U.K.’s Only Munitions Factory Explodes, Just Days After U.S. Army Ammunition Factory Catches Fires in Scranton, PA So now instead of just some “freak” industrial accident in Scranton, PA we got a Global Conspiracy to Blow up Military Munition Plants. Oh There is also the small matter of Little to No Large Rifle Primers…
Category: Military Tech
AK Corner: AK’s from Finland
AKs from Finland. Part 1: Development History The small European country of Finland always had a great reputation when it comes to arms production. For collectors, Finnish-made Mosin-Nagants are some of the most desirable Mosin rifles, but there is another rifle design that the Finnish took to a whole other level. It is called RK…
The Pathetic State of the U.S. Navy in a Picture
Via: Not The Bee THIS is the Commanding Officer of the USS McCain (DDG-56) He does not know how to hold a carbine. He does not know how to shoulder the stock. He does not know how to properly use the scope to acquire a sight picture Trijicon Optic is on…
AK Corner: Story of the RPK-74
Story of the RPK-74 The 5.45x39mm RPK-74 was an evolutionary development of Mikhail Kalashnikov’s original 1940’s-vintage AK-47. The earliest AK (Avtomat Kalashnikova) rifle fired the then radically new M43 7.62x39mm round and was built around a stamped steel receiver. This 35″, 7.7-lb. infantry rifle legitimately changed the world. Alas, those early stamped receivers weren’t…
Know Your WW2 History: Masters of the Air Twofer
DID YOU KNOW WHY THE GERMAN PLANES ATTACKED FROM THE FRONT IN MASTERS OF THE AIR? DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AERIAL ROCKETS SEEN IN MASTERS OF THE AIR? Highly recommend this mini-series along with the book upon which it is based: Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War…
Last of the Cold War Gunfighters: Vought F-8 Crusader
Vought F-8 Crusader: Last of the Gunfighters The Vought F-8 Crusader was a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based, high-performance jet fighter that first flew in 1955, a mere decade after the end of World War II. The Crusader was the first American fighter to break 1,000 miles per hour. The F-8 earned its testosterone-besotted moniker because…
Marine Corps: Optics vs. Iron Sights
Marine Corps: Optics vs. Iron Sights Chief Warrant Officer 2 Billy Shinault, Officer-in-charge of Chosin Rifle Range at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, along with Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough, MCRD Parris Island CommStrat, explain the advantages of training recruits to start shooting with the Rifle Combat Optic instead of using iron sights….
Know Your Military Psy-Op History: Operation Wandering Soul
The Ghostly Legacies of America’s War in Vietnam During the Vietnam War, as Viet Cong soldiers tried to sleep in the jungle at night, they sometimes heard an anguished, disembodied voice shrieking at them from the afterlife. The men heard the tormented, grief-stricken cries of a deceased comrade cautioning them against the futility of…
Know Your Firearms History: The ‘Tiffany Guns’ of the Spanish-American War
The ‘Tiffany Guns’ of the Spanish-American War President Joe Biden has repeatedly suggested when it was first drafted there were restrictions to the Second Amendment. He pressed the point by stating that “you couldn’t own a cannon,” while more recently he’s made the argument that the Second Amendment isn’t absolute in that Americans today…
Mass Censorship and Deception Courtesy of AI
H/T Montana A USSOCOM to Use AI to Detect Disinformation Threats on Social Media For an Example of how AI can be used for Mass Deception, check out this Deep Fake of DeSantis “Dropping Out” of the 2024 Presidential Race. Tell me that does not look like a Polished Media Sound…