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US Marines inspect an Italian Beretta Model 12 submachinegun while on NATO maneuvers in Turkey circa October 1977

US Marines inspect an Italian Beretta Model 12 submachinegun while on NATO maneuvers in Turkey circa October 1977

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US personnel spreading oil on a dusty road on Saipan in June 1944

US personnel spreading oil on a dusty road on Saipan in June 1944

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Clean penetration through the turret hatch of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504 Tiger I 222 knocked out North of Potassa in Grosseto pictured on June 23rd 1944 after an encounter with the US 1st Armored Division

Clean penetration through the turret hatch of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504 Tiger I 222 knocked out North of Potassa in Grosseto pictured on June 23rd 1944 after an encounter with the US 1st Armored Division

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Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle familiarization for German troops in late 1944

Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle familiarization for German troops in late 1944

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A break from our regular scheduled historical footage, explosion at the Ta’ Lourdes fireworks factory in Magħtab in Malta at around 6:36 local time today on June 1st 2026

A break from our regular scheduled historical footage, explosion at the Ta’ Lourdes fireworks factory in Magħtab in Malta at around 6:36 local time today on June 1st 2026

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German medical personnel treat US 1st Armored Division tankers before they are evacuated on a captured M3 half-track after their M3 Stuart light tank was knocked out at Kasserine in February 1943

German medical personnel treat US 1st Armored Division tankers before they are evacuated on a captured M3 half-track after their M3 Stuart light tank was knocked out at Kasserine in February 1943

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East German personnel apparently bemused by a US soldier setting up an M60 machinegun on the West German border in 1962

East German personnel apparently bemused by a US soldier setting up an M60 machinegun on the West German border in 1962

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One of very few Heckler & Koch HK33 assault rifles assembled in the US as the Harrington & Richardson T223 and tested in Vietnam in the hands of a US Navy Seal on the Mekong Delta in August 1968

One of very few Heckler & Koch HK33 assault rifles assembled in the US as the Harrington & Richardson T223 and tested in Vietnam in the hands of a US Navy Seal on the Mekong Delta in August 1968

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Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane landing in the wake of a US Navy warship

Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane landing in the wake of a US Navy warship

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StuG assault guns supporting German troops during street fighting in the Netherlands in 1944 The vehicle at the end of the clip is a command variant fitted with a Sternantenne for the FuG 8 medium-wave transceiver

StuG assault guns supporting German troops during street fighting in the Netherlands in 1944 The vehicle at the end of the clip is a command variant fitted with a Sternantenne for the FuG 8 medium-wave transceiver

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Grumman F9F-2 Panther pilot flying from USS Valley Forge nails a North Korean truck with a short burst from his battery of four 20mm cannon in July 1950

Grumman F9F-2 Panther pilot flying from USS Valley Forge nails a North Korean truck with a short burst from his battery of four 20mm cannon in July 1950

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German MG 42 abandoned with a missing barrel on the Gothic Line and a 10th Indian Infantry Division bulldozer stuck in the Rubicon circa October 1944

German MG 42 abandoned with a missing barrel on the Gothic Line and a 10th Indian Infantry Division bulldozer stuck in the Rubicon circa October 1944

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Firing a Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle while outfitted with sensors in order to determine the effects of recoil on the human body in the early 1970s

Firing a Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle while outfitted with sensors in order to determine the effects of recoil on the human body in the early 1970s

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US LVT-3 reduced to a pile of ashes and twisted metal after being apparently struck by a Japanese 47mm anti-tank gun on Okinawa on June 20th 1945

US LVT-3 reduced to a pile of ashes and twisted metal after being apparently struck by a Japanese 47mm anti-tank gun on Okinawa on June 20th 1945

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Inshore Fire Support Ship USS Carronade live fire with her eight twin Mark 105 rocket launchers in the mid 1950s

Inshore Fire Support Ship USS Carronade live fire with her eight twin Mark 105 rocket launchers in the mid 1950s

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View from the ground as an F-100 Super Sabre saturates an area with napalm

View from the ground as an F-100 Super Sabre saturates an area with napalm

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During WWII it was officially recommended to US soldiers that a tick could be burned off one's skin with a cigarette, a practice that is frowned upon today

During WWII it was officially recommended to US soldiers that a tick could be burned off one's skin with a cigarette, a practice that is frowned upon today

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Imperial Japanese Navy G4M "Betty" bomber caught at low level by a US Navy Grumman Avenger during a Task Force 58 strike on Woleai Atoll on April 1st 1944 #guncamera

Imperial Japanese Navy G4M "Betty" bomber caught at low level by a US Navy Grumman Avenger during a Task Force 58 strike on Woleai Atoll on April 1st 1944 #guncamera

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1. SS-PzDiv LSSAH Sd.Kfz. 231 armored car negotiating terrain in Greece in 1941 This example was a veteran of the campaigns in Poland and France and bore the name "Laforce" in honor of Karl Laforce, the youngest fatality of the November 1923 Beer Hall Putsch

1. SS-PzDiv LSSAH Sd.Kfz. 231 armored car negotiating terrain in Greece in 1941 This example was a veteran of the campaigns in Poland and France and bore the name "Laforce" in honor of Karl Laforce, the youngest fatality of the November 1923 Beer Hall Putsch

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High speed footage of the M197 20mm cannon in the chin turret of an AH-1S Cobra gunship firing during qualification trials

High speed footage of the M197 20mm cannon in the chin turret of an AH-1S Cobra gunship firing during qualification trials

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Demonstration of foot traps used by Viet Cong guerillas for the benefit of US Marines at Da Nang in March 1966
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Demonstration of foot traps used by Viet Cong guerillas for the benefit of US Marines at Da Nang in March 1966

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1,751,164 views • 10 days ago

Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saitō who commanded Japanese forces on Saipan buried with full military honors by US forces on July 13th 1944 Saitō had been wounded by a fragment and committed seppuku to avoid capture #OTD 82 years ago
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Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saitō who commanded Japanese forces on Saipan buried with full military honors by US forces on July 13th 1944 Saitō had been wounded by a fragment and committed seppuku to avoid capture #OTD 82 years ago

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534,031 views • 10 days ago

Soviet-made T-26 Model 1933 tanks captured from Spanish Republican forces in Nationalist service alongside German Panzer I tanks on the move circa April 1938 The T-26 tanks are marked with red and yellow stripes and a black cross on the white turret roof for identification
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Soviet-made T-26 Model 1933 tanks captured from Spanish Republican forces in Nationalist service alongside German Panzer I tanks on the move circa April 1938 The T-26 tanks are marked with red and yellow stripes and a black cross on the white turret roof for identification

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49,085 views • 1 day ago

Pontoon section launched and M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage self-propelled anti-aircraft guns coming ashore from an LST in Sicily on July 10th 1943 Hat tip Daily Sherman
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Pontoon section launched and M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage self-propelled anti-aircraft guns coming ashore from an LST in Sicily on July 10th 1943 Hat tip Daily Sherman

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51,579 views • 1 day ago

US Army WWI demonstration simulating an ambush of German troops by a soldier concealed in a seemingly abandoned trench
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US Army WWI demonstration simulating an ambush of German troops by a soldier concealed in a seemingly abandoned trench

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154,964 views • 6 days ago

Unique rotating driver position in the turret of the MBT-70 tank prototype that would face the tank's direction of travel regardless of which way the gun was pointed Keeping the crew out of the hull kept the profile low but it was disorientating for the driver in practice
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Unique rotating driver position in the turret of the MBT-70 tank prototype that would face the tank's direction of travel regardless of which way the gun was pointed Keeping the crew out of the hull kept the profile low but it was disorientating for the driver in practice

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60,733 views • 2 days ago

Stubborn breech on a French Canon de 75 modèle 1897 field gun circa 1916
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Stubborn breech on a French Canon de 75 modèle 1897 field gun circa 1916

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1,113,947 views • 1 month ago

German troops examine the remains of the 305mm battleship guns in twin turrets at the Maxim Gorky Fortresses after the Siege of Sevastopol in the Summer of 1942
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German troops examine the remains of the 305mm battleship guns in twin turrets at the Maxim Gorky Fortresses after the Siege of Sevastopol in the Summer of 1942

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73,282 views • 4 days ago

Colt M1911 pencil triangulation exercise What's more, it's fun :D
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Colt M1911 pencil triangulation exercise What's more, it's fun :D

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2,644,766 views • 5 months ago

20mm cannon shell impacts on Royal Navy Grampus-class mine-laying submarine HMS Seal captured by German forces on May 5th 1940 The vessel had been disabled by a mine before being attacked from the air and was the only British vessel to be surrendered to the enemy during WWII
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20mm cannon shell impacts on Royal Navy Grampus-class mine-laying submarine HMS Seal captured by German forces on May 5th 1940 The vessel had been disabled by a mine before being attacked from the air and was the only British vessel to be surrendered to the enemy during WWII

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108,605 views • 9 days ago

Allied troops examine a German "Neger" manned torpedo captured North of Anzio in April 1944 after the type's disastrous combat debut that saw a third of the pilots deployed losing their lives for no discernable results
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Allied troops examine a German "Neger" manned torpedo captured North of Anzio in April 1944 after the type's disastrous combat debut that saw a third of the pilots deployed losing their lives for no discernable results

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65,382 views • 5 days ago

Relatively rare LVTE-1 engineering variant of the LVTP-5 "Miss Conduct" uses its mine plow to clear Viet Cong positions in Vietnam in March 1966
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Relatively rare LVTE-1 engineering variant of the LVTP-5 "Miss Conduct" uses its mine plow to clear Viet Cong positions in Vietnam in March 1966

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151,791 views • 13 days ago

YOV-10D Night Observation Gunship System trials with an XM197 20mm cannon in a ventral turret slaved to a FLIR sensor in the chin and 2.75-inch rocket pods under the wing
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YOV-10D Night Observation Gunship System trials with an XM197 20mm cannon in a ventral turret slaved to a FLIR sensor in the chin and 2.75-inch rocket pods under the wing

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173,027 views • 16 days ago

German 10.5cm leFH 18 direct fire during Operation Störfang circa June 1942 in the final weeks of Soviet resistance in Sevastopol The second shot visible is possibly a shell that ricocheted and detonated in mid air
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German 10.5cm leFH 18 direct fire during Operation Störfang circa June 1942 in the final weeks of Soviet resistance in Sevastopol The second shot visible is possibly a shell that ricocheted and detonated in mid air

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55,089 views • 6 days ago

2-ton shell loaded into the massive 60cm bore of Mörser Karl siege mortar "Thor" in action against Soviet fortifications in Crimea in the Summer of 1942
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2-ton shell loaded into the massive 60cm bore of Mörser Karl siege mortar "Thor" in action against Soviet fortifications in Crimea in the Summer of 1942

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90,077 views • 10 days ago

Sherman tanks in British service attempt to negotiate a water-filled ditch with both standard tracks and with extended end connectors fitted during a demonstration in Ravenna circa March 1945
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Sherman tanks in British service attempt to negotiate a water-filled ditch with both standard tracks and with extended end connectors fitted during a demonstration in Ravenna circa March 1945

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239,596 views • 28 days ago

Waffen-SS artillery crew doing some hedge trimming to clear the line of sight for their 10.5cm leFH 18 prior to a direct fire mission during the Battle of France in 1940
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Waffen-SS artillery crew doing some hedge trimming to clear the line of sight for their 10.5cm leFH 18 prior to a direct fire mission during the Battle of France in 1940

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57,692 views • 7 days ago

German WWI-vintage Maschinengewehr 08 fitted with a Zielfernrohr 12 2.5x optical sight engaging Allied positions during the Battle of Dunkirk in June 1940 Also interesting is the use of the Entfernungsmesser 34 rangefinder by a man wearing a clear face shield
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German WWI-vintage Maschinengewehr 08 fitted with a Zielfernrohr 12 2.5x optical sight engaging Allied positions during the Battle of Dunkirk in June 1940 Also interesting is the use of the Entfernungsmesser 34 rangefinder by a man wearing a clear face shield

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33,079 views • 4 days ago

USAF 479th Tactical Fighter Wing F-104 Starfighter supersonic interceptors loaded with 750 lb bombs for a close air support mission at Da Nang in 1965
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USAF 479th Tactical Fighter Wing F-104 Starfighter supersonic interceptors loaded with 750 lb bombs for a close air support mission at Da Nang in 1965

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18,013 views • 2 days ago

USMC CH-53A Sea Stallion heavy lift helicopter taking out the trash during the Siege of Khe Sanh in February 1968
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USMC CH-53A Sea Stallion heavy lift helicopter taking out the trash during the Siege of Khe Sanh in February 1968

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40,463 views • 6 days ago