The Army’s newest rifle and automatic rifle are already in the hands of soldiers for testing and will officially field to its first unit in 2024. That platoon, along with a squad from the 75th Ranger ...

For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Army has sped up and shifted its fielding of the Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle to Pacific-focused and special operations units in the coming months and next year. The ...

What if the next generation of machine guns not only doubles the range of existing weapons but also cuts the weight soldiers must carry into battle? The U.S. Army Future Medium Machine Gun program, ...

A new weapon with a totally different new type of ammo that is not yet even in the developmental phase. The U.S. Army is in the early stages of beginning to draft requirements for a new ...

The U.S. Army's newest automatic weapon is getting a workout alongside Filipino forces in the Philippines, according to the 25th Infantry Division. Photographs released by the Defense Department last ...

The British Army began World War I with only two machine guns per infantry battalion. One gun was a spare, meaning the effective ratio was one per 1,000 soldiers. Historian John Ellis summarized, “For ...

Sig Sauer MCX SPEAR, the civilian version of its new Next Generation Squad Weapon, selected in April 2022 by the Army as its M4/M16 and SAW replacement for close combat forces. (Sig Sauer) Though the ...

BOSTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft determination Thursday that a proposed machine gun training range at a National Guard base could pose a threat to Cape Cod’s drinking ...