Armed with a 7.62-mm M14 battle rifle (and plans for a lighter ... kit did end up foreshadowing future innovations for American combat troops. Here’s a look at what the “soldier of tomorrow ...
Light, handy and accurate, the M1 carbine still lacked stopping power at ranges beyond 100 yards. U.S. Marine on Iwo Jima, 1945. I've been researching and writing about the M1 carbine for some ...
Vehicles used to transport small groups of troops (usually around 12 including the vehicle’s crew) in combat. They are armoured to offer protection against enemy fire, improvised explosive ...
It is fitted with flatracks for carrying bridge components such as the M15 Bridge Adaptor Pallet and the M14 Improved Boat Cradle. HEMTTs can traverse hard terrain while transporting combat ...
Their enlistment rate was high, as was their desire to serve on the front lines. However military leaders believed that African-Americans did not have the physical, mental or moral character to ...
Bernstein, Frances 2015. Prosthetic Manhood in the Soviet Union at the End of World War II. Osiris, Vol. 30, Issue. 1, p. 113. Soviet Women in Combat explores the unprecedented historical phenomenon ...
For decades, the ACLU has worked in the courts and in Congress to end the combat exclusion policies that prevent women from serving alongside their fellow servicemen in combat arms units. In the 1970s ...