The United States Navy (USN, also shortening US Navy) is the United States Navy, thus becoming a combined force of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States. With 323,225 active soldiers and 109,866 reservists, it is the world's largest and most powerful navy in August 2013,...
The army of the United States reflects in many ways the society of the country and its great plurality.
With a staff of 480,000, the Army has approximately 69,174 officers and 12,482 warrant officers, making the officers, with 14.4 percent of the staff, a relatively high rate within the army by international standards. An officer faces...
Since the beginning of military conflict, there have always been parts of the fighting force, which were entrusted with pioneering tasks, which until the 20th century mainly from the tasks of construction of fortifications, bridge construction / reconstruction, construction of military infrastructure and blowing up enemy facilities.
Already the Assyrians in the 7th to 9th century...
Since its introduction, the helmet has been used to protect the soldiers' head from external aggressions.
Unlike often thought, helmets can not stop projectiles from rifles, because the penetration is too high. As a rule, the helmets today serve against flying splinters, objects and ricochets, as well as pistol ammunition.
At first, these were mainly made of...
The power of Rome was mainly based on his soldiers. By setting up a professional army and introducing many standards such as uniform combat equipment, weapons and training, the Roman army set the standard of a modern army for many centuries.
Emperor Augustus (31 BC - 14 AD) had come to the conclusion that it was...
The period of the Roman civil wars extends to the years 133 to 30 BC, in which the Roman Republic first came into a serious crisis and finally went down as a form of state. What began with the failed Gracchic reforms and the "party struggles" between optimates and popularities ended with the establishment of...
The origin of Rome is shrouded in legends even under the Romans. This is how the city was founded in 753 BCE, but it took centuries to become an empire of the former small town.
At the beginning of Rome as a city, the Etruscans were the rulers of Italy. Rome was at that time one...
War elephants were a powerful, early-deployed weapon used alongside horses as animals in armed forces. The first elephants were used in South Asia, accordingly often Indian elephants were used, the African were used by the Egyptians and Kathargo, but not in the mass. In addition, usually only male elephants were used, these were larger, faster...
A phalanx is a dense, linear combat formation of heavily armed infantry, usually equipped with a shield and spear, and marching side-by-side on the enemy in multiple rows.
This term is particularly related to the frequently mentioned battle formations in the Greek - Persian War. However, since the 18th century, this term has also been used...
At the beginning of the New Kingdom around 1550 BC, there was a new military restructuring in Egypt. After the former occupiers, the Hyksos were expelled, the Egyptians took over the chariot technology of the enemy, but changed them to their means.
The Egyptian chariots were made of wood and leather and were designed by the...
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