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Author Archives: Jon Guttman

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This Maori WWII Ace Lived and Died as a Hero

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WWI American Pilots Wanted a Great Fighter Plane. Instead, They Got the Nieuport 28.

by Jon Guttman1/11/20233/10/2023
Photo of Soldiers of the National Liberation Front , the Viet Cong, in the early 1960s display weapons from a variety of sources, from left, a captured American M79 grenade launcher; an American M1 carbine, captured from the French or South Vietnamese or supplied by the Chinese; and a K-50M submachine gun supplied by North Vietnam.
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Here Are the Weapons of the NVA — Backed by Russia and China

by Jon Guttman12/19/202212/19/2022
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The Military History of Hanukkah

by Jon Guttman12/19/202212/19/2022
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The Gepard Tank: A German Cheetah That Changed its Spots in Ukraine

by Jon Guttman12/12/202212/12/2022
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Are Tanks Obsolete?

by Jon Guttman12/9/202211/7/2022
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How An Artist Painted Nature To Reveal the Horrors of War

by Jon Guttman11/24/202211/15/2022
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‘F3D/EF-10 Skyknight Units of the Korean and Vietnam Wars’ Review: An Aircraft of the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Jon Guttman11/22/202211/28/2022
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The P-51 Pioneers: Breaking in the Mustang

by Jon Guttman11/14/202211/14/2022
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Kamov Ka-52 Alligator: Russian Attack Helicopter is Lighter, Quieter — But Not Invincible

by Jon Guttman11/9/202211/9/2022

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