Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn’t a new concept by any means, with the notion of rapid fire volleys being something dating back to the Age of ...
The PKP Pecheneg is Russia’s formidable general-purpose machine gun, designed to deliver sustained, accurate fire under the harshest battlefield conditions. Built as a modernized variant of the PKM, ...
There is a great streak of ingenuity that runs through the American people. The phrase improvise, adapt, and overcome is intertwined into our military culture for a reason. Our troops are pros... Here ...
The Browning M2 entered U.S. service in 1921 and remains operational today despite predating jets, radar, helicopters, and modern armored warfare. U.S. military attempts to replace the M2 repeatedly ...
During the late 1970s, international embargoes and an ongoing conflict forced South Africa to develop its own general-purpose machine gun from scratch. We explore how an initially troubled design ...
FN UK completed M2HB QCB MK2 .50 BMG heavy machine guns and MAG 7.62×51mm general purpose machine guns. (Janes/Sean Reardon) FN UK, a subsidiary of FN Browning Group, told Janes in December of its ...
Germany produced some of the finest and most innovative small arms of the Second World War—from the MG-34 general purpose machine gun to the StG44, the world’s first assault rifle.