WWII battlefield. I decided to restore this rusty ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A massive gun that was on the battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II will soon be installed on a cliff at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.

In WWII, the 75mm tank gun became the gold standard for destroying enemy armor. But between the German KwK 40, the American M3, and the British QF 75mm, each country developed a different approach.

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. World War II was fought on land, sea, and air, but it was ...

A gun that fired the U.S. military’s first shot in World War II may soon be moved from the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. The gun from the USS Ward could be taken to the future Minnesota ...

The gun that fired the first American shot of World War II will be moved from its longtime home in St. Paul this week, exactly 80 years after that defining conflict of the 20th century came to an end.

Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the destroyer USS Ward was patrolling the waters around the entrance to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. When another American vessel spotted a periscope peeking out of ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Used by the Germans in WWII, the Pak 40 makes other anti-tank guns look like toys. It can fire 10 shots per minute, and the force of one shot can ...