Rare Photographs Emerge of the One & Only Spitfire-Messerschmidt Hybrid
During the Battle of Britain legend has it that when Head of the Nazi Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering asked Major Adolf Galland what was required to…
USS Orleck: The WW2 Ship Has to Move But Who Wants Her
USS Orleck: A long-held dream of the Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association could soon come true. For some time, they have been collecting funds and…
CIA’s Rent-A-Rebel Flying Circus of a PBY Catalina, A-24 Invaders and P-51 Mustangs, Attacking Indonesia, 1958
In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog, you will find the story of an almost forgotten episode in the long and fascinating history of the Civil Air Transport…
The Female Sniper who Stopped More Than 300 German Soldiers
Later, she joined the war in Sevastopol and Crimea where she managed to shoot 36 highly decorated enemy snipers. Lyudmila Pavlichenko is remembered by many…
American WWII Sniper Rifles: The Springfield Vs the M1 Garand
Fed by a five-round magazine, the 8.7-pound bolt-action repeating rifle was met by the M1 Garand, which came as its official replacement. The M1903 Springfield…
Going off Half-Cocked: The Invention Of The Flintlock Musket
The flintlock mechanism not only changed how soldiers fought on the battlefield, it also changed how firearms were made. This allowed a far greater variety…
A Flash in The Pan? : How DOES a Bullet Work?
Bullets, as small as they are, have been the root cause of some of the biggest changes in history. Guns have been the game changers…
Guns in Movies and Television: The Best & Worst
In the movie Heat (1995), former SAS member Andy McNab was brought in to advise on weapon choices and train the actors how to use…
The Guns of Star Wars: Science Fact or Fiction?
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, CGI was still in its infancy, and if you wanted cheap props for a science-fiction…
The History of U.S. Military Sidearms
This pistol’s lethality made it virtually irreplaceable. The U.S. military has a long and storied history. Our brave soldiers have traveled across the globe in…
Scoping Out The Best Sight For The AR-10 Rifle
“It was a good combat weapon that never failed me,” In the rugged African Jungles and savannahs, Portuguese paratroopers used the AR-10 to flush out…
Seven Strange Looking German Armored Cars of WW2
During the Second World War, the Germans made extensive use of military vehicles to master a new form of warfare, in which the combustion engine…