. Helmets were introduced in the First Word War and did cut the count of killed in action troops by about a half (rule of thumb) by protect...

. There's past military technology, presently-used military technology and the 'we know this will become available sometime' mi...

. Take it with a grain of salt, but here's my view on the American Way of (land) War. It's based on indications collected over abou...

. The tactic known as "Elastic Defense" in land warfare is a strategy employed by a defending force to resist an enemy's adva...

. Some countries have armed forces that are FUBAR, with terrible cultural traditions and an inability to reform thoroughly. Some other count...

. The Russo-Ukrainian War revealed many weaknesses of the Russian armed forces, including inexcusable ineptitude in trench war (both layout...

. The most common artillery (gun) calibres are nowadays in the 105...155 mm range. Bigger guns largely fell out of favour due to aircraft b...

. To join NATO appears to be in fashion, and there's occasionally talk about whether Ireland should join. I took this as a welcome thou...