Military Technology
Jim Laurier |
Published: August 04, 2011 at 10:58 am
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This infographic originally appeared in the Septebmer/October issue of World War II magazine.…
James Ullrich |
Published: July 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Visit Arromanches-les-Bains, the port born on D-Day.
Jon Guttman |
Published: July 08, 2011 at 4:03 pm
The Mark I set the precedent for a range of self-propelled weaponry that would see widespread use in World War II and thereafter.
Jon Guttman |
Published: May 25, 2011 at 5:59 pm
The electronic conflict pioneered by the Wild Weasel vs the Guideline SAM during the Vietnam War laid the groundwork for a new form of air-ground warfare that is still evolving today
P.W. Singer |
Published: May 05, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Once scorned as little more than toys, military robots now play a key role on modern-day battlefields
Jon Guttman |
Published: May 05, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Though the Goliath tracked mine saw little action, it served as the precursor of modern radio-controlled robotic vehicles.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: April 28, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Last time out we began a discussion of the importance of studying maneuvers. They can tell a historian a lot about the way an army trains, about its policies and procedures, about what it intends to do once war breaks …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: April 20, 2011 at 9:57 am
I was recently asked by the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) to speak at their annual Military Affairs Symposium in North Texas. The topic was "Training Marines and the Joint Force: The Value of Simulations and Games." It was …
Mark Grimsley |
Published: March 30, 2011 at 10:54 am
No number of errors in mobilization could have throttled the increase in U.S. production, but serious blunders were still possible.
Stephen Budiansky |
Published: March 30, 2011 at 10:53 am
Mikhail Tukhachevsky's new "deep battle" tank doctrine allowed the Soviets to smash German armor at Kursk and thereafter
Max Gadney |
Published: February 01, 2011 at 4:06 pm
The Mustang's cutting-edge design took the air war to Germany.
John D. Lukacs |
Published: February 01, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Explore the ruins, wrecks, guns, and bunkers that have stood as symbolic sentinels for decades.
Jon Guttman |
Published: January 07, 2011 at 12:49 pm
The Flammenwerfer ("flamethrower") first saw battlefield use in World War I at Verdun, France, but the weapon didn't play a decisive role in combat until World War II.
Jon Guttman |
Published: January 07, 2011 at 12:19 pm
The socket bayonet, which saw duty in armies for more than a century, enabled a soldier to fix his bayonet while retaining the ability to fire.
Max Gadney |
Published: December 01, 2010 at 11:31 am
As U.S. forces neared Japan, casualties rose at an alarming rate.
Patrick Clark |
Published: December 01, 2010 at 11:31 am
Last summer, the strategy developer Wargaming.net introduced gamers to the beta preview of their World War II–era multiplayer online tank combat shooter, World of Tanks. Smoothly combining the moment-to-moment intensity of carefully piloting a 20-ton war machine with nerve-wracking …
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