Known as the fastest manned rocket aircraft ever flown , the North American X-15 is an engineering marvel. It made the first manned…
The North American P-82 Twin Mustang may be one of the strangest and most remarkable piston-engine aircraft ever produced. Its connected wing and…
The naval arms races of the first half of the 20th century are characterized by virtually every major naval power embarking on battleship…
Aft turret of HMS Furious in 1917. Note that these mountings used sighting ports in the glacis plate rather than sighting hoods. National…
The 42-cm gamma mortars were manufactured by Krupp to meet the needs of the General Staff for guns capable of destroying the heavy…
By While Germany’s massive Tiger and Panther tanks and their variants demanded the attention of Allied troops in Europe, it was likely that…
Major General Erwin Rommel, commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the German invasion of the Low Counties and France in 1940.…
Today, the U.S. Marine Corps has the leading role in developing and fielding short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) warplanes like the AV-8B Harrier II…
While flying over Papua New Guinea in 1972, airmen from the Royal Australian Air Force spotted something strange in the swamplands below. The…
Ever since they made their combat debut during the Battle of the Somme in World War I , tanks have played a critical…