For all its strengths, the rifle carries one infamous compromise: precision. The AK-47 was never designed to be an American ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: As a carbine, the M1 was much more compact than the full-sized M1 Garand. During the Second World War, the shortcoming to most countries’ standard-issue rifles became ...

A statue of the inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle featured an embarrassing mistake: it accidentally included a diagram of a German World War II assault rifle. The mistake, which was quickly ...

World War II saw the birth of groundbreaking gun technologies shaping modern warfare. In this episode of Secret Weapons of World War Two, we spotlight these innovations. Innovations like the M1 ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The AK-47 is the most ubiquitous gun pattern ever created. Everyone with a heartbeat and two eyes has seen the iconic AK-47—the most produced rifle in history. It is ...

British defence company BAE Systems said it had won a 1.3 billion pound ($1.71 billion) order to build parts for 38 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft Germany plans to buy.