The military’s long-troubled $11 billion Crusader artillery system, targeted for extinction by White House budget cutters but fiercely defended by high-ranking Army leadership, was formally killed ...

To a soldier on the front lines, few sights are more welcome than a big American gun nearby pounding the enemy. That is a major reason why the fight over whether to cancel the Crusader artillery ...

A sword studded in seashells and caked in sand, found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Israel, was likely dropped there by a Crusader during battle between 800 and 900 years ago, a new ...

Rumsfeld recently tried to kill the Army’s $11 billion Crusader self-propelled cannon program as a costly Cold War relic, obsolete in post-Sept. 11 warfare. It’s dead, Rumsfeld said of the Crusader.

KARNEI HITTIN, Israel (AP) — The year is 1187 and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem is beginning to collapse. At the Battle of Hattin, sword-wielding soldiers on horseback chant in Arabic, looking to ...

Archaeological finds at Lihula mõis (Lihula Manor) in Pärnu County seem to confirm the area was the site of a major battle during the Livonian Crusades. An arrowhead in particular, found in the course ...

WASHINGTON – The White House apologized yesterday after President Bush accidentally riled the Middle Eastern nations he needs as allies by calling his battle against Arab terrorists “a crusade. In the ...

Recent excavations south of Jerusalem unearthed a ditch used to defend against siege towers, along with a ruined house Crusaders may have used as cover during a battle. The finds confirm some ...