Weaponry
Chris Howland |
Published: March 01, 2010 at 4:28 pm
In the Hands of a Craftsman:
Master gunsmith John Zimmerman, an expert on Civil War firearms, is right at home in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
How did you become a master gunsmith?
I grew up in Ohio and then was in …
Christine Ammer |
Published: February 24, 2010 at 10:07 am
MHQ's lexicographer looks at words derived from weapons.
Published: February 23, 2010 at 9:29 am
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Published: October 01, 2009 at 12:22 pm
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Robert M. Citino |
Published: September 14, 2009 at 9:42 am
The M-3 Grant medium tank gets no respect. In May 1942, however, at the battle of Gazala, it might have constituted the margin of survival for the British 8th Army.
Max Gadney |
Published: July 14, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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Max Gadney |
Published: April 21, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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Jim Motavalli |
Published: February 27, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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Benny Morris |
Published: February 17, 2009 at 11:15 am
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Jack H. McCall, Jr. |
Published: September 03, 2008 at 5:51 pm
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Dennis Showalter |
Published: October 16, 2007 at 3:58 pm
On a single day of the Franco-Prussian War, the armies of Helmuth von Moltke and François Achille Bazaine nearly annihilated each other in an epic slaughter at Gravelotte/Saint-Privat that would not be matched until World War I.
Mark K. Ragan |
Published: October 04, 2007 at 2:24 pm
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Gerard A. Patterson |
Published: September 05, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Confederate battlefield victories depended in part on supplies of Northern weapons, particularly early in the war. William J. Hardee and Paul J. Semmes were sent North to procure those guns.
Roger Crowley |
Published: July 30, 2007 at 10:22 am
History's first great artillery barrage, in 1453, allowed Mehmed to capture Constantinople when all previous Ottoman attempts had failed. Ironically, his cannon were created by a Hungarian named Orban who had once been employed to defend the city.
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