Forgotten Weapons on MSN
Quick-firing gun that changed naval artillery
I take you through the Royal Navy’s Hotchkiss Model 1886 "Quick Fire" 47mm - a breech-loaded gun using self-contained cartridges that the Navy adopted to counter fast torpedo boats with rapid fire ...
Developed by Hughes through the F-111 program, the AWG-9, mated with the AIM-54 Phoenix, made the Grumman F-14 Tomcat the most deadly fleet defense weapon ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN
Navy bets on a cutter-based frigate to grow fleet capacity fast
A new frigate design for the U.S. Navy is being developed on a Coast Guard hull form, rather than a warship. The FF(X) concept emerged with a level of detail specification and combat system ...
The sculpture for the Coastal Forces (CF) will feature a 13.1ft high (4m) motor gun boat hull with two men aboard, and will ...
Bruno Rocuba claims a freak accident while handling his gun caused the death of his wife, Melissa Rocuba. He was not arrested ...
A Kentucky woman who was angry at a teen for hitting her vehicle with a car door while she was eating food at McDonald's ...
Wars are rarely fought with perfect equipment. Throughout history, militaries have fielded weapons they knew were flawed, ...
China Central Television reported that CNS Linfen, a new variant of the Type 054A frigate with a more powerful naval gun and ...
On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...
The military faces a new recruiting crisis as America's teen population shrinks and outreach methods fail. The Pentagon is ...
With its legacy of adaptability, fleet-focused improvement and global reach, the Mark 160 is poised to anchor naval gunfire ...
After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that I could have a bit of a break before the next crisis in ...
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