This is every rifle the Marine Corps has issued to Marines in the service's 250-year history, from muskets to M4s.

By the 1860s, many military powers were experimenting with and adopting breechloading rifles as standard military arms. France, in the mid-1860s, took a revolutionary leap forward with the ...

Though its active official service life was less than a half-dozen years, Britain’s Pattern 1851 “Minié” rifle musket was an important step in the evolution of military longarms.

By the 16th century, firearms replaced bows as their potential was grasped. Edward Gibbon was to claim that gunpowder effected a new revolution in the art of war and the history of mankind, a bold ...

Fierce competition and inventions such as gunpowder spurred the rapid evolution of military power in Europe. Many battles were still won by sheer numbers.

According to the Army's fiscal 2025 budget request, the service has a long-term plan of buying 111,428 XM7 rifles, 13,334 XM250 automatic rifles, and 124,749 XM157 Fire Control devices stretching ...

From executive producer Peyton Manning, The History Channel brings us “The American Soldier,” a documentary that explains the evolution of the Army from its ragtag beginnings to the men and ...