The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, by the Japanese ushered the United States into World War II. American citizens’ comfortable, everyday lives were dramatically cut short by rationing. …
No, that’s not a typo. The XM204 Top Attack Munition can strike enemy vehicles from above, an angle of attack that provides a huge advantage when trying to penetrate enemy…
Humans have a long history of being creative with their weapons. Necessity is the mother of invention, and there’s no necessity greater than not dying because you can’t shoot back. As a result, humans have come up with more than their share of sur…
In 2007, the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant produced nearly 1.4 billion rounds of ammo. Located on 3,935 acres of land near Independence, Missouri, Lake City is the military’s primary…
Construction of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Ramsey County, Minnesota began in 1941. Its purpose was clear: to build small arms ammunition for World War II. Originally, they…
Why on Earth would an army provide its enemy with ammunition? So they would use it, of course. The United States wanted the North Vietnamese to use the ammo they provided because they would take out the weapon (and maybe even the person) using it.
As if shortages of toilet paper, bottled water and hand sanitizer were not enough; shooters are reporting ammunition shortages amid the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. The response to the virus seems to be responsible for the next nationwide shortage of amm…
A new weapon being tested by the US military could give special operators a more lethal edge by allowing them to shoot underwater, according to
San Francisco’s housing shortage has gotten so dire that developers are increasingly eyeing old military sites. For the last several years, the development company Lennar has been building a 12,000-home community at the Hunters Point Shipyar…Navy weapons station full of WWII ammunition bunkers to become new homes