Capt. Stephen Petraeus and Capt. Daniel Reynolds describe how fighting the Stryker vehicle in its current configuration might be the U.S. Army’s most viable option. In this full length feature video, Petraeus highlights his and Reynolds reasons for exploring and expanding upon this topic. “Strykers on the Mechanized Battlefield,” and unedited video interviews with Petraeus …
Dr. Richard S. Faulkner discusses the “Evolution of Military Small Arms” and gives particular attention to their influence on the US Army. Instructors of American Military History can use this presentation to inform their students on technical and tactical aspects of weapons used during different time periods. Army University press
“If I had to do it over again, I would do the same thing…..I thought I should join the WAC, which was the Women’s Army Corps. And I didn’t really want to do that. Should I join the Navy? And I didn’t know enough about that. And I thought about the Marines, which …
With its new .380 ACP pistol, Springfield Armory’s 911 is well-suited for comfort, size and convenience – making it the perfect pistol for your EVERY day carry. Optimizing the frame-to-slide-to-trigger guard relationship creates handling characteristics unique among small pistols of its kind. Many pocket guns can be hard to handle and unpleasant to shoot, discouraging …
FOOTAGE ABOVE Automatic Weapons: American vs. German Film bulletin from the war department outlining the advantages of American automatic weapons compared to Germany’s. WarStories ABOVE PHOTO M1919A4 .30-caliber Light Machine Gun The air-cooled Caliber .30 ‘A4 was much more portable than the heavy M1917A1 water-cooled weapon, but also less accurate and less stable. Fully automatic, …
ABOVE FOOTAGE USmilitarychannel. The M240L Machine Gun (formerly the M240E6), Titanium was used to make the receiver body, reduces the weight of the existing M240B by 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg). M240L Machine Gun weighs 22.3 lb (10.1 kg) with a standard-length barrel and standard stock, and weighs 21.8 lb (9.9 kg) with a shorter barrel …