Before the STG44 became famous, Germany was secretly testing a revolutionary weapon known as the MKB42. Developed during World War II, it introduced many of the concepts that would define modern ...

Huey helicopter, and napalm. Those items shaped the war’s public image, but the era also produced more specialized weapons. Some were rare, and some simply failed. Still, these weapons were part of ...

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The standard evolution of things like rifles is often seen as something of a straight line. There are gradual, predictable leaps forward. Military historians often point to the first truly modern ...