William Zana, the only guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to reach the rank of general, took a final shift on his last day in the Army.

U.S. Army snipers were trained in South Vietnam and issued XM21 rifles from the Rock Island Arsenal. In total, the Rock Island Arsenal converted 1,435 target-grade M14 rifles into M21s by adding a ...

The platoon adopted the M14 rifle in 1964 in place of the earlier M1903 Springfield and M1 Garand, then added the Beretta M9 in 1988. As the Army switched from the M9 to the SIG Sauer M17 ...

On a brisk afternoon in early August of 1959, the United States Army debuted what the service billed as its “ultimate weapon”—not a new bomb, not a specialized tank or fighting vehicle, but ...

The M6 bayonet-knife was used as a bayonet on the M14 series rifle and as a hand weapon. The M7 bayonet-knife was used as a bayonet on the M16 series rifle, the M4 carbine and as a hand weapon.

However, one niche area that has been emerging into the mainstream is the use of the most powerful air rifles to hunt big game like pigs, deer, and even elk. Just 20 years ago, the few custom and ...

The rifle's design has evolved ... The Army Material Command initially rejected the weapon for the M14. Yet, an investigation ...

Specifications for this new rifle included it not to weigh over five ... although officially phased out by the M14 in 1957, ...

At the time, the only way anyone could lay his hands on such a rifle was with the help of a custom gunsmith. That changed in 1997, when Steyr introduced the Steyr Scout Rifle, which Cooper helped ...

1364 - First recorded use of a firearm. 1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe. 1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch ...

The M14, which shoots a 7.62mm round ... and has a greater muzzle velocity and firing range. M240B medium machine gun. The M240B is a belt-fed machine gun that shoots 7.62mm rounds, but is ...

The best rifle case protects your rifle from bumps and bangs that can not only damage the finish, but also knock a scope out of alignment, or even worse, possibly cost you a trophy. You’ll need ...