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

Key Points - The Nazi German MG 42, introduced in 1942, was a fearsome 7.92x57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun renowned for its devastatingly high rate of fire (1,200-1,800 rpm) and reliability, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Eastern Ukraine (KOLN) - It’s a bitter way to welcome the golden age. Yuri, now 51, rang in his 50th on the front. “I was celebrating my years, my latest birthdays here,” Yuri told me during an ...