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When one thinks of the 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge, chances are the first country that person associates with the round is the Soviet Union. And...
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When one thinks of the 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge, chances are the first country that person associates with the round is the Soviet Union. And...
“Birds of a feather flock together,” as the saying goes. And given the buddy-buddy nature of the relationship between Alexander Lukashenko — Belarus’s only...
Less than two hours before I began typing these words, I wrote a separate article for 19FortyFive noting that this month will mark the...
Last week marked the 1-year anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And to that effect, both the Americans For Ukraine and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation hosted deeply moving and...
Russia’s T-14 Armata Tank – Fighting in Ukraine or Not? RUMINT is a slang acronym I first encountered in Richard Marcinko’s Rogue Warrior book series....
Poland’s Air Force: Ready for Russia? Last September, I wrote articles discussing Poland’s army (the Wojska Lądowe) and its navy (Marynarka Wojenna). I detailed...
In my 9 months at 19FortyFive (whoa Nellie, where does the time go?), Yours Truly has penned several articles on battleships, including: (1) the...
Ever since Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine began a year ago, there has been plenty of discussion about the possibility of Belarus...
Back in May 2022, I wrote an article on the Swedish-made Granatgevär (grenade rifle) m/48. Better known to the English-speaking world as the Carl...
As I noted in a previous piece on the stealthy Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers (DDGs), the name of Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr. is a...