Adopted in 1911 and carried through both World Wars, the Colt M1911 became one of the most iconic sidearms in U.S. military history. Known for its stopping power, rugged design, and reliability in the ...

The technology of war is ever-changing. With each new conflict in history, scientists and engineers scramble to develop new ways to defeat the enemy. They have to, since the other side is doing the ...

Of all the Central Intelligence Agency secrets revealed to the world by the so-called Church Committee of the 1970s, perhaps none captured the American public's imagination as vividly as the agency's ...

1st Lt. Frank Luke Jr. was a Medal of Honor recipient with an impressive but tragically short combat career. Luke was renowned for his aerial combat prowess, destroying 14 German balloons and 4 ...

Gardaí have described as “very concerning” the arrest of three young friends caught with a military assault rifle, a semi-automatic handgun, and rounds of ammunition bought on the darknet. Specialist ...

Two combat pistols ruled in different eras, though some units continued using their favorite. The M1911 is the OG pistol that’s been used in combat from 1911 well into the 2020s. The Beretta M9 pistol ...

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One weapon has continually served the U.S. Armed Forces on land, at sea, and in the air for 105 years: the M2 heavy machine gun. First developed in 1918, the M2 has been in steady service throughout ...

Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) confirmed to The War Zone that the replacement of the M45A1s with new M18s began last year and was completed by October 2022. M45A1s had previously been ...

The United States Government has been the subject of many wild conspiracy theories — some logical, and others unbelievable. Back in the day, what could and could not be done by intelligence agencies ...

Since 2017, US military service branches have been rolling out new M17 and M18 handguns. The new guns are only the latest in a history of sidearms that stretches back to the first Continental soldiers ...