Switzerland bought a few in the late 1930s and even used them to shoot down German pilots when they crossed into Swiss airspace. Armed with a 30mm MK 108 cannon and two 13mm MG 131 machine guns ...

Unfortunately, Allied dominance in the air did not alleviate the threat from German anti-aircraft guns. Ranging in size from infantry machine guns, to 20 mm and 37 mm auto-cannons, to 88 mm guns ...

Forged in the fighting of World War II, the cavity magnetron was the heart of radar signals used to identify attacking German forces. The magnetron itself was truly an international effort ...

50 calibre machine-guns. The fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was ...

Both breech and muzzle loaded guns used. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach-loaded guns are dominant. 1871 ...

Their target, the German Siegfried Line which blocked the way into Nazi Germany, was filled with bunkers, pill boxes, guns, mines and tank obstacles. The battle was fought at great cost and ...