The Suomi KP/-31 was one of the lesser-known and yet most influential submachine guns of the Second World War. It was the ...

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For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...

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World War II accelerated the shift from bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic and automatic weapons that redefined infantry tactics. Mass production innovations like metal stamping enabled nations to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A massive gun that was on the battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II will soon be installed on a cliff at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.

A gun that fired the U.S. military’s first shot in World War II may soon be moved from the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. The gun from the USS Ward could be taken to the future Minnesota ...

The gun that fired the first American shot of World War II will be moved from its longtime home in St. Paul this week, exactly 80 years after that defining conflict of the 20th century came to an end.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Used by the Germans in WWII, the Pak 40 makes other anti-tank guns look like toys. It can fire 10 shots per minute, and the force of one shot can ...