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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Time Traveller: Guns captured from German soldiers on display in North Vancouver
The trophies included two captured German 77 mm field guns, and four German machine guns. The field guns were stationed in Victoria Park as part of their War Memorial, however the machine guns ...
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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 ...