WWII weapons remain in service because replacing proven reliable systems often introduces more cost and risk than performance gains justify. Durability and mechanical simplicity allowed WWII weapons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of tons of ammunition that remained unused after WWII was dumped off the coast of Germany. Now, these weapons of mass ...

The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

LOS ANGELES — A World War II-era weapons bunker in Irvine, California, has a new mission — sheltering preserved insect specimens. When a collection of bugs floating in specimen bottles outgrew his ...

Scientists exploring a World War II weapons dumpsite in the Baltic Sea have discovered swarms of sea creatures thriving on the surfaces of long-abandoned explosives thought to be toxic to marine life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "As the peat continues to burn down, it is finding the World War II ordnance and therefore exploding, and we have now experienced ...

Old World War II bombs resting on the Baltic Sea floor reveal a remarkable marine ecosystem teeming with life.