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90Top 5 Legendary Real-Life Snipers (EVER)
Snipers date back ages, however their first widespread documented use is in the Revolutionary War. Occasionally, between all of the troops in all of the wars, a legendary sniper will emerge. Here are the stories of Cydro's top 5.
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78Backpacking Gear Review: British Army Pattern MoD Survival Knife
Survival knives are a favorite of backpackers, bushcrafters, trekkers, and regular old campers. The British army MoD (Ministry of Defense) survival knife is a robust, multi-use tool that has been military proven for decades, and trusted by the likes of the SAS (Special Air Service). This is my own take on this bomb-proof knife.
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75NATO's Pull Out of Afghanistan
NATO's Chicago summit seems to have put the organization's pull out of Afghanistan onto a shorter timeline. The mission in Afghanistan is a losing battle.
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75First Indian War of Independence:
Sepoy Mutiny: India’s First War of Independence, termed Sepoy Riots by the British was a fight against the invading British, East India Company’s army, to restore power under the Mogul emperor Bahadur Shah. The fight could not be sustained due...
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82Firing Squad at Dawn - Executions in World War One (WWI)
During the First World War, several hundred men were shot at dawn, by firing squads, made up of their own comrades, supposedly for cowardice and desertion. Many were suffering from trauma and other physical, psychological and / or emotional health problems. A number of them were young boys, who had lied about their age, when they enlisted, and then simply could not cope with the horrors that World War One forced upon them. They died a horrific and terrifying death, when they should have been sen
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71Irish Symbolism Used on St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day cards, postcards, costumes and decorations often contain nothing about St. Patrick, but do contain many of the symbols that have significance in the land of Eire or Ireland. The holiday...
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79How Drugs Were Used in World War 2
Something that can keep soldiers alert, reduce pain and remove the feeling of hunger is invaluable to an army. In the beginning of World War II the interest for amphetamines increased in Germany and the Allies soon followed. Performance-enhancing...
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78British Army Ration Pack Testing (Expired Army-Issue Food Can Be Fun!)
In a possibly suicidal attack of curiosity, I decide to spend a day testing a very very expired British Army ration pack. With photographs, and less vomiting than might be expected.
81Why Should We Respect Professional Soldiers?
I’ve never understood the exaggerated public respect that is accorded to professional soldiers. Most recently in the UK we’ve witnessed the spectacle of the Prime Minister effectively being emotionally blackmailed into phoning the mother of a...
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