Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...

Laser weapons have become super portable. Defense and security company NUBURU's Lyocon subsidiary has adapted industrial ...

For decades, many of the most advanced military weapons were developed in complete secrecy.

Military weapons don’t change unless the battlefield forces them to. For Navy SEALs, that pressure came as warfare moved indoors, after dark, and into environments where adaptability mattered more ...

Across decades of conflict, only a select group of weapons proved so reliable and adaptable that they remained in service long after their expected lifespan. These systems survived shifting ...

Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. This can be brought about by sudden, rapid advances in contemporary technologies ...

Modern soldiers are being armed for a very different kind of war. The XM7 rifle and XM250 machine gun introduce new ammunition and longer range to counter evolving threats. This video explains how ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

This article examines where Mexican cartels obtain weapons, including U.S. civilian markets, international manufacturers, ...