Boer War

Sniper: How These Soldiers Transform Any Battlefield

Here’s What You Need to Remember: By World War II the technology of the weapons—and more importantly the telescopic sights—had developed considerably, and nearly every combatant power saw the need for...

Bang: How Snipers (The Ultimate Terror Weapon) Were Born

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Sniping, while still not known by that term, evolved further during the Anglo-Boer War as Boer marksmen began to make concealment as important as the...

These British Cruisers Were Built to Counter a Russian Sailboat. Here’s Why.

The Royal Navy designed the Powerful-class of warships to counter a Russian cruiser—that still had sails.  Rurik In the late 1880s, Russian cruisers plied the North Pacific. Some cruisers were fast...

Epic History: The Origins of Military Snipers

They are the subject of movies, feared by the enemy in wartime, declared national heroes by some and just generally hated by Michael Moore. They are the military men and...