The transformation in weapons and conventional warfare has resulted in the bloodiest stalemate in generations ...

Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...

When we think back on military history, the focus tends to overwhelmingly skew towards things like weapons, leaders, and decisive battles. The atomic bomb, the invention of the battle tank, and the ...

Germany’s StG 44 created the assault rifle category in 1944. Nearly every modern service rifle traces its conceptual roots to this weapon. The AK-47’s reliability and simplicity made it the most ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders laid out new details ...