Flintlock to firepower: The grunt’s 250-year quest for a weapon that actually works

The infantry's history to 250 years of U.S. military standard-issue weapons, from the smoothbore musket to the M7 rifle ...
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Battles won against impossible odds

History is filled with tales of underdogs prevailing against seemingly daunting forces. Smaller armies trying their best to hold out against massive empires, plucky fleets taking the fight to the most ...

Inside Operation PLUTO, the Allies’ Brazen Attempt to Build the Impossible

BY WAR’S END, the pipes had delivered roughly 206 million gallons—enough to fuel about 14 million jeeps for 300 miles each, carrying the Allies from Normandy beaches to the heart of the ...