Tactical (Page 23)

Stories about the gear, vehicles, ship training, techniques, and equipment used by military and law enforcement professionals.

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This new ultralight machine gun from FN Herstal uses 3D printed parts

By Miguel Ortiz

This American submarine damaged two Japanese cruisers without firing a shot

By Harold C. Hutchison

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This legendary Ranger will receive the Medal of Honor at 94

By Miguel Ortiz

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The British Army is forming a new Ranger Regiment

By Miguel Ortiz

This is Sig Sauer’s submission for the Army’s new machine gun

By Miguel Ortiz

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This is the history of the elite Navy SEALs

America bought this British bomber in the 1950s and used it over Afghanistan

By Harold C. Hutchison

4 support aircraft you didn’t know had killer combat variants

Here’s how the Red Baron got his name

That time an Israeli pilot took on 11 MiGs and became the top scoring jet ace of all time

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why the M1911 was America’s favorite pistol

9 tanks that changed armored warfare

Here’s a rundown of the main weapons at the Battle of the Coral Sea

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the safest place to be in combat might be in a British Challenger tank

The US Navy’s 5 fightin’-est flattops

6 military developments from World War I that made warfare more deadly

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why bigger is better when it comes to aircraft carriers

By Harold C. Hutchison

This Coast Guard Cutter led the rescue efforts on 9/11 but is facing abandonment

By Miguel Ortiz

7 times the military lost nukes (and 4 times they were never found)

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This Green Beret whistleblower risked his career to change US hostage policy

By Blake Stilwell

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A rare glimpse of life as a Delta Force operator

By Orvelin Valle

These cruisers were really a pair of mini-battleships

By Harold C. Hutchison

7 movies every sailor needs to watch

By Orvelin Valle

This is the silky smooth voice every airline pilot tries to imitate

By Eric Milzarski

The Tommy Gun lived up to its original name: The Annihilator

The US Army once tried to weaponize a Nerf football

This was the Army and Air Force ‘treaty’ on aircraft

By Harold C. Hutchison

Best Sniper competition held at Fort Benning

By Bethaney Phillips

This is why the terminology matters between firearms

By Eric Milzarski

The difference between the two Swiss Army Knife brands

By Miguel Ortiz

This F-15E scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an Iraqi helicopter

By Blake Stilwell

These are the 11 most game-changing aircraft of the 21st century

The new stealth fighter designed by South Korea and Indonesia has been revealed

By Miguel Ortiz

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6 female military units you don’t want to mess with

This Libyan MiG shootdown by F-14s was both heroic and gooned up

DARPA made a device that turns insects into remote-controlled cyborgs

By Orvelin Valle

Why weapons like flamethrowers are permitted by the Geneva Convention

By Eric Milzarski

These are some of the craziest planes ever flown by the US military

By Harold C. Hutchison

The GBU-43 MOAB makes its combat debut

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here’s why the Warthog is the greatest close air support aircraft ever

The Army went old school and named this Stryker the ‘Dragoon’

By Harold C. Hutchison

How sailors keep their warships from breaking down

This Aussie submachine gun looked whacky but it worked

The 10 Most Incredible Weapon Systems Used By The Russian Military

This fighter pilot saved his airborne buddies after he was shot down

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This top-secret unit killed 5,428 and rescued 574 in WWII

Watch how the Marine Corps disposes of unwanted ammo

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The surprisingly long history of the flamethrower

By Eric Milzarski

The Army just bought a new sniper rifle from Barrett

By Miguel Ortiz

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This former Navy SEAL staged a fire relief mission from a private yacht

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That one time Special Forces tried to make an ‘Iron Man’ suit

Here’s how to survive a nuclear attack

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Check out this tiny Navy SEAL team survival kit

By Tim Kirkpatrick

These 4 old weapons might deliver an edge in a war with Russia

By Harold C. Hutchison

How the Sea Harrier defeated more superior fighters during the Falklands War

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is how the one-man ‘Zvika Force’ stopped an entire tank corps

By Blake Stilwell

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Trainees get shot in the chest for this insane Russian special forces training

By Blake Stilwell

The US and Indian Navies fought a fake battle you didn’t hear about

By Harold C. Hutchison

The amazing way this Israeli pilot survived a birdstrike

By Blake Stilwell

MIGHTY STORIES: Art Jetter and Vietnam’s Blue Max Aerial Rocket Artillery Unit

By Humans on the Homefront

This is the deadliest machine gun in military history

Special Operations

This Israeli special forces unit is their version of Navy SEALs

By Blake Stilwell

This company owns a private fleet of aerial refueling tankers

By Harold C. Hutchison

These 5 innovative Civil War weapons changed combat forever

By James Elphick