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Former armed bandit Balwant Singh Tomar (nephew of the famed Paan Singh Tomar) now leads a quieter life.
crime

Inside the Deep Gun Culture of Gwalior, India

Relics of outlaws, markers of status, and enforcers of social hierarchy, firearms are woven into rural life.
Neha Mehrotra December 17, 2020
The ladder leading into the interior.
Nynäshamn S, Sweden

The Landsort Artillery Battery

A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.
turntable for gun
Ferrol, Spain

Cabo Prior Battery

Crumbling World War II-era gun emplacements still stand near lighthouses on the Spanish coast.
The Sacramento Cannon Memorial
Gqeberha, South Africa

The Sacramento Cannon Monument

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.
The metal-clad men of the Middle Ages would scale ladders, among other exercises, to stay fit.
medieval

To Work Out Like a Knight, Try Donning Armor and Extolling Virtue

Being fit and chivalric is as much a mental state as a physical one.
Isaac Schultz June 5, 2020
Kragujevac, Serbia

Knežev Arsenal

The ruins of a military-industrial complex now host concerts and more.
Wehringen, Germany

Fasan Explosives Factory

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.
Lurking off of a South Jersey highway, a Springsteen song come to life.
cold war

For Sale: An Abandoned Cold War Missile Launch Site by the Side of the Road

It's a ghost town, but it's got a pool.
Matthew Taub April 22, 2020
The cord and unfinished longbow found on Ötzi, who was killed in Europe's Ötztal Alps over five millennia ago.
mummies

Drawing a Bead on a Mummy’s Ancient Arsenal

Ötzi’s 5,300-year-old hunting kit could offer clues about how life was lived in Copper Age Europe.
Isaac Schultz December 31, 2019
Glasgow, Scotland

Mugdock Gunsite

The remains of an anti-aircraft battery from World War II look out over Glasgow.
weapons

In Oregon, Archaeologists Found Evidence of Children Learning to Hunt

More than a thousand years ago, coastal hunters started honing their skills early.
Isaac Schultz December 19, 2019
Stranger Horse's pipe-tomahawk.
weapons

An Engraved Tomahawk Offers a New, Native History of a Battle

The weapon may have belonged to a Lakotan warrior named Stranger Horse.
Sabrina Imbler December 4, 2019
The SS Clyde Memorial with the Chaine Memorial Tower beyond it.
Larne, Northern Ireland

SS Clyde Valley Memorial

A tribute to a vessel involved in the notorious Larne gun-running.
Hofjagd und Rüstkammer.
Vienna, Austria

Hofjagd und Rüstkammer

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.
Alfred Nobel's Grave
Stockholm, Sweden

Alfred Nobel's Grave

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.
Guan Yu Statue.
Jingzhou, China

Guan Yu Statue

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.
The cannon.
Brooklyn, New York

John Paul Jones Park's Rodman Gun

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.
Sword of Goujian.
Wuhan, China

Sword of Goujian

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.