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After the tank made its first appearance on the battlefield during WWI, tank design in Europe evolved with faster, better armored, and deadlier tanks. However, U.S. tank design and doctrine development stagnated during the interwar period. When WWII broke out, America’s armored corps severely lagged behind Germany’s. Seeing the effectiveness of Panzer IIIs and Panzers IVs in France, the U.S. Army ordered a new medium tank with a 75mm gun: the M4 Sherman. In the meantime, the M3 Medium Tank was the best that America had.

The Lee needed a crew of seven while the Grant needed six (U.S.

When duty calls, many soldiers feel honor bound to answer that call, no matter how old they might be. “Males of military age” is actually a relatively recent concept, because historically,  an invader with the goal of slaughtering your people doesn’t really see age as a discriminating factor. When you’re fighting for survival, every age is military age. 
There are other reasons old soldiers come out of retirement, or to not retire at all.

In early March 2023, the 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force deployed to the Republic of Korea. The sailors and Marines from Camp Pendleton, California are set to participate in an exercise with the ROK Marine Corps named Freedom Shield 23 from March 13-23. This deployment marks the first time that the division’s headquarters element has deployed to the Korean Peninsula in over 20 years. 2023 also marks the 70th anniversary of the ROK-U.S. alliance.

Marines board a civilian aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, California bound for the Republic of Korea (U.S.

Attack helicopters have earned a reputation as one of the deadliest weapons on the battlefield, but the Japanese military believes it can do without them.
The Japanese military now plans to replace its attack and observation helicopters with drones that will take over utility and attack, surveillance, and reconnaissance roles, according to the Japanese army’s Defense Strengthening Program, released in December 2022.
Japan’s attack helicopter fleet currently numbers 12 AH-64 Apaches and 50 AH-1 Cobras, and an observation helicopter fleet of 37 Kawasaki OH-1s.

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Wreckage found in Ukraine marks the first confirmed use of a Grom missile since Russia’s all-out invasion of the country began a year ago. 
In one clip circulating on social media, an individual filming walks over to the site of the Grom’s wreckage. While it is unclear exactly how long it’s been there, a sizable portion of the missile’s body can be clearly seen along with what appear to be pop-out wings designed to allow the weapon to glide to its intended target. 

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The San Diego coast marks an early proving ground where the Navy is moving to expand and scale emerging capabilities associated with its Project Overmatch, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told DefenseScoop on Wednesday.
Broadly, Project Overmatch marks the Navy’s complex contribution to the Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) pursuit — a multi-billion-dollar plan to securely connect forces and military assets across all domains, including space and cyberspace.

Now that the trilateral Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) Partnership guidelines on nuclear-powered submarines are open to public scrutiny, the ultimate answer may well be a competing Russia-China bilateral submarine partnership.
 A proposal from China, a sort of “Anti-AUKUS” Axis, with Russia exchanging submarine technology for military aid, rejects AUKUS and solves some pressing problems for both countries.

The Army will consolidate all of its network portfolios into a single program executive office in October, combining efforts spread across two entities currently.
Officially on October 1, the Integrated Enterprise Network portfolio from PEO Enterprise Information Systems will transition to PEO Command, Control, Communications-Tactical, that office’s leader announced Wednesday.
The move is designed to create greater optimization in line with the Army’s vision for a unified network.

On April 18, 1942, 60 officers and crewmen aboard 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers did the improbable. They took off from the flight deck of the USS Hornet and flew a bombing mission over the Japanese Empire’s capital of Tokyo and a few select other targets on its home island. It was not only revenge for the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, it was a reminder to Japan that it wasn’t invincible – the war it started would soon come to them.
The Doolittle Raid, as it came to be named after its chief planner, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, didn’t hurt Japanese war efforts and only killed around 50 people.

Kyiv has suggested that when the scale of attrition turns against the Ukrainian military, Ukrainian forces will withdraw from Bakhmut.
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