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US Navy Sailors Firing the Powerful Mk38/ M242 Bushmaster on a Boat

Joris Nieuwint

In February 2013 sailors assigned to LHD 3 USS Kearsarge conducted a firing exercise with live ammo using the powerful Mk38/ M242 Bushmaster at sea.…

Massive US Submarines Breaking Through Ocean of Ice in the Arctic (Watch)

Check out the Video of the US Navy Submarine USS Hartford emerging from ice during the ICEX 2016. The U.S. Navy’s ICEX, or Ice Exercise,…

Incredible 1939 Color Footage Of HMS Hood At Sea

Here is some extremely cool color footage of HMS Hood, the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was the only one of the…

Russian T-55 Battle Tank In India – “It Works Very Well”

The Indian cantonment of Aurangabad was given a Russian T-55 tank recently by the nation’s army in recognition for providing the greatest number of soldiers…

Tank Profile: The M26 Pershing – The First American Heavy Tank To Enter Service

As the Second World War was coming to its end, the technologies on the battlefields of Europe were becoming more and more complex. The tank…

The Trench Gun of WW1 – Devastating Firepower At Close Range – The Famous Model 1897 Shotgun

Joris Nieuwint

The Trench Gun, the Winchester Model 1897, was an immensely popular shotgun. Between 1897 and 1956 more than a million were produced by Winchester Repeating…

This Transport Company Was Asked To Transport A Dakota, But Everything Did Not Go According To Plan

Check it Out! War History Online proudly presents this guest blog from accomplished author and blogger Hans Wiesman. You can read more by Hans and…

When His Navigator Ejected Halfway Out The Plane, The Heroic Pilot Just Managed To Land And Save His Buddy’s Life

Being launched off the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is a normal routine, but adrenaline junkie pilots love the radical feel of about 4…

The Supermarine Spitfire: From WWII’s Greatest Battles All the Way to the Silver Screen

All of the greatest man-made inventions have stood the test of time. They remain living testaments to the evolutionary process and creative innovation of some…

There Are Only Two Airworthy Avro Lancasters Left In The World – Watch This Awesome Flyby From One Of Them

Watch the Canadian Warplane Heritage Center Lancaster “Vera” making an incredible low pass, make sure to turn up the volume! This particular Lancaster is known…

The Awesome Leopard 2 Tank Is Unstoppable Against An Anti-Tank Ditch (Watch)

This video footage demonstrates two different methods that a Leopard 2 Tank utilizes to pass a ditch that’s designed to stop it. The Leopard 2…

The Russian AK-47 Versus The American M16 – Testing Two Of The Most Iconic Post-WW2 Rifles (Watch)

Joris Nieuwint

The AK-47 and the M16 were two of the most important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as…