The head of Papua New Guinea's military says the country does not have the capacity to safely store 3,500 rifles Australia ...

Firearms remain a core tool of modern warfare, even as drones, missiles, and advanced weapons systems reshape the battlefield. Around ...

World War II produced some of the most recognizable military weapons ever made, but few were more important than the rifles issued to ordinary soldiers. Millions of troops depended on these firearms ...

The U.S. Army would enter the 19th century equipped with a smoothbore flintlock musket that differed little from the designs of the past, and it would exit the century with a modern, bolt-action, ...

In the coming fiscal year, the U.S. Department of Defense plans to spend over $300 million to replace standard-issue assault and automatic rifles, which have been in service for decades, with ...

The U.S. military's new Drone Killer Cartridge is designed as a cost-effective family of ammunition designed to increase a warfighter's probability of a hit against drone threats.

When the British military unveiled the SA80 in the 1980s, it was expected to be a revolutionary weapon system that would define modern warfare. Instead, it quickly earned a reputation as one of the ...

The M27 IAR is chambered for 5.56mm NATO legacy cartridge, while the M7 rifle is chambered for the larger and more modern ...

PHOENIX (AP) – Military-style semiautomatic rifles have been used in at least four high-profile shootings in the past year. Bushmaster variations of the weapon have been used in the latest two, ...

Airmen and Guardians will once again carry practice weapons during their nearly eight weeks of basic military training, a change that Department of the Air Force officials say is needed amid rising ...

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles to its first unit, bringing an end to the service's decades-long effort to replace its M4 and M16 family of military ...

By the end of fiscal 2025, the U.S. Army plans to field a long-range hypersonic weapon capable of flying faster ...