Infantry dominance resulted from technology that gave foot soldiers the ability to neutralize cavalry, armor, aircraft and fortifications without support. Portable anti-tank weapons like the RPG and ...

Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...

The weapons that get the most attention aren’t always the ones that matter most. While some systems become iconic, others quietly do the work that actually wins battles. These overlooked weapons may ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often determined how quickly an army could advance, how effectively it could defend, and ...

Warfare isn’t tidy. We can certainly look at the historical records for conflicts and make assumptions about the weapons used. However, that only paints part of the picture. Every conflict in human ...

A 33rd Fighter Wing aircraft maintainer moves by the Department of Defense's newest aircraft, the U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF), before giving the pilot the order to taxi ...

A member of the joint U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and AeroVironment, Inc. team makes adjustments to the LOCUST Laser Weapon System on the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Navy) Editor’s note: ...