That rate of fire, combined with good marksmanship, turned ordinary soldiers into surprisingly effective long-range killers.
World War I produced some of the deadliest and strangest weapons ever conceived — many of which never made it past testing or saw only brief, disastrous use. From armored tricycles to explosive ...
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (Sept. 13, 2012) -- For decades a pair of 21-cm Morser 16s was on display outside the Fort Meade Museum, exhibiting the German weaponry of World War I. In the early 1990s, ...
An investigation has claimed to have uncovered evidence that the Georgian government used a chemical weapon on its own ...
Georgia faces calls for a transparent probe after reports that police used a WWI-era chemical agent during Tbilisi protests, ...
SPOKANE, Wash. - A WWI weapon was dropped off at the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum prompting a response from the bomb squad on Wednesday. According to the director at the museum someone donated three ...
A BBC investigation suggests authorities deployed obsolete, highly persistent agent “Camite” in water cannons against ...
British MP James MacCleary has reacted strongly to the BBC’s investigative report, saying the allegation that Georgian ...
BBC Eye uncovers evidence suggesting Georgian police used water cannons laced with a chemical weapon against protesters last ...
The discovery of a World War I-era shell in Northeast D.C.’s Fort Totten Park in 2022 paused the construction of a trail through the area. (Courtesy Zach Ammerman) WTOP has learned two metal canisters ...