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Meet the X-4 Bantam: In the publishing world, Bantam Books is a wildly successful imprint. Of significance for Bantam in the 1980s was the...
As humankind proceeds through the third decade of the 21st century, jet-powered aircraft are seemingly all the rage when it comes to combat aircraft...
Pity the poor MiG-19 “Farmer.” Here in the (virtual) pages of 19FortyFive as well as myriads of other sources on military aviation history, plenty...
Japan’s Mitsubishi F-2 “Viper Zero” (F-16 Clone) — Ready to Take On China and North Korea?: Today I present to you the second half...
The Grumman (now Northrup Grumman, most famous for being the manufacturer of the F-14 Tomcat) X-29 is one of the more obscure experimental aircraft...
JASDF’s F-15J Peace Eagle: Ready to Take on China and North Korea?: Back in December 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a plan...
In my previous 19FortyFive articles on Ruger wheelguns – specifically the GP-100 .357 Magnum and Redhawk .44 Magnum – are “the Timex of double-action...
Many handgun experts would consider the .380 ACP cartridge – AKA 9x17mm, 9mm Kurz, 9mm Corto – to be marginal, the absolute bare minimum...
A month ago, we marked the 50th anniversary of Operation Linebacker II, the air campaign that damn near won the Vietnam War for the...
CETME, Explained: When thinking of full-powered battle rifles, the American-made M1 Garand and M14 might come to mind. The category, which is distinct from assault...