Ever wonder how Civil War artillery shells actually detonated? This video breaks down the main fuse types time fuses, impact/percussion fuses, and the transitional designs in between. Using real ...

At the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia, we got the rare chance to fire an original Brooke rifled naval cannon built in 1865. Designed near the end of the Civil War, this massive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Washington appreciated Henry Knox's myriad military skills. (National Archives) Henry Knox was born in Boston in 1750, a ...

Bomb disposal units were pressed into service at a French hospital after a male patient arrived with a World War I (1914–1918) artillery shell lodged in his backside. The eight-inch-long shell from ...

On Jan. 25, 1776, 250 years ago, Colonel Henry Knox and his men arrived in Boston, bringing with them 120,000 pounds of artillery from the captured British fortification, Fort Ticonderoga. For 70 days ...

Minnesota’s standoff with the Trump administration amid its immigration crackdown in the state has made a political tinderbox of the Twin Cities, as devolving clashes between protesters and federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Translated: "Every shot–a Russian! Every thrust–a Frenchman!" The Kaiser would be proud. In military terms, there is a distinct ...

The Civil War isn’t what it used to be. Instead of the romantic version, a “good war” of courage and glory, that emerged in the conflict’s immediate aftermath, or the post-civil-rights-era emphasis on ...

The Army is continuing to invest in its long-range fires capabilities with another contract for additional M109A7 Paladin 155mm self-propelled howitzers. The contract also includes the M992A3 Carrier ...

Ice on the Hudson River is nothing new — it dates back to the Revolutionary War, when the frozen river gave George Washington and his troops the chance to transport cannons across the river, according ...

Just because it’s wintertime doesn’t mean those beaches are necessarily less appealing. In fact, some become more appealing as the summer hordes flock to warmer, more tropical beaches and prices drop ...