Small Arms

The U.S. Army is looking at acquiring a new machine gun chambered to fire the .338 Norma Magnum cartridge, but that can also be converted to use the same 6.8x51mm ammunition as its next-generation M7 rifles and M250 light machine guns.

Posted on Mar 12, 2025

The Army tested a new unit, called a Multi Purpose Company, to find and engage with the enemy.

Small Arms

New Scout Unit That Heavily Leverages Drones, Electronic Warfare Tested By U.S. Army

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 27, 2025

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has reportedly acquired a version of the 6.8x51mm M250 light machine gun that Sig Sauer developed for the U.S. Army, but chambered to fire the NATO-standard 7.62x51mm round.

Machine Guns

Israel Buys 7.62x51mm Version Of U.S. Army’s New Sig Sauer M250 Light Machine Gun: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 3, 2025

Sniper Rifles

Marines’ New Sniper Rifle Declared Fully Operational A Year Early

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Nov 23, 2024

The US Army has been exploring options for years now for a highly computerized 30mm Precision Grenadier System (PGS) that soldiers could use to engage targets ranging from enemy personnel behind cover to light armored vehicles to drones in the sky.

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

One Of These Futuristic Grenade Launchers Could Succeed Where The Army’s ‘Punisher’ Failed

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 17, 2024

The curious North Korean Type 73 machine gun is getting new attention as a result of the Hermit Kingdom's expanding support for Russia's war in Ukraine, which now includes the deployment of thousands of troops.

Machine Guns

North Korea’s Wacky Type 73 Machine Guns May Be Entering The Fight In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 9, 2024

The U.S. Marines are testing a heavily automated targeting system that helps physically point standard infantry rifles in the direction of the target as a new option to help shoot down drones.

Assault Rifles

Marines Testing Counter-Drone Rifle Aiming System With Automatically Moving Stock

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 25, 2024

Sniper Rifles

Search For Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Replacement Halted By SOCOM

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 11, 2024

Machine Guns

Mysterious M60 Machine Gun Contract Awarded By U.S. Army

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 30, 2024

What appears to be one of the first looks at members of the German armed forces with new 5.56x45mm Heckler & Koch HK416 A8 rifles, also known as G95A1s, has come from an unexpected source: the U.S. Army. With help from the U.S. Army, the Germans have been stress-testing the guns in very hot and humid conditions at a facility in Panama and in the Arizona desert.

Assault Rifles

Germany’s New HK416 Service Rifles Appear At Panama Test Site

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 13, 2024

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

Saab Gets Big XM919 Shoulder-Fired Anti-Armor Launcher Order From The U.S. Army (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

A drone-hunting rifle-armed robot dog is being demonstrated at a US Army event dubbed Operation Hard Kill.

Machine Guns

Robot Dog With Gun Turret For Hunting Aerial Drones Being Tested By Army

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 7, 2024

Sniper Rifles

Secret Service Wants New Sniper Rifles

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 22, 2024

Secret Service agent seen with a Glock 19 MOS without a red dot as part of trump's personal protection detail.

Small Arms

Secret Service’s Lack Of Red Dot Pistol Optics Puzzles SWAT Officers

By Howard Altman, Tyler Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

The US Marine Corps is looking at new "buckshot-like" ammunition for its rifles, advanced optics, add-on jammers, and other new counter-drone capabilities for smaller units.

Assault Rifles

Shotgun Pellet-Like Rifle Ammo, Gun-Mounted Jammers On Marine Anti-Drone Wishlist

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 15, 2024

Heckler & Koch is looking at selling versions of its existing product line chambered in Soviet-designed cartridges, driven in part by the conflict in Ukraine.

Small Arms

Heckler & Koch Eyes Adapting Its Rifles To Fire Soviet-Designed Ammo

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 15, 2024

The replacement for Barrett .50 caliber riles, a well as Mk 15s in the same caliber, in U.S. special operations forces inventories may be chambered in a new smaller cartridge.

Sniper Rifles

Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Replacement For SOCOM May Fire A Smaller Round

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 10, 2024

Assault Rifles

Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators (Updated)

By Oliver Parken, Howard Altman

Posted on May 8, 2024

Small Arms

Canadian Military’s WWII-Era Browning Hi-Power Pistols Are Finally Being Replaced

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

M16/AR15/M4 Pattern

First U.S. Army Unit Just Received Long Awaited M4 And M249 Replacements

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 29, 2024

The British Army's 16th Air Assault Brigade Combat Team now has new computerized sights for its rifles to help knock down enemy drones.

Assault Rifles

British Army Paratroopers Get Computerized Rifle Sights To Shoot Down Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 5, 2024

German special operations forces are set reportedly set to become the first military operator of a variant of the HK 433 rifle.

Assault Rifles

German Special Ops To Be First HK433 Military User: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 27, 2024

US Special Operations Command has laid out requirements for a new Extreme Long Range Sniper Rifle that could replace its Barrett M82/M107 and Mk 15 .50 caliber rifles.

Sniper Rifles

Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Replacement Sought By SOCOM

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 6, 2024

Drones have become a ubiquitous threat on battlefield around the world, and existing active protection systems could be part of future solutions for defending vehicles against them.

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

Tank Active Protection Systems Could Be Used To Shoot Down Drones

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 3, 2024

A local government member in Ukraine conducts a grenade attack during a financial meeting

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

Man Throws Grenades Into Ukrainian Town Council Meeting

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 15, 2023

Iraqi Militant fuel truck turned into a rocket launcher.

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

Rocket Launcher Disguised As Fuel Truck Seen Firing In Iraq

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 5, 2023

The founder of a jetpack startup has demonstrated a version of his signature design armed with a pistol aimed via a head-tracking system.

Sidearms

Jetpack Features Glock Autopistol Aimed By Moving Your Head

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 22, 2023

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

Marines Test Fire Robot Dog Armed With Rocket Launcher

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 18, 2023

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

This Is Hezbollah’s Arsenal Of Weapons It Could Rain On Israel

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 12, 2023

Gun maker Sig Sauer is experimenting with pistol-armed quadcopter drones.

Sidearms

P365 Pistol-Armed Aerial Drone Put On Display By Sig Sauer

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 11, 2023

Assault Rifles

Little Radar-Toting Robotic Gun Vehicle Aims To Protect Squads From Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 6, 2023

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

North Korea Debuts Rocket Launchers That Appear As Civilian Trucks

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 9, 2023

Sidearms

The Truth About Pirate Weapons

By Rebecca Simon

Posted on Jul 12, 2023

Sidearms

Super ‘Gucci’ Alien Pistol In Use With Zelensky Security Detail

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 2023

Assault Rifles

Watch Six AK-74s Strapped Together As A Ukrainian Anti-Drone Gun In Action

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jul 7, 2023

Small Arms

Iconic 1911 Pistols Have Finally Been Retired From Marine Corps Service

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 21, 2023

Assault Rifles

Common Rifles Firing Same Ammo To Arm Finnish, Swedish Forces

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 27, 2023

Sidearms

HK’s Iconic USP Pistol, Made Famous By Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Turns 30

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 20, 2023

Small Arms

The Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle Confiscated By TSA Was All Legal

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 19, 2023

Assault Rifles

HK416 Finally Looks Set To Become Germany’s Next Service Rifle

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 16, 2022

Small Arms

Ukrainian Teams Hunt Russian Drones With Laser Rifles, Gun Trucks, Apps

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

Assault Rifles

Aussies Created A ‘Shoot House’ On Their Amphibious Assault Ship’s Aircraft Elevator

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 7, 2022

Machine Guns

Check Out The New Twin M240 Door Guns For HH-60 Rescue Helicopters

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Nov 23, 2022

Assault Rifles

Tiny ‘Rattler’ Rifles For U.S. Special Operators May Be Adapted To Fire Soviet Ammo (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 1, 2022

Assault Rifles

U.S. Army Is Looking To Buy AK-74 Assault Rifles (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 28, 2022

Assault Rifles

Army Set To Buy Computerized Rifle Sights For Shooting Down Drones

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Oct 7, 2022

Machine Guns

China Pairs Armed Robot Dogs With Drones That Can Drop Them Anywhere

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 5, 2022

Assault Rifles

Marine Recon Units Get Short-Barrel Versions Of The H&K M27 Rifle

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 13, 2022

Sidearms

Why An Officer On EC-135C Doomsday Planes Packed A Revolver

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 1, 2022

Submachine Guns

Army’s New 9mm Submachine Guns Are Ready To Help Protect VIPs

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 22, 2022

Long John Silver in the film Treasure Island

Small Arms

Everything You Know About Pirates Is Wrong

By Rebecca Simon

Posted on Jul 25, 2022

Submachine Guns

This Submachine Gun-Equipped Robot Dog Goes Full John Wick At Shooting Range

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 21, 2022

Sidearms

U.S. Nuclear Convoy Guards’ New Pistol Looks Right Out Of John Wick

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 30, 2022

Machine Guns

Inside A Ukrainian ‘Monster Garage’ Where Volga Sedans Turn Into Battle Wagons

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 28, 2022

Rheinmetall's Squad Support Weapon 40, or SSW40, automatic grenade launcher.

Assault Rifles

New Automatic Grenade Launcher Is Designed Like An Assault Rifle

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 18, 2022

Machine Guns

Volga Sedan Turned Into Machine Gun-Toting Tactical Vehicle By Ukrainian Forces

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Machine Guns

Ukrainian Fighters With WWI Guns Channel 16th-Century Ancestors

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 29, 2022

Assault Rifles

Futuristic Belgian F2000 Rifles Have Been Spotted In Ukrainian Hands

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 24, 2022

Assault Rifles

Sig’s Rattler Will Be U.S. Special Operators’ New Tiny Rifle

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 23, 2022

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

Army Tests Uncrewed M113 Armed With Laser-Guided Rocket Launcher

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 20, 2022

Machine Guns

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The MH-6’s Plank-Mounted Machine Gun

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 20, 2022

A Russian-backed separatist holds what is claimed to be an improvised counter-drone system.

Small Arms

Russian-Backed Separatist Shows Off Questionable Homemade Counter-Drone Jamming Gun

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 19, 2022

Sniper Rifles

Commander In Ukraine Wants Quiet Electric Bikes For His Sniper Teams

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 11, 2022

Assault Rifles

Here’s Everything We Now Know About The Army’s New Squad Rifles

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

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Man Throws Grenades Into Ukrainian Town Council Meeting

Rocket Launcher Disguised As Fuel Truck Seen Firing In Iraq

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