History
Mr. Jefferson’s Assault Rifle
High-capacity magazine? Check. Capable of firing 22 aimed shots in a minute? Check. A military weapon? Check. Manufactured during the American Revolutionary War? Check. The Girandoni was 22-shot, magazine-fed, nearly silent .46 caliber repeating rifle issued to elite Austrian troops from 1780-1815. Thomas Jefferson purchased two of these rifles, which he sent west with Lewis…
Read MoreMarines Returning To Iwo Jima On 70th Anniversary Of Famed World War II Battle
Hershel “Woody†Williams is returning after 70 years to Iwo Jima, where a flamethrower saved him from Japanese bayonets and where he earned the Medal of Honor. His grandchildren urged him for years to relive the war on-site at annual ceremonies to commemorate the Marine Corps‘ bloodiest battle — the conquering of an 8-square-mile Pacific…
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Billy Lundy, civil war veteran, and an F100 jet. Would have been great to speak to the man about the changes in both society and technology over his lifetime.
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There are really only two explanations: 1) The group has no idea who Goebbels was 2) The group knows and looks up to Goebbels
Read More7 Ingenious Weapons From History That Should Never Have Worked
Human ingenuity has a way of triumphing over basic logic, and weapons design is one area where impractical ideas and designs have actually worked out. A recent Quora thread posed the question of “what are some of the most ingenious weapons throughout history?” The answers span a wide spectrum of inventiveness, while providing insights into…
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