This WWII soldier knocked out 6 German pillboxes and took 18 prisoners by himself
Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.
The century-long reign of the machine gun is over, a Russian strategist argues
A Russian strategist said small FPV drones had made infantry weapons such as machine guns and mortars obsolete. A US expert ...
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101st Airborne at Carentan: Then & Now WWII History
Day, and the 101st Airborne paid a heavy price to take it. This video follows the battle of June 12-13, 1944, as Easy Company and the 101st fought through German machine-gun fire, artillery, and ...
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WW2: Why do we love the Spitfire?
50 calibre machine-guns. The fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was ...
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Scots at the Battle of the Somme, 1916
A German machine gun unit defending trenches during World War One. German machine guns, such as the MG08, could fire over 500 rounds a minute. The German troops had been able to withstand the ...