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Author Archives: Larry Porges

ww2-us-light-tank-desert
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

Made in America: The M3 Tank Was Better Suited for the Pacific Theater

by Larry Porges4/17/20234/12/2023
ww2-soviet-petlyakov-tactical-bomber-flight
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

This Soviet Bomber was designed in a prison camp

by Larry Porges4/14/20234/14/2023
ww2-us-weasel-armored-vehicle-manned
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

This Is Not the Studebaker You Might Expect. It’s a Weasel

by Larry Porges4/11/20234/11/2023
Posted inStories

Billy Waugh, Famed Special Forces Warrior and CIA Legend, Dies At 93

by Larry Porges4/10/20234/2/2024
ww2-us-m2-2-flamethrower-soldier
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

Why the Flamethrower Became so Effective (and Terrifying)

by Larry Porges3/31/20233/27/2023
cuban-refugee-freedom-flight
Posted inStories

There was a Time When the US and Cuba Worked Together To Ferry Refugees to America

by Larry Porges3/29/20233/15/2023
ww2-japan-ohka-suicide-plane-wreck
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

This Piloted Bomb Was Intended for a One-way Flight

by Larry Porges3/27/20237/10/2023
ww2-sherman-dd-tank-water
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

Brilliant or Preposterous? A Look at the Duplex Drive (DD) Amphibious Tank

by Larry Porges3/24/20233/27/2023
ww2-german-half-track
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

Half Truck, Half Tank, the German Sd.Kfz 251 Was Wholly Successful

by Larry Porges3/20/20233/7/2023
ww2-britain-tallboy-bomb
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

These WWII British Bombs Were So Powerful They Were Named ‘Earthquake’

by Larry Porges3/17/20233/23/2023

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