Tactical (Page 7)

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

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Why advanced fighter jets still carry guns

By Blake Stilwell

A fake smokestack made this German ship an unstoppable predator

The official unofficial nicknames of 5 modern military aircraft

By Miguel Ortiz

How to customize your handgun

By Brady Kirkpatrick

How effective are modern lever-action rifles?

By Brady Kirkpatrick

Project MARAUDER: A history of the Air Force plasma cannon

What is the best caliber for home defense?

By Brady Kirkpatrick

What is the US Air Force Rapid Dragon program?

The beginner’s guide to gunsmithing

By Brady Kirkpatrick

The potentially devastating weapon the Nazis gave civilians to fight Allied soldiers

Best Pistol Lights of 2023: And why you need a light on your firearm

By Brady Kirkpatrick

Is the SIG P365 better than the Glock 43x?

By Brady Kirkpatrick

How powerful are modern nukes? Watch here

By Orvelin Valle

25 incredible photos of life on a US Navy submarine

By Orvelin Valle

Today in military history: Germany conducts successful V-2 rocket test

What happened the first time the German Army met a Soviet T-34 tank

The Americans built a dynamite gun for the Spanish-American War

The BV-141 looks like a kid had too many models, not enough patience

Why the Navy doesn’t use these small boats with a big punch

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest

The US is sending tactical ballistic missiles to Ukraine

By Miguel Ortiz

These WWII weapons were a disaster

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: Apache helicopter makes first flight

This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm

Why American submarines feared this Russian destroyer

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Browning Automatic Rifle cut down enemies from WWI to Vietnam

Sticky grenades are only really a thing in video games and movies

By Eric Milzarski

Special Operations

This Green Beret lived in a cave before receiving the Medal of Honor

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Korea vs Japan in the 1590s: Admiral Yi’s Turtle Ships

This German rifle is a combination of one of the best rifles in the world — and a flop

By Harold C. Hutchison

The history of General Patton’s ivory-handled revolvers

This friendly fire incident hamstrung the P-38

By Harold C. Hutchison

4 US weapons that have been declared illegal by its enemies

Why the ‘Bouncing Betty’ was absolutely devastating

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Special Operations

The Marine Corps’ Security Force Regiment is an old hand at special ops

By Harold C. Hutchison

Special Operations

Today in military history: Legendary 5th Special Forces Group activated

Risking a $3 million jet to ‘blow up a lot of dirt’

Special Operations

The Det: Secret soldiers and unsung heroes of the troubles

7 pirate-themed US Navy planes

By Miguel Ortiz

The insane plan to turn C-130s into ‘glass cannons’

China and the Philippines are fighting over a sunken World War II-era ship

4 armored fighting vehicles designed by Porsche during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

Royal Marine Commandos are getting Knight’s Armament rifles

By Miguel Ortiz

The Army’s newest combat vehicle is named for two hero soldiers

By Miguel Ortiz

4 captains who went down with the ship

By Shannon Corbeil

4 missions of the military working dog

The Army nerfed its ammunition before WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

How one Israeli tanker held off the entire Syrian army in 1973

The history and design behind the legendary A-10

By Miguel Ortiz

Smith & Wesson’s military and police guns aren’t really used by militaries

By Miguel Ortiz

Kim Jong Un is going to Russia to set up an arms deal for Russia’s Ukraine war

Special Operations

Top military units and assets that define ‘the tip of the spear’

Special Operations

How reconnaissance makes or breaks a military invasion

This ‘flying brick’ could fly fast enough to melt its paint

These NASA nerds made a Franken-bomber, but they weren’t the first to do it

By Harold C. Hutchison

Special Operations

These are the differences between Airborne and Air Assault

By Eric Milzarski

Jimmy Buffett donated two WWII planes to a military museum

By Miguel Ortiz

Special Operations

This is what makes SWCC crews so lethal

Today in military history: First tank produced

Modern people who used antique weapons (and got caught)

By Bethaney Phillips

‘The last great tank battle’ was a slugfest of epic proportions

Special Operations

One of the precursors to the Army Rangers was a Revolutionary War loyalist

Pound for pound, these were the deadliest boats of World War II

The first combat qualified female naval aviator died in a crazy accident

By Blake Stilwell