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history and weapons

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The General Dynamics A-16, a modified F-16 fighter jet with strengthened wings and new avionics, meant to be the direct replacement of the A-10, the main modification for this end being the replacement of its 20mm internal gun for a 30mm Avenger gun.

The program was cancelled after the two prototype aircraft that received the new gun were found to suffer from overheating when firing it.

It didn’t end there though, a few years later a squadron of 24 F-16 Block 10 jets were equipped with the GPU-5/A Pave Claw 30mm gun pod, using the same gun originally proposed for the earlier program, earning the new designation of F/A-16, receiving its baptism of fire during Desert Storm, where the gun was found to be extremely inaccurate, becoming more useful as an area denial weapon akin to a cluster bomb, rather than a true projectile weapon, ending the idea for good.

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Explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks on western tanks.

Pictured: M60 Patton, M1 Abrams, Leopard 1 and Leopard 2.

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This F-105D Thunderchief is on display at the March Field Aircraft Museum, Riverside County California

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Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver dive bombers of Bombardment Squadron 89 (VB-89) of the U.S. Navy sit on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CV-36). Also on deck are Vought F4U Corsairs of Fighter Squadron 89 (VF-89). 1945.

In the background at sea is an American Gearing-class destroyer, presumably USS Highbee, DD-806.

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Second Lieutenant Walter Sidlowski kneels over the blanket covered body of an American soldier he had just retrieved from the surf off Omaha Beach following the D-Day invasion - June 6, 1944

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Judas Goat

Aka assembly ships, B-24 Liberator bombers stripped off their armament and bombs and re-equipped with flares, additional navigation equipment and a unique paint scheme in order to organize combat box formations of bombers in a quick and efficient manner.

Their name comes from the fact they were responsible for sending the bombers formations to their intended targets, missions that usually ended with many aircraft lost to enemy air defenses, in other words, they were sending some crews to their deaths.

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The last group photo of The Band of Brothers- Easy Co., 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division in Austria, July 1945

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Photos of US troops training with an Browning M1917

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USS Franklin (CV-13)

USS Franklin (CV-13) in the Elizabeth River, off Norfolk, Virginia, 21 February 1944

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Bell UH-1C Huey gunship, the first attack helicopter.

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Air-to-air left side view of two F-4E Phantom II and an F-4G Phantom II Advanced Wild Weasel aircraft (center) from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

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An American soldier poses underneath a 406mm M1919 Mark III coastal gun at the Aberdeen Test Site. This specific installation was used for calculating gun performance statistics. Maryland, United States, July 1943

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Mikoyan MiG-31

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L Cpl J Leigh from Lincoln, of 6th Battalion the Seaforth Highlanders with his mascot, 'Churchill' in Italy - 7 February 1944