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WW2 Guns Still in Action Today

Decades after the war ended, rifles, machine guns, and pistols from WWII are still on the battlefield. Their durability ...
They roll down Beijing streets, covered from prying eyes by huge tarpaulins, but the silhouettes of missiles, tanks and ...
However, the Second World War takes the cake when it comes to bizarre weapons that didn’t make the grade. Today, we’re looking at the failed and bizarre weapons of World War 2.
World War II weapons are increasingly seen by collectors and investors as valuable long-term assets. Their worth is driven by rarity, condition, historical provenance, and the type of weapon ...
The National World War II Museum hosted a discussion on the evolution of weapons during World War II, from armored tanks to the development of smart weapons. This talk was a part of the National ...
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WW2 Guns Still Fighting in Ukraine

From bolt-action rifles to heavy machine guns, weapons designed 80 years ago are still being fired in Ukraine. These relics of WWII prove just how durable old arms can be ...
The parade, the second such procession since 2015 to observe the formal surrender of Japanese forces in September 1945, will be a show of China's military strength as some of its neighbours and ...
Escape From Tarkov, the explosively popular FPS game applauded for its realism, is adding two World War 2-era weapons to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany.
Chinese military to showcase advanced fighter planes, missile systems on 80th anniversary of end of World War II.
It was B-29 Superfortresses dubbed “Enola Gay” and “Bockscar” that dropped nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945, which led to the end of World War II.
Militaries around the world didn’t just focus on winged creatures as weapons during World War II. While Victor was eccentric, the Soviets did attempt to put bombs on dogs to blow up tanks.
The Guns That Won World War II Before wielding the atomic bomb, the U.S. subdued Japan’s forces across the Pacific with weapons designed by an inventor who died two decades earlier By Nathan ...