World War II saw a race for innovation, and Germany fielded some of the strangest weapons in an attempt to stop Allied armor.

At the dawn of WWII, tank guns were weak, short-barreled, and designed for infantry support—not duels with enemy armor. But all that changed when the Soviet T-34 stormed the battlefield. In response, ...

Explore the fascinating abandoned WWII bunker, Battery 223, in Cape May, New Jersey, which is now part of Cape May Point ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A massive gun that was on the battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II will soon be installed on a cliff at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.

The VIS 35 is a lesser-known pistol from World War II was developed in Poland, Issued by the Germans, and was never made ...

A gun that fired the U.S. military’s first shot in World War II may soon be moved from the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. The gun from the USS Ward could be taken to the future Minnesota ...

Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the destroyer USS Ward was patrolling the waters around the entrance to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. When another American vessel spotted a periscope peeking out of ...