When we nuked Hiroshima the Japanese high command didn't even meet. When we hit Nagasaki they were unimpressed as well. Then the Russians...
Yeah seriously. For the more civilized among us, we choose not to specifically target civilians. A - It makes your enemy hate you even more - It...
Absolutely it's cool to condemn the Dresden bombing. When studying history, you're looking for lessons, and that's a pretty clear lesson. It is...
Like I said, the US didn't feel the need... The US was in a position that we just didn't need to fully mobilize, and we could make such...
The US had a high rejection rate for recruits due to health issues. A large number of potential recruits were rejected for bad teeth,...
But is that because we were unable to achieve more, or we didn't feel the need for more (for whatever reason)?
The US army went from 160K in 1939 to over 11 million in 4 years. That's pretty impressive in my book.
So some books that mention such things. From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932: (mentions railroads hiring Army officers) Rise...
When railroads became a "thing" in the US and logistics were about to become one of the largest industries in America, the Railroads liked to hire...
AR7 magazines always sucked. I hear rumor the new ones are made right...there's very little excuse not to do it right anymore. I have actually...
Speaking of AR7's, I picked up an original Armalite with the swirly stock last night on my way home from work. Stopped in at a gun shop and there...
Unless using suppressed, I can't think of ANY time I would want an MP5 over an M4. And special ops tactics always filter down to regular infantry...
Me too!! US logistics in WW2 were mind boggling. The scale of the mobilization is astounding. What's even more astounding is how we created a...
Book "The Rise of the GI Army by Paul Dickson" is a good one on US mobilization. There are some factual errors, but the book will give you a...
My comments about full auto were in relation to infantry rifles. As it turns out, the Army ended up not liking the 3 round burst and the...
Yes it is...I have been an AR-180 fan from the beginning. I have had several... I got rid of my Costa Mesa because they were known to break...
By the time the US military was using the M16, Gene Stoner had moved on to other things; he actually was called back to testify about the issues....
I'm a gunsmith who usually works on military arms. I have a small collection of military arms, and a small collection of civilian sporting arms....
The biggest problem with the M16 when it was introduced was the fact that it was still an experimental weapon...there were still a couple of...
The original M16 had a 1-14" twist and used 55gr bullets. By the time they got to adoption, that twist rate was tightened up to 1-12" which is...
