Miracle at Truk: Operation Hailstone

The Japanese seized the Caroline Islands in Micronesia in 1914, and established a naval base on the island of Truk within it in 1939. As the primary anchorage for the Imperial Japanese Navy’s 4th Fleet, Truk was soon transformed into a fortress. Truk seemed the perfect spot. Offering a natural ...

By Will Dabbs, MD •

Modernizing the Soviet RPD Machine Gun

The Soviet RPD (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova) was a pioneering light machine gun that played a short but vital role in early Soviet weapon development and in adopting new intermediate-caliber weapon systems; it was adopted in 1949 alongside the AK and SKS, which significantly influenced the Cold ...

By Lynndon Schooler •

Bend Father With a Concealed Carry Permit Followed a 16-Year-Old Shooter Into His Daughters’ Elementary School and Killed Him Before Police Arrived; Wyden Answers With Call for ‘Common Sense Gun Laws’

A Bend father took a .40 pistol from his vehicle and followed a shotgun-armed 16-year-old into Silver Rail Elementary. Wyden wants gun laws. Read the original story: Bend Father With a Concealed Carry Permit Followed a 16-Year-Old Shooter Into His Daughters’ Elementary School and Killed Him Bef...

By Luke McCoy •

Ruby Ridge to Adamiak: ATF’s Troubled History With Criminal Informants

ATF’s use of criminal informants has drawn scrutiny for decades. AmmoLand examines Gregory Pruess’s role in Tate Adamiak’s prosecution, conflicting accounts of his cooperation, and documented failures involving informant disclosure and oversight.

By John Crump •
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