The best reason I can give is that bolt action rifles are faster and easier to reload than lever action rifles. Lever action rifles have a tubular magazine, and by the time of WWI, most were loaded from a side gate, one round at a time… Whereas a Bolt action rifle has a box magazine, whic…
The best reason I can give is that bolt action rifles are faster and easier to reload than lever action rifles. Lever action rifles have a tubular magazine, and by the time of WWI, most were loaded from a side gate, one round at a time… Whereas a Bo…
I saw Arnold in person in Columbus Ohio in about 1995 or 96 at the Arnold Sports Festival. He walked between myself and my friend within a few feet of us before we were separated by his entourage of security. We are both just under 6′1. My friend an…
Lt. Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare, seated in the cockpit of his Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter in 1942. The plane is marked with five Japanese flags, representing the five bombers he shot down as they attempted to attack the aircraft carrie…
I’m not sure why the other answers are trying to come up with some sort of geopolitical reason as to why Goring was laughing. He’s laughing, along with everyone else in that section, at a mistranslation by the interpreter that was quite funny. It’s…
In my humble opinion, Caesar is the greatest general of antiquity and perhaps of all time. Caesar’s career was extremely impressive by any standards He defeated the Spanish Hill Tribes (was awarded a Triumph) He defeated over 50 Gallic Tribes in his…
The Army by a large margin. At the peak of the war the Marines had one division in country, the Army had the 1st Infantry Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, the 4th Infantry Division, the 9th Infantry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, the 101st…
The Dutch were allowed to remain neutral in WW1 because of the defence lines they invested heavily in during the decades leading up to it. These were made of concrete fortresses that can still be seen everywhere where I live, combined with an infras…
When the animal's body surfaced, it became clear to the crew that they had brought back to the surface much more than they had hoped for: clinging to the body of the fish was another animal of considerable size. They had also accidentally caught…
As an F-4 pilot during Vietnam I had studied and trained extensively on how to fight a MiG-17. Unfortunately I never actually got the chance to fight one in real life in that war. Ironically in later years during the constant-peg-secret-migs-in-the-…
Is it true that the A-10 Warthog is not all that effective Depending on whom you ask it's considered the most lethal and effective combat aircraft in history. and can barely penetrate tank armor? You need to be more specific in saying that it…
I remember reading three things about these men (LBJ and Nixon) who became president. First, neither man liked the other in reference to LBJ and Nixon. Nixon was always afraid LBJ would send him through a wall. Second, LBJ liked a powerful shower in…
Well lets be specific here. The post Pearl Harbor Carrier raids, including Doolittle’s raid were just raids. Guadalcanal was the first counter attack. Everyone in the Imperial Navy was surprised. According to Tameichi Hara in his book Destroyer Comm…
Yes, there was a second invasion of France that took place two months after the Normandy landings, called Operation Dragoon. Even if the Normandy beachhead had to be evacuated there’s no reason Dragoon couldn’t still go ahead (assuming the invasion …
After the resignation, the former head of the USSR practically lived in a dacha near Moscow Here. Near the house, Khrushchev’s favorite dog named Arbat. Khrushov’s best friends after the resignation. German shepherd Arbat and rook Kava (the former h…
Before WW2, The US military, led by the Navy, bet almost the entire shop on radial engine technology. Major engine companies like Wright and Pratt and Whitney specialised in these at the expense of water cooled engines. Only one , Allison who became…
