machine guns

China’s hypersonic-killing machine gun fires 450,000 rounds/min per barrel. Is this the future of warfare?

When you hear the M134 Minigun roar to life, it’s not just a weapon firing; it’s the sound of raw, unbridled power unleashing hell on anything in its path.

The 100-round drum from Beta provides troops with a ton of firepower. But is the dang thing worth a squat?

The General Purpose Machine Gun rules the machine-gun world. But where did it come from? We have to look at the MG42 and MG34 to find out.

Many different machine guns were fielded in WWII, some better than others. Yet, these few can truly be counted among the war’s best.

We would choose the 240B machine gun every day of the week and twice on Sunday. It’s reliabiable, accurate, and easy to operate.

In the wake of yet another tragic school shooting, the United States finds itself at the same cross roads it has so many times before. Violence is an unfortunate byproduct of existence – even acts of senseless violence against one another aren’t without precedent in nature – but we, as a people, are tasked with […]

Talking with ‘Nam vets is always a learning experience. They are a truly remarkable bunch of guys who accomplished a lot with very little.  I am fortunate to know a SEAL who did some time during the heyday of Vietnam. Reading stories about the Brown Water Navy and SEAL/UDT Platoons in books were great but […]

The main weapons and equipment items used by the United States DoD members are listed below. Listing every weapon in the arsenal would not be practical for an article, so this series will cover the highlights, starting with some of the main weapons and equipment used by the Infantry and Special Operations Units. Then the […]

Behold the mighty PKM machine gun—the poor man’s squad gun. It either works every time or shits the bed entirely.