Machinery & Gear | War History

Welcome to America’s Massive Military Machinery Graveyard

Situated between the mountains on the border of Nevada and California, is a 36,000-acre area of land where the American military dispatches its equipment and…

The Story Behind the M-1 Garand Rifle and the story of John C. Garand

Guest Author

From The American Legion Magazine, 1939 SHARP CRACKS of a RIFLE “THE sharp crack of a rifle rang out, and another enemy bit the dust.”…

6 Bizarre Weaponised Vehicles From Military History

You might think that you know about all the unique military weapons that have been made to date, but human beings have a penchant for…

Top Facts About The Sherman Tank: An American Workhorse

Strength in numbers. This is exactly what the M-4 Sherman tank was good at in its heyday. World War II saw the rise of the…

The Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun (Full Auto)

Joris Nieuwint

Black and white gangster movies from the 1930’s were, and still are, hugely popular. The weapon of choice in these movies is almost always the…

The High-Tech, High-Speed F-22 Raptor – An Epic Modern Fighter Plane

Raptor? Have the U.S. armed forces trained dinosaurs to fight? No, the Raptor is a fighter, and a raptor is also a bird of prey,…

Firing The Powerful German PAK-40 Anti-Tank Gun!

Joris Nieuwint

The 75 millimeter Pak 40 anti-tank gun was a German anti-tank gun developed during WWII from 1939-1941. PAK is the abbreviation for “Panzerabwehrkanone.” Initially, the…

The Deadly Defiant, A Game-Changing British Warplane in WW2

The 1930s were an age of aeronautical experimentation. All around the world air forces were trying new and fascinating designs, searching for the perfect combination…

Up Close And Personal With The Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun

Waqas Ali

The quest for automatic weaponry has been around since the invention of the gun itself, and war engineers have always tried their best to design…

These US Sailors Are Firing the Monstrously Powerful Twin .50 Machine Guns

Joris Nieuwint

Watch these US sailors at sea onboard the USS Firebolt, as they undertake live ammo drills. They’re firing extremely powerful 50 caliber machine guns; the…

A Tragic Accident Onboard The USS Oriskany Cost Many Lives – Without An Enemy Ship In Sight

On the morning of the 26th of October, 1966 the USS Oriskany was stationed 50 miles off the north coast of Vietnam. A group of Skyhawk…

The U-Boat War: A Vital and Misjudged Part of WWII

The Battle of the Atlantic was a vital arena of the Second World War. A protracted campaign that lasted for most of the war, German…