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Cuirass of a French Combatant holed by a cannon ball, Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Read MoreGunfighting Wisdom From Wyatt Earp
I was a fair hand with pistol, rifle, or shotgun, but I learned more about gunfighting from Tom Speer’s cronies during the summer of ’71 than I had dreamed was in the book. Those old-timers took their gunplay seriously, which was natural under the conditions in which they lived. Shooting, to them, was considerably more…
Read MoreNazi Germany’s M-16 Style Rifle
No, there weren’t time travelers that gave them modern M-16 rifles… Another revolutionary development that is now a staple of modern combat was the a night-fighting system designed for the MP-44. Nicknamed the Vampir, the cumbersome infrared targeting scope would allow the soldier to extend his combat operations to any hour of the day. The…
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