US army soldier firing M4 carbine in the desert during the military operation in desert© zim286 / iStock via Getty Images Most rifles fulfill their role and eventually fade into history, but a select ...

Rifles are the backbone of any military. Infantry carries them, taking objectives and seizing goals. They’ve been the crux of the modern army since their introduction to the battlefield in the 15th ...

Cader rifles were offered as a cheaper and easier-to-produce alternative in a much cheaper caliber. Most cadet rifles mimicked the basic overall layout of the rifles of the era, however, they were ...

Civilian firearms legally replicate military designs like the AR-15 and AK-pattern rifles in semi-automatic form. State laws create a patchwork where the same AR-15 legal in one state may be banned in ...

The Air Force's top enlisted leader said there's a desire to let trainees at the service's boot camp carry real rifles, a change that would mirror long-standing norms for other military branches. Last ...

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, observe a Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) machine gun with fire control during a Program Executive ...

The U.S. Army is putting AI-guided rifle optics into soldiers’ hands to shoot down drones, awarding a $6.1 million contract ...

Germany’s StG 44 created the assault rifle category in 1944. Nearly every modern service rifle traces its conceptual roots to this weapon. The AK-47’s reliability and simplicity made it the most ...