When we think back on military history, the focus tends to overwhelmingly skew towards things like weapons, leaders, and decisive battles. The atomic bomb, the invention of the battle tank, and the ...

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 ...

Some of the most important shifts in military history didn’t come from strategy rooms, instead they came from the machines rolling onto the battlefield. Certain combat vehicles proved so effective, so ...

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 ...

Guam’s vast logistics infrastructure makes it the keystone for any military operation in the Pacific — and a prime target for ...

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 ...