Switzerland gave the world watches, chocolate, and banking secrecy. But another export was not mentioned in the tourist brochures. A rifle as tall as a man, weighing half his body...
In June 1941, the German infantry had the world’s best anti-tank defense system. Lightweight, accurate, rapid fire PAC 36 guns had already proven their lethality in Poland and France. And...
In 1934, German engineers created the most advanced machine gun in the world. Every detail was mil with precision of a clockwork mechanism. Every tolerance was calibrated to hundreds of...
What you know about German tanks from World War II was created mainly not by historians but by Gerbal’s department. The Tiger as an invincible steelbeast. The Panther as the...
In the fall of 1941, the Red Army received weapons that could not be dropped, stored near a fire, or used in freezing temperatures. Its shells were made of glass....
Weapons are usually born out of tactical necessity. When the army needs a new tank, designers create one. But this machine came into being for a different reason, one that...
The crew of this vehicle possessed power [music] that no Vermached tank commander could match. They could destroy any Allied tank from several kilometers away. The enemy was turned into...
What would you do if Dean Martin walked into your wedding ceremony and stopped everything on June 12th, 1972? That’s exactly what happened to two strangers in Las Vegas. What...
March 29th, 1987. First show back. Dean Martin walked out on stage and the audience could immediately tell something was different. He wasn’t carrying his trademark glass of scotch. He...
Dean Martin was in the middle of filming the biggest western of his career when a stunt extra hit the ground hard and didn’t get back up. What Dean did...