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Firing The Biggest Gun Of WWII, The 80cm Railway Gun ‘Schwerer Gustav’

Schwerer Gustav – This was the name given to a German 80 cm railway gun, a huge piece of artillery designed to be shot from…

The Weird Multi-Tool Weapon That Soviet Cosmonauts Took Into Orbit

If someone told you that Soviet cosmonauts were going to space armed with something that looks like a sawn-off three-barreled shotgun, would you consider it…

German Mauser C96, Famous from James Bond & Star Wars!

The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was built by the German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896–1937. The C96 gained fame in recent times…

5 Things To Know About The Rifle That Won The Second World War: M1 Garand!

Joris Nieuwint

The famous United States General George S. Patton called the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever devised’. He attributed the Allied victory…

Top Five Infantry Rifles From World War Two (Watch)

This video looks at five of the best the rifles used by the forces that fought in World War II. These are the French MAS-36,…

Check Out This Video Breakdown of the Top 5 WWII Infantry Rifles

This video looks at five of the best the rifles used by the forces that fought in World War II. These are the French MAS-36,…

The AK-47 And The M-16 Show What They Can Do (Watch)

Joris Nieuwint

The AK-47 and the M16 were two important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as the Kalashnikov after…

This is Simply Amazing: The M1 Garand Firing in Slow Motion (Watch)

General George S. Patton, one of the most important Allied generals of World War II, called the M1 Garand Rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever…

Have You Ever Seen Anything Like These Crazy WW2 Weapons?

Towards the end of World War II, Nazi scientists and engineers were working on a number of destructive and innovative devices. The Germans were losing…

Watch This Live Fire Training From Inside AC-130U Spooky Gunship

The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed ground attack aircraft currently in service with the United States Air Force. It is a variation of…

Firing the Massive WW2 88mm FLAK Gun – Massive Anti-Aircraft Gun

One of the most famous weapons used by the Germans in World War II was the Flugabwehrkanoneor Flak for short. The word means ‘aircraft defense…

Big Ivan: The World’s Biggest Bomb Ever Detonated – Tsar Bomba

Heziel Pitogo

The Soviet-made Big Ivan, more commonly known as the Tsar Bomba, holds the record for the biggest bomb in history and here’s why. Big Ivan…