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Welcome to Olive-Drab.com, where you will find over fifteen-hundred pages of military photos and information resources. Military jeeps, HMMWVs, trucks, tanks, weapons and ammunition, rations, uniforms, web gear and field equipment, electronics, history, books & videos, and much more. From World War II through Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the wars of the 21st Century you will find reading and photos on all the things that equip the soldier to keep the military fighting and moving.

Today in WW II: 19 May 1944 British troops capture Aquino airfield in the Liri valley SE of Rome, Italy. More ↓

19 May 1945 272 USAAF B-29 Superfortress bombers attack Hamamatsu, 120 miles (192 km) from Tokyo, as a secondary target after raid on Tachikawa aborted by weather.
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Military Information Guide

Olive-Drab.com is huge, with something for every military interest. Here is a sampling of what's inside:

Hundreds of photos of army jeeps, HMMWVs, tanks, artillery, helicopters, & many other military vehicles.

Look up suppliers for army/navy surplus, military vehicles and parts, clothing & gear, militaria or military books & videos.

Military Electronics: Vehicle radios, backpack radios, walkie talkies, field phones, mine detectors ...

Military Clip Art and Photo Libraries

Military history: wars, unit histories, museums, reenactments.

Everything you wanted to know about military steel & plastic Jerry Cans for gas & water.

U.S. Military Watches.

Infantry Weapons -- bazooka, recoilless rifle, mortars, antitank missiles, grenades, flame thrower.

Soldiers' Clothing & Gear: Packs, canteens, field jackets, sleeping bags, and much more.

All about military vehicles as a hobby including How to buy a surplus HMMWV or Army Jeep at government auction and Can you get an army jeep in a crate for $50?.

Military Firearms -- photos & descriptions of pistols, rifles, shotguns, SMG, MG, ammo.

War Dogs: History, training, and famous military dogs like Rin Tin Tin and Willie.

Military
Medicine

Veterans organizations and services.

Military and defense organizations all over the world.

Military Firepower: including Navy ships , military planes, artillery, armor and much more.

Military C-rations & other combat rations, MREs, and food.

Find additional photos and hi-res versions of military vehicles of all kinds at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

Anniston Army Depot, AL, final inspection process, 13 September 2012. Tracked vehicles at the left, front are the Carrier, Cargo, Full-Tracked, 6 Ton, M-548. At back on the left are two of the M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FASSV). On the right, M1 Abrams tank. Vehicle on left marked 21 looks like an APC but is unidentified.

M-728 Combat Engineer Vehicle, Ft. Drum, NY.

1953 Truck, Maintenance, 3/4 Ton, 4x4 M201 (V41/GT) for sale by American Movie Trucks, as seen in Hemmings, Sep 2011. Variant of the Dodge M37.

M-813 5-ton 6x6 truck back onto a mechanized landing craft (LCM) from the dock landing ship USS PORTLAND (LSD-37), off Vieques, Puerto Rico for Operation Unitas XXIII, 28 Jun 1982

M2A1 105mm towed howitzer at the US Marine Corps Mechanized Museum, Camp Pendleton, CA.

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