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What If Werner Heisenberg Had Been a Nazi?

aburchyski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:25:06 +0000

Today the name Werner Heisenberg means little, even to highly educated people. But on the eve of World War II, he was a Nobel laureate with a reputation as possibly the world's greatest atomic physicist. So when the community …

Mauser C96: The ‘Broomhandle’ with a Box Magazine

David Lauterborn — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:59:37 +0000

Its Broomhandle grip and 10-round stripper clip made the Mauser C-96 a popular early semiautomatic pistol.

Swiss Army Knife: The Catalog-Conquering Couteau

David Lauterborn — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:34:26 +0000

Swiss citizen-soldiers used the multitool to open food tins and service their rifles in the field, but it has since become a coveted catalog bestseller.

Patton M48A3 Battle Tank

dnewbold — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:16:51 +0000

Although designed to combat massed Soviet armored formations, the Patton tank was an invaluable weapon for infantry support and defending firebases

NVA K-50M Submachine Gun

dnewbold — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:02:20 +0000

Essentially a variant of the Soviet PPSh-41, the K-50M drew upon Hanoi's experience with captured French weapons, especially the MAT-49 submachine gun

Book Review: Rome and the Sword, by Simon James

David Lauterborn — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:18:33 +0000

Simon James looks at Roman history from the perspective of the common soldiers, provincial residents and conquered peoples.

Type 95 Torpedo: The Long Lance of Japan’s Submarine Fleet

David Lauterborn — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:24:19 +0000

The Type 95 boasted three times the range of its U.S. Navy counterpart, was faster than the electrically driven Mark 18, and it left no wake.

The War List: History's Most Influential Weapons

ehoward — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:06:34 +0000

An expert picks six that changed history.

Daisho: Mystical Blades of the Japanese Samurai

David Lauterborn — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:39:36 +0000

A samurai's daisho comprised the long katana fighting sword and the shorter wakizashi for close combat or, if need be, ritual suicide.

Time Travel: Kiel

aburchyski — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:32:29 +0000

Enter the Wolf Pack's Baltic lair.