America's "Arsenal of Democracy" relied on commercial manufacturers re-tooling to make the firearms necessary for American troops to fight across the world. One of the biggest plants was the Saginaw ...

World War II is, easily, one of the most well-trodden conflicts in the gaming world. This is to be expected: Huge scale, awesome vehicles, and America, with the largest market cap of the video ...

The Thompson submachine gun used to kill mob boss Hymie Weiss in Chicago, circa 1926. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) France and England ordered thousands of Tommy guns as World War II got ...

But a more storied use of the “Tommy gun ... World War II got underway. U.S. soldiers were also armed with the weapon. Bill Yenne’s 2009 book, “Tommy Gun: How General Thompson’s Submachine ...

The very first gun that has made its place in the list of most modern and advanced guns is the Magpul FMG-9. It is a folding submachine gun that originated ... It was widely used during the War in ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against Germany and occupied territories during ...

For centuries wars are being fought with contemporary weapons and in some instances with future or prototype ones. However some old weapons, older than their current users, are being utilized. The ...

Kyodo via AP Images Eight decades after World War II, an American bomb left over from the conflict exploded at a regional airport in Japan. Though the blast left a large hole in a taxiway and led ...

For eight decades, the disappearance of the Trooper remained an enduring World War II mystery. Now, however, shipwreck hunters think they’ve discovered what happened to the submarine—and the ...

When it comes to World War II fighter planes, the P-51 Mustang and Supermarine Spitfire often steal the spotlight. But ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed and tested the world ... gun, with the gap between the "plug" and "socket" filled with silicone ...