"Hitler’s Buzz Saw:" the MG42 general purpose machine gun. The 50-round drum Gurttrommel belt container is seen below. The Maschinengewehr 42, more commonly called the MG42, was Germany’s ...

German town of Bardenberg, where the outcome of a singular soldier’s sacrifice hung in the balance, depending on his comrades ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana) Overhauling the military was a key promise of ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

the American combat team centered around M1 semiautomatic rifles and the German platoon centered around the deadly MG 42, supported by men firing bolt-action Mauser rifles and each carrying ...

BERLIN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and defence experts told Reuters. Even if a new ...

Aaron Southard, hosted about 100 German and U.S. officials Feb. 6 at a reception at the Von Steuben Community Center on Bismarck Kaserne. The year 2025 marks a special year for the Army and the ...

23 election. Overhauling the military was a key promise of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, outlined in his Zeitenwende speech, or "Turning Point" in English, immediately following the Russian invasion.