Category: Military
January 3rd, 2019 by AmSJ Staff
Bad news for this light-colored Taliban vehicle speeding down a dusty desert road only to be stopped by a hail storm of 30mm rounds from the A-10.
Posted in Military Tagged with: A-10, Taliban
January 2nd, 2019 by AmSJ Staff
George Washington did not have the Special Forces of today, but he did have Knowlton’s Rangers which specialized in “Delicate Missions”.
Posted in Military Tagged with: George Washington Commandos, Knowltons Rangers
November 21st, 2018 by AmSJ Staff
Fifty-one years ago this month, the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought in close quarters and uphill through deep foliage to take Hill 875 known as Dak To.
Posted in Military Tagged with: Dak To
March 16th, 2018 by AmSJ Staff
Wreckage from the USS Lexington a US aircraft carrier sunk by the Japanese during World War II has been discovered 500 miles off the Australian coast by a team of explorers led by billionaire Paul Allen.
Posted in Military Tagged with: Paul Allen, USS Lexington
March 9th, 2018 by AmSJ Staff
The C96 ‘Broomhandle’ Mauser is certainly one of the most iconic self-loading handguns of the First World War. Osprey Publications has
Posted in Military, Product Reviews Tagged with: book review, Broomhandle, c96, Defense, mauser, Mauser C96, Military, Osprey, Pistols, Reviews
January 19th, 2018 by AmSJ Staff
The Pentagon’s top enlisted servicemember has a penchant for hand-to-hand combat, a fact brought to light in recent comments vowing that U.S. troops would defeat its enemies by “shooting them in the face” or in close-quarters combat with shovels.
Posted in Military Tagged with: Entrenching Tool, Sgt Maj John Wayne Troxell
November 21st, 2017 by AmSJ Staff
The military has been wanting to replace the A-10 “Warthog” for some time, and a new conceptual plane known as the “Machete” may be the answer.
Posted in Military Tagged with: A-10 Warthog, the Machete
