A major question for the Army is whether its new machine gun should chamber the 7.62mm round or another caliber, a retired ...

The replacement for the Army’s 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapon could be an entirely new type of light machine gun that fires not only a different caliber round, but caseless ammunition.

This gun plays an important role in providing covering fire, pinning down enemy forces, and creating windows of opportunity for allied forces to maneuver. For more specialized roles, the U.S. Army ...

The U.S. Army’s next assault rifle and machine gun will have built-in computers to give soldiers unparalleled firing accuracy. The so-called Next Generation Squad Weapons will feature a digital ...

The Army’s new weapon will look like a light machine gun, but will put M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank-style blasting power literally at the fingertips of U.S. soldiers.

Key Points – The Nazi German MG 42, introduced in 1942, was a fearsome 7.92x57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun renowned for its devastatingly high rate of fire (1,200-1,800 rpm) and ...

On Monday, Army Contracting Command awarded Swiss defense contractor Brugger & Thomet a $2.5 million contract to outfit the personal security details with the APC9K semi-automatic carbine ...

1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Johnnie Morton, round runner for the gun crew of 1st Section, 1st Platoon, Cobra Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, loads ...

New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion 258th Field Artillery endured rain, snow and Fort Drum mud in order to send rounds downrange during weekend training April 3-6.