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Mauser Tankgewehr M1918 After Cambrai the Germans naturally started to take AT defence much more seriously. The battle itself had shown some major aspects of AT defence which were pointers to the future. The action at Flesquieres had shown how tanks were vulnerable to artillery in the direct fire mode, what would later be termed an âAT screenâ, or âPAK…
Archers carried specialist arrows, bodkins with needle-pointed heads to punch through mail links, or armour-piercing heads perhaps tipped with steel to penetrate steel plates. Tests have shown that the spin of the arrow in flight enables the head, striking at right angles, to drill a hole into armour plate. The…
The Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program (pictured in this artistâs concept) will eventually replace the Space-Based Infrared System. Credit: Lockheed Martin Lee Hudson March 19, 2021 Four years ago, Gen. John Hyten, then head of the missile warning satellite communityâs largest customer, U.S. Strategic Command, said he no longer supported…
The A7V was first used in action in the St. Quentin canal area on 21 March 1918, where five tanks under the command of Hauptmann Greiff were deployed. Three of the vehicles broke down before they could engage the British forces, the other two playing a relatively minor part in…
The periods of intense combat at Ypres in April and during May 1915 represented the only major offensive against the Allies that year, with the Ypres salient also the first place at which the army supported its attacks with the use of poison gas. However, the series of attacks at…
When they were first unveiled, Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) systems represented a huge leap forward in radar technology. But as electronic warfare systems become more advanced and more critical to maintaining a military advantage, what does the future hold for AESA systems? Letâs explore how this amazing technology works…
Admiral Charles Richard, Commander of the United States Strategic Command, pushed back on the small but vocal disarmament advocacy clerisy who are trying to pressure the incoming Biden administration to eliminate the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. While on a Zoom call with the Defense Writers Group, Adm Richard remarked,…
The kingdoms and peoples of Europe and North Africa just before the East Roman Emperor…
WWII for the US was the first completely mechanized war. There were tanks, jeeps, tanks,…
As more centralized governments developed during the Later Middle Ages (1000-1500), significant changes took place…
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