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 ...

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 ...

What looked like an ordinary muddy lake turned into a submerged World War Two weapons dump as relic hunters began pulling rifles, pistols, bayonets, magazines, grenades, and field gear from the bottom ...

LOS ANGELES — A World War II-era weapons bunker in Irvine, California, has a new mission — sheltering preserved insect specimens. When a collection of bugs floating in specimen bottles outgrew his ...

Scientists exploring a World War II weapons dumpsite in the Baltic Sea have discovered swarms of sea creatures thriving on the surfaces of long-abandoned explosives thought to be toxic to marine life.

It goes back far enough that militaries have developed weapons intended to overwhelm enemies and shift the balance of power on the battlefield.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "As the peat continues to burn down, it is finding the World War II ordnance and therefore exploding, and we have now experienced ...