Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn’t a new concept by any means, with the notion of rapid fire volleys being something dating back to the Age of ...

During the late 1970s, international embargoes and an ongoing conflict forced South Africa to develop its own general-purpose machine gun from scratch. We explore how an initially troubled design ...

There is a great streak of ingenuity that runs through the American people. The phrase improvise, adapt, and overcome is intertwined into our military culture for a reason. Our troops are pros... Here ...

The Browning M2 entered U.S. service in 1921 and remains operational today despite predating jets, radar, helicopters, and modern armored warfare. U.S. military attempts to replace the M2 repeatedly ...

Germany produced some of the finest and most innovative small arms of the Second World War—from the MG-34 general purpose machine gun to the StG44, the world’s first assault rifle.

Tracing over a century of battlefield innovation, the British Army infantry section transformed from World War I bolt-action rifle squads to today’s highly organized fire teams equipped with precision ...