22+ hour, 37+ min ago   (280+ words) Developed for Spetsnaz units and the KGB in the mid-1960s, the Soviet PB—also known as the 6P9—took the proven Makarov PM design and incorporated a two-stage, integral suppressor. During World War II, the Soviet NKVD had used suppressed weapons, including M1895 Nagant…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (165+ words) Trench Art | David Axe With Missiles And Drones, Ukraine Is Finally Scoring Hits On Russia’s Black Sea Frigates A cruise missile may have holed ‘Admiral Essen’ After months of trying, Ukrainian forces have finally begun landing blows on the Russian…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (247+ words) Trench Art | David Axe Out Of Patriots, Ukraine Has Few Options For Defending Its Cities Every workable air defense solution needs time Ukrainian leaders surely watches with extreme worry as, in months of on-again, off-again fighting with Iran, U.S. and allied…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (259+ words) In early 1942, Disney produced an instructional film for the Canadian army. Its subject—how to properly deploy the Boys Anti-Tank Rifle. This was perhaps unsettling, but hardly unusual. Throughout World War II, Disney created instructional and propaganda films for the…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (239+ words) Kramatorsk and Sloviansk are the last two big cities in the Donbas that Russia does not hold, and taking them has been the main Russian objective in eastern Ukraine since 2022. Ukraine is now moving forces north from the southeast to…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (95+ words) Trench Art | David Axe Ukraine’s New Radar Planes Are Big Slow Targets Expect the Russians to hunt the two ASC 890s This story was commissioned by Euromaidan Press. Since Substack pays only around a fifth of my bills, I have no…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (336+ words) Trench Art | David Axe Ukraine’s MiGs Need R-73 Missiles. They’re Running Out. The R-73 is made in Russia. This story was commissioned by Euromaidan Press. Since Substack pays only around a fifth of my bills, I have no choice but…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) Both units had a single T-64BM battalion with around 31 tanks. In 54 months of hard fighting, the 12th Independent Tank Battalion and 1st Tank Brigade—the latter now reorganized into the less tank-heavy 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade—has lost around a quarter of their T…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (198+ words) When one thinks of the U.S. Army, one generally doesn’t think of squadrons of jets flying around the battlefield. But at the height of the Cold War, the ground combat branch had its sights set on buying a fleet of jump…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (231+ words) The 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid is best remembered in America for the “Miracle on Ice” hockey victory over the Soviet Union. Less known is how scared the U.S. military was of terrorist attacks. Today, it’s normal for major…...