The German MG42 was a unyielding weapon of death in World War II
There’s a reason Germany’s enemies called the MG42 “Hitler’s Buzzsaw.” It could fire 1,200 rounds per minute, twice the rate of the M1919 Browning Machine Gun and it did it…
The Browning Automatic Rifle cut down enemies from WWI to Vietnam
It was one of the most beloved and abused weapons in the history of warfare. The Browning Automatic Rifle was the weapon of choice for infantrymen, vehicle crews, and even gangsters from its debut in World War I, through two World Wars and Korea to …
This Marine stayed at his machine gun after taking a grenade to the face
On December 9, 1941, Al Schmid was in Philadelphia working as an apprentice steel burner. He was listening to the radio on Monday, December 8 when he learned about the…
This famous pilot once dangled from his plane by the machine gun
Louis A. Strange was a British Pilot who would lead aerial forces in World War I and World War II, eventually rising to the rank of wing commander and earning top British awards like the Distinguished Service Order and Officer of the Order of the Br…
New M240 Machine Gun suppressor gets rave reviews from Army maneuver in test
U.S. Army maneuver officials are testing a new sound suppressor that can quiet the M240 machine gun enough for gunners to easily hear fire commands. The Maneuver Battle Lab at…
This awesome tech lets US soldiers learn to fire a heavy machine gun before they ever set foot on a range
With modern technology, US soldiers can learn the essentials of operating everything from grenade launchers to .50-caliber machine guns before they ever set foot on a firing range.
Soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard’s D Company, …
Six firms are scrambling to make the Army’s new SAW
Textron is gambling that its 14 years of work on case-telescoped weapons research will satisfy the U.S. Army‘s ambitious requirements for an
The US Marine Corps started issuing the Glock 19M pistol to marines, which they call the M007… It goes without saying that the US Army is continuously testing and adding new weapons to its arsenal. For example, the Army recently began to replace the M9 and M11 pistols with the M17 and M18, but has only delivered them to soldiers in the …Here are all the standard issue weapons used by US Marines
Here is every weapon the US Army issues its soldiers