The Marine rifle squad changed dramatically as the Corps moved beyond the old 13-man fireteam model and embraced the M27 ...

Key Point: In fact, some in the military want to bring back a modernized version. World War I is often called “the machine gun war” because of the devastating use of automatic weapons such as the ...

The AR-15 was first developed in the 1950s by Armalite. The weapon’s initials stands for “Armalite Rifle,” but over the years, the AR-15 name has turned into an umbrella term for this type of ...

The Next Generation Squad Weapon automatic rifle is pictured here. (Army) By next year, the Army expects to field its first true replacement for the squad rifle and automatic rifle in a brand-new ...

The U.S. Army will buy new automatic infantry weapons starting in 2022, replacing the existing M4 carbine and M249 squad automatic weapon. The weapons will include new technology, particularly a new, ...

Handguns – specifically semi-automatic pistols – have ranked as the best selling type of firearm in the United States for over a decade. Though handguns have outsold rifles nearly every year since ...

An Innovative Design: Meet the Fedorov Avtomat. The design was significantly ahead of its time. During the First World War, an enterprising captain in the Imperial Russian Army witnessed the benefits ...