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National Defense
August 2009
Grace Jean |
Weapons Experts Working to Lighten Troops' Small Arms Load Technologists are working to cut small arms weight in half without compromising firepower, and so far prototypes of a redesigned machine gun and ammunition are demonstrating the art of the possible.   |
National Defense
August 2011
Eric Beidel |
Gun Barrel Holds Up Under Extreme Heat In the heat of battle, machine gun barrels firing repeated rounds can become so hot that they begin to melt. Soldiers and marines carry extras just in case. |
AskMen.com
Aaron Broverman |
Top 10: Future Weapons In the wrong hands, these weapons could pick entire civilizations clean, but thankfully when used with striking precision and tactical strategy these weapons mean more of the good guys survive, while all that evil never stands a chance. |
National Defense
April 2012
Eric Beidel |
Navy's Electric Gun Could Hit Targets More Than 100 Miles Away The Navy has begun firing a weapon that uses electricity instead of gunpowder to launch projectiles faster and farther than ever before. |
Popular Mechanics
July 14, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Top 5 High-Tech Guns for Next-Gen Infantry Reviews of five new weapons technologies are provided |
National Defense
March 2013
Dan Parsons |
Military Seeks Lighter, Stronger Ammo Recognizing that rifle design using gunpowder and self-contained cartridges has neared the zenith of engineering, firearms manufacturers are turning to ammunition as a possible source of further weight reduction. |
National Defense
February 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Lightweight Shotgun Deploys to Afghanistan The Army's new Lightweight Shotgun System is getting a "trial by fire" in Afghanistan, said Col. Michael J. Smith, program manager for soldier weapons at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2004
Scott Gourley |
Weapons Of The Special Forces U.S. special operations forces have at their disposal the most cutting-edge weaponry. |
National Defense
November 2015
Jim Schatz |
U.S. Military Losing Edge in Small Arms The current U.S. Army small arms development and acquisition system is dysfunctional and virtually unworkable, even for those within the system. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Paintball Gun or 12-Gauge? Inside Army's Modded-Out Shotgun A new gun that's made to hold lethal and non-lethal rounds. |
National Defense
September 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Inflatable Armor Easy to Store The system, which can be folded and stored, then inflated within a minute, will stop 7.62 mm rounds, the kind fired by AK-47 automatic rifles. |
National Defense
July 2014
Dan Parsons |
Nonlethal Weapons Could Gain Ground in Future Missions Nonlethal weapons are tailor-made for many of the potential scenarios Marines will encounter in unsettled regions of the world where firing live rounds could spark major conflict. |
National Defense
September 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Army Developing Advanced Ammo for Abrams Tank To be more useful in urban battlefields, the Army's main battle tank needs to be armed with advanced multipurpose rounds that can be adapted for use against different types of targets. |
