The United States is quietly rewriting the rules of small arms, betting that a radically different rifle and machine gun will ...

Rifles are the backbone of any military. Infantry carries them, taking objectives and seizing goals. They’ve been the crux of the modern army since their introduction to the battlefield in the 15th ...

These strange experimental guns might have seemed fine on the drawing board, but they never saw the battlefield.

Modern sniper rifles didn’t just appear overnight. They’re the end result of a long trail of forgotten prototypes, battlefield experiments, and obscure designs that quietly shaped modern precision ...

Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. […] ...