Military Weapons

By Jonathan Ferguson  In the UK there are several “Cadet” forces. These comprise the Army Cadet Force, the (RAF) Air Training...

As other installments in this series show, there were already significant issues with the first few iterations of the new...

By Jim Dickson After designing the M1941 semi-automatic rifle, Melvin Johnson set his sights on a light machine gun version...

By Henrik Jansson By During the late 19th century, the main armament of most country’s militaries at the time was...

In 1990, the Soviet Ministry of Defense was facing considerable economic strain. It nonetheless was confronted with the fact that...

By Michael Heidler Successful inventors often have to think outside the box. In weapons technology, too, many a smirked-at pipe...

By W. Jim Dickson In World War I, the U.S. discovered that some of the low numbered M1903 Springfield receivers...

Thanks to the ingenuity of one man, a Marine infantry unit serving in the Korean War was equipped with M1...

By Michael Heidler, All Photos: Springfield Armory NHS As the fronts hardened in World War I and little progress was...

By Tom Ring During 1983-1985, Harold "Hal" Johnson designed and built an experimental prototype .30 cal., lightweight machine gun for...