Paratroopers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion “Gladius”, 82nd Airborne Division, practice their M240 and M249 machine gun proficiency during a daytime qualification at Fort Bragg, ...

Military history is filled with firearms that looked formidable on paper but proved far less impressive in the hands of ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Explosions echoed through the training area as Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division (LI) trained with their newly issued XM152 Mounted Machine Gun Optic for the Mark 19 40 mm ...

The M240 has been a staple of U.S. firepower for nearly 50 years. Heavy, rugged, and combat-proven, the belt-fed 7.62x51mm machine gun has been carried by generations of American troops in conflicts ...

What if the next generation of machine guns not only doubles the range of existing weapons but also cuts the weight soldiers must carry into battle? The U.S. Army Future Medium Machine Gun program, ...

Military doctrine is supposed to tell soldiers how to fight, but history shows that some weapons refuse to follow the rules.

For decades, the U.S. military’s M240 medium machine gun has proven its worth, but now the Army is looking for something new. The Army’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget includes a project dubbed the ...

BOARDMAN — The Oregon Army National Guard will receive $12 million in federal funding to build a 10-lane machine gun range at the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility in Boardman. U.S. Sens. Jeff ...

Public comments on the Army’s plan to change operations at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, northwest of Trinidad, are due Tuesday. The proposed plan would allow weapons such as artillery shells and ...

For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, conducted grounded gunnery on Fort Hood, Texas, July 15, 2025. (Sgt. Hayden Epperley/Army) The Army is on the lookout ...