What started as a return to a familiar World War II site quickly turned into a major discovery when rifles, pistols, bayonets, magazines, and other military relics began coming up from the lakebed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of tons of ammunition that remained unused after WWII was dumped off the coast of Germany. Now, these weapons of mass ...

WWII weapons remain in service because replacing proven reliable systems often introduces more cost and risk than performance gains justify. Durability and mechanical simplicity allowed WWII weapons ...

Most people imagine WWII soldiers grabbing enemy weapons at every chance, but the truth is far more complicated. There were ...

WWII weapons persist in modern conflicts because they are rugged, affordable and easy to repair in low-resource environments. The Browning M2 heavy machine gun has remained in frontline service since ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often determined how quickly an army could advance, how effectively it could defend, and ...

Some of the most threatening things in the ocean aren’t even alive. Deep in the waters of Lübeck Bay in the Baltic Sea—between what are known as the Haffkrug and Pelzerhaken dumpsites—1.6 million tons ...