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 M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...

Incidents of machine gun fire have exploded by about 1,400% from 2019 through last year, according to statistics compiled by a gunfire detection company that has acoustic sensors placed in about ...

One weapon the U.S. Army did have was the M1917, a .30-caliber medium machine gun. Featuring a rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute and a water-filled sleeve to cool the barrel, the machine gun ...

On military bases from Virginia to the Middle East, pistols made by New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer have allegedly fired without a trigger pull, seriously wounding soldiers in some instances.

The new weapons, meanwhile, pack the punch of an all-new caliber — the Army-designed 6.8mm — which extends the range and power of the individual rifle, the XM7, and automatic rifle, the XM250.

Soldiers with 4th Infantry Division fire the M240 machine gun during a training at Fort Carson, Colo., on April 19, 2023. (Capt. Tobias Cukale/U.S. Army) TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. special operations ...