Weapons
What Is the U.S. Army’s Best Sidearm?
What is the U.S. Army’s best sidearm? It’s definitely not the SIG P320 AKA the M17/M18; though SIG Sauer is an excellent gunmaker, that particular model is still simply too new on the...
The 5 Best Rifles to Ever Go to War
What You Need to Know: The article highlights five of the most outstanding and revolutionary service rifles ever used by the United States military. It begins with the Kentucky Long...
Russian Attack Submarine Sank with Nuclear Missiles Never Recovered
What You Need to Know: The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets, a titanium-hulled “Mike-class” submarine, set the record for the deepest dive by a military submarine in 1984, descending over 1,000 meters....
Advanced Combat Rifle: The U.S. Army Spent $300 Million on a Total Dud
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army’s Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program aimed to replace the M16 rifle with a more advanced design but ultimately failed to find a suitable...
Could Advanced Grenade Launchers Soon Dominate the Battlefield?
Summary and Key Points: Advanced grenade launchers are emerging as potential game-changers in infantry combat, offering a blend of rifle and grenade launcher in one system. Unlike traditional single-shot launchers,...
Ranked: The 5 Worst Military Rifles of All Time
Summary and Key Points: Military rifles have historically been crucial for infantry, often being conservatively upgraded to ensure reliability. -However, several rifles in the last century were notably subpar, affecting...
Chain Guns: This is the Weapon You Use to Destroy Anything
Summary: The chain gun, initially popularized by the game Doom, is a type of autocannon known for its high firepower and reliability. Distinguished by its electric motor-driven chain mechanism, it cycles...
The Nock Gun: When You Need Seven Barrels to Get the Job Done
In the age of single-shot muskets and early rifles, the rate of fire was fairly low. Fire a shot, then reload, and reload slowly at that. Over time there were...
Did the Navy SEALs Bring the HK SMG 2 to War?
It’s rare when a gun is truly mysterious and we can’t answer why it was made, who used it, or why it succeeded or failed. Today’s case is more bizarre...
Meet the Bailey: The Father of the Belt-fed Machine Gun was 150 Years Old
The belt-fed machine gun might be the norm these days, but in 1874 it was rather new. Early belt-fed weapons existed as far back as 1855 in the form of...
These Are the Weirdest Shells to Ever Be Fired by a Shotgun
Shotguns are fairly versatile weapons due to their simplicity. They are essentially smoothbore weapons with a bore diameter between 18 and 20mms depending on the choke used. This makes it...
These Weapons Were So Good That Everyone Used them in World War II
While it’s easy to focus on western Europe, Russia, and the Pacific Campaign during World War II, we often forget how far-reaching the war was. With so many different countries...