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75mm of Freedom: M116 Pack Howitzer Maintains Its Thunder
by Ben PhilippiThe 75mm M116 Pack Howitzer was designed in the 1920s. It met a need for an artillery piece that could be moved across difficult terrain by pack animals.
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The Battle of the Bulge at 75: The Guns They Carried
by Chris EgerSome 75 years ago this week, Hitler launched the last great German offensive of WWII through the densely forested Ardennes region-- and it was stopped by American guns.
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The fine art of firearms engraving with Michael Dubber
by Ben PhilippiMaster Engraver Michael Dubber, discusses the evolution of firearms engraving in the United States and shows us some of his beautifully engraved Colt firearms.
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Can algorithms help stop gang violence on social media before it spills into the streets?
by Brian SeayResearchers at Columbia University hope computer analysis of language in social media posts can help stop gang violence before it starts.
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This shrapnel damaged M1911 is relic from Battle of the Bulge (13 PHOTOS)
by Chris Eger"Today I held hell in my hands," said a firearms buff who came across a battered 1911, pockmarked from its wartime service before it was recovered from a World War II battlefield.
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