Fragments is a series of short articles from the Explosive Weapons Monitor, a research initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), on the use and impact of explosive weapons in populated areas. This issue looks at how evidence…
More than 240 explosives dating back to the Second World War have been discovered at a construction site on Üllői Road in Budapest, where Hungarian military bomb disposal experts faced a particularly challenging operation involving fused and damaged munitions. The Hungarian…
My sense is that Cooper didn’t espouse the Scout rifle concept merely to elicit responses, create dogma and raise up a following—not that all those things didn’t result anyway. He simply wanted to advance “the art of the rifle,…
You’ve likely heard of the Welrod, the integrally suppressed, bolt-action pistol used by both SOE and OSS operatives during the Second World War. The Welwand was a similar idea. It’s called a wand because it’s a straight piece of pipe…
As a result, Iraqi-made AKs are nearly exact copies of Yugoslavian pattern AKs, including barrels that did not have their bores and chambers chromium-plated. The primary Iraqi arms factory was located east of Bi’r Musammad, Babil, Iraq, and the facility…
The post said the commandos were “making an entrance the commando way” and had boarded the vessel “sharpening their skills alongside NATO allies”, adding: “Training together to defend together.” ⚓ Making an entrance the commando way@RoyalMarines boarded German warship FGS…
Reading between the lines, one cannot help but assume that at least part of the reason for the conclusions of the evaluation board was that some officers senior to Col. Lewis, especially Chief of Ordnance Gen. William Crozier, were jealous…
An Israeli civilian found suspected unexploded ordnance in the Eshtaol Forest near Beit Shemesh on Wednesday, the Israel Police said. The civilian reported the suspicious object to the police’s 100 emergency hotline, according to the statement. Bomb disposal experts “are currently…
Army Radio investigation reveals conflicting claims over responsibility for clearing unexploded munitions in northern Israel, where hundreds or thousands of dangerous remnants may remain after the war. Deadly school trip exposes confusion over unexploded ordnance
The U.S. Navy has put the destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) into dry dock at Navantia’s shipyard in Cadiz, Spain, the first time one of its Europe-based destroyers has been dry-docked in the region since the Navy began stationing them in…
1914–1918: fronts, alliances, and post‑war settlements.
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