From Howitzers to Self-Propelled Cannons: The Best in Artillery History

A punchy history tour of iconic artillery, from early quick-firing field guns to WWII superweapons and Cold War ...
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How Germans Turned Trains Into Massive Artillery in WWII

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun ...
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The lieutenant who stopped six tiger tanks in World War II

In January 1945, during World War II, First Lieutenant Garland Merl Connor ran 400 yards under German artillery fire to direct American guns from an exposed ditch in the frozen forests of France.
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Germany, Belgium sites bear World War II scars, monuments

Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in 1944 during World War II. At first it might sound like Point du Hoc on ...