45 ACP (11.4mm with 450 joules). After World War II came two new cartridges that have dominated military ... 50 caliber (12.7mm) round used in heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine-guns. This bullet ...

45 ACP The submachine gun is a blowback-operated and selective-fire weapon that was first introduced in the year 1918. Since its introduction, it has been used in many wars including the Irish Civil ...

45 caliber firearms of WWII would be complete a discussion of ... with just twenty-three largely stamped and turned steel parts. Its .45 ACP pistol cartridge was discharged from an unrifled ...

USMC Scout Snipers are a secondary MOS (0317) for Marines, held by infantrymen and Reconnaissance Marines. In order to become a Scout Sniper, a Marine must get into a STA platoon and pass the ...

Yet on Tuesday, hundreds of people gathered at the graveside of World War II veteran Stephen Kolesnik Jr. and watched him laid to rest. The U.S. Navy veteran died Dec. 1 in hospice care at age 97 ...

At the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, you can descend a steep staircase into the USS Cobia, a US Navy submarine that sank 13 ships and earned four battle stars in World War II.

45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard-issue sidearm following the failures of the Army’s .38 Long Colt revolvers during the fight against the ...

A FEMALE sniper shamed her doubters by defeating every man she faced during World War Two - clocking up an impressive kill count. Lyudmila Pavlichenko earned herself the nickname Lady Death ...

In 1970, the USS Cobia was turned into a memorial for submariners in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a town known for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, which built 28 submarines during World War II.

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It was their first day in battle and the two best friends had just switched places. Bob ...

The explosive was uncovered in the Sülz district of the west German city. "World War II bomb found in Sülz," the official account of the city of Cologne posted on X. "During construction work ...