The History and Use of Flechettes in Ammunition
The word “flechette” is French for “small arrow.” These little projectiles were first used in modern times in World War ...
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SIONICS INCORPORATED
Mitchell Livingston WerBell III was born on March 8, 1918, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an ethnically Scottish mother and a ...
THE NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM
The front entrance of the new National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center that opened in 2009. The museum is just ...
THE GYROJET FLARE LAUNCHER
By Chuck Madurski Emergency distress signaling gear has been a standard item of issue since prior to World War II. ...
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS NATIONAL MUSEUM
By Frank Iannamico There were originally two separate Marine Corps museums. One was located in Washington, D.C., the other at ...
TREASURES OF THE UDT-SEAL MUSEUM
By Robert Bruce “The one down there with the pistol grip, that was the one I carried in Vietnam; the ...
HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE JFK SPECIAL WARFARE MUSEUM
By Robert Bruce (Editor’s Note: SAR recently sent Contributing Editor Robert Bruce to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to do an ...
THE M16 IN VIETNAM
By Christopher R. Bartocci For more than 40 years now, M16 series firearms have been the American military’s weapon of ...
The Ruger / MAC MKI: Vietnam’s Silent Service
By J. David Truby The Vietnam War, plus the rise of coordinated and connected international terrorism in the 1960s and ...
THE BAR IN VIETNAM: LEGACY OF THE FRENCH
By James L. BallouSince the BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) was phased out of US Service in 1957, some might believe ...
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