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Questions pertaining to characteristics of armed forces' structure, manpower, equipment, or expenditures.
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How did muzzle-loaded rifled artillery solve the problems of the hand-held rifle?
The answer lies in the age-old conundrum: how to muzzle-load a firearm whose bullet is supposed to tightly engage with the barrel. I'll rewind back to the 1700s and work up how rifles worked to get t …
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Why did the German air force lose experienced pilots faster than the Allies, even though the...
The biggest factor was the scale of pilot training. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan appears to have trained around 110,000 pilots and claimed to have produced a surplus that caused the pro …
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Origin/reason for reversed flag on right shoulder?
From my military experience, the intent is that "forward" motion leads with the blue star field. In other words, the stars lead the way forward. … Even in the military I observed that there were some units that used a left-hand blue field on the right shoulder. …
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What were the historical antecedents of Russia BTG-based military organization?
A BTG as described in Ukraine from 2013-2022 appears to me to be simply a deployment unit in a "military option other than war" theater. …
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