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Heckler & Koch firearms have played an unheralded and destructive role in the civil wars that have consumed the country since ...
I bought my first gun - and it’s a piece of World War II history! Meet my 1942 Mosin Nagant, a rugged Soviet rifle I picked up for cheap at a local pawn shop. In this video, I walk through what ...
The historical significance of the M1 Garand can’t be overstated. It was the first semi-automatic military rifle to be employed as a standard shoulder weapon, a point that was quite notable at ...
Ralph's Army Surplus, a longtime fixture on William Penn Highway in Monroeville's business district, is shutting its doors.The store, which has been open for nearly 70 years, will close by the end ...
While much of Monroeville changed around it, Ralph’s Army Surplus store has been a mainstay on William Penn Highway for nearly seven decades. Founded by Ralph Bonn in 1955, the one-story ...
ALBANY ‒ Over the past decade, the popularity of the Armalite Rifle-15 in its many variants has not only become the most popular rifle sold in the United States but a topic of heated debate. One ...
WWII (1941 - 1945): $5.74 Trillion . The U.S. spent nearly $6 trillion on World War II in 2024 dollars. In the peak year of spending, WWII expenditures made up 35.8% of the national GDP.
The mystery of the lost WWII-era Japanese military rifle Police, postal officials, nobody knows where the rifle is. Updated July 7, 2024 at 10:06 a.m. July 7, 2024.
The Army wanted 1,500 M2A1 models, but Rock Island Arsenal couldn't meet the demand. Ultimately, only around 94 M2A1s were produced before the Army canceled the contract to make room for the M3 ...
The Canadian military plans to destroy 11,000 of ... were destroyed as the military ruled out sale of the surplus rifles to the ... is providing the U.S. military with 420,000 of those guns.
Since the 1950s, surplus WWII Howitzers have been a critical asset for CDOT in the seasonal fight against avalanches; however, now these large guns are starting to be phased out.