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The Saint-Chamond: The WWI Tank That’s No Longer Considered A Tank

Saint-Chamond driving down the street + the tank on the battlefield

Tank warfare was introduced during the First World War. The British began development in 1915, and when the war broke out, more countries began to…

US Navy And Marines Are Conducting The Largest Military Exercise Since The Cold War

Large Scale Navy and Marines Military Exercise - 2021

The US Navy this week has kicked off the largest military exercise since the Cold War. The exercise spans different time zones and involves a…

Michelin Reinvented The Wheel, And The Army Is Testing The Results

airless tire tested by Army at Yuma Proving Ground

When new equipment needs testing to see if it is fit for use with the U.S. Army, it is sent to the U.S. Army Yuma…

The All-Female Civilian Organization That Provided Air Defense for Hawaii

Four members of the Women's Air Raid Defense (WARD) and a male co-worker gathered around a table

The Women’s Air Raid Defense (WARD) was a civilian organization working alongside the US military to protect the Hawaiian Islands from Japanese air attacks during…

101-Year-Old Decorated D-Day Nurse Keeps Fighting For Her People

Marcella LeBeau is 101-years-old but has accomplished enough in her life to fill three centuries of living. She has been inducted into the South Dakota…

The Final Countdown Failed To Find Its Plot But Helped The US Navy Recruit

The Final Countdown Still

The 1980 naval action flick The Final Countdown received only average reviews at best upon its release. On the surface, it looks like a standard…

Rejected Prototype Aircraft That Were Given A Second Act

Grumman F4F Wildcat

Not every aircraft that sounds great on paper actually proves to be great in practice. There are far more proposed aircraft designs than there are…

A-10 Warthogs Will Take-off and Land on a Stretch of Michigan Highway

A-10 Warthog

The US Air Force is preparing to conduct take-offs and landings from US highways for the first time in decades. The aircraft involved are the…

‘Sexy Sally’ And The History Of Female Voices Used In The Military’s Aircraft Warning Systems

Sexy Sally and Bitching Betty voice warning systems

When the Convair B-58 Hustler debuted on November 11, 1956, it was the first bomber to achieve Mach II flight. The bomber went operational on…

The B-52 Stratofortress Will Be In Service For A Century

A Field of B-52 Aircraft, Davis Montham Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona

It’s 1952: the P-51 Mustang is still in service, the majority of American homes did not yet have a television, and Elvis Presley was still…

The Sherman Tank – Beast or Bust?

View of a pair of M4 Sherman tanks as they manouver through smoke during a training exercise, July 1942.

The Sherman tank is one of the most well-known tanks involved in WWII, alongside the German Tiger and Soviet T-34. In the decades after the…

Konstanz: The German City That Tricked the Allies Into Thinking It Was Part of Switzerland

View of Konstanz from the water + Rubble strewn across a city

Air raids were a common occurrence during World War II. Cities across Europe were subjected to nighttime bombings aimed at throwing their military forces off…