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The 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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American B-24 Liberator bombers flew from the field in England during World War II to plaster the Germans in Western Europe, but they apparently left some rounds behind.

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Rapid sight alignment when leading a flying target was a skill quickly taught to aerial gunners in World War II with the help of more than 70,000 training shotguns.

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Venus Ramey, the first red-headed Miss Ms. America when she was crowned in 1944, graced bombers as nose art, helped sell war bonds, and once stopped a group of scrap thieves with a snub-nosed .38.

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A rarely encountered belt buckle pistol has surfaced and is featured at Rock Island's June Regional Auction this month.

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While Italy started the war as a member of the Axis, in 1943 after the Allied invasion partisan groups sprung up across the country to fight to Germans. These are their arms.

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During World War II the Royal Navy built some 650 Fairmile B motor launches to keep the Germans on their side of the Channel. One of the last remaining is on eBay.

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Oh yeah, World War II. That was the one with George Bush and Saddam whatever his name is, right? Nope, not even close.

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John Ryle took the 9mm Luger from a dead German soldier responsible for killing his brother in arms. It was imported to the U.S. and the rest is history.

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Excluding the two weeks of warm-ups before the ceremonial pitch, Tony Gianunzio admitted that he hadn't thrown a ball in 45 years, but the move made the 92-year-old feel 49 again.

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The Clay County Sheriff's Department in West Point, Mississippi is looking to offload their gently used M1928A1 Thompson submachine gun to raise funds for the agency.

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Rural Macon, Mississippi, has its very own submachine gun -- a World War II-era Reising Model 50 -- and while they aren't sure where it came from, it’s up for sale.

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