The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has officially codified the new GYURZA-O2 armored vehicle, developed in Ukraine. This ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (July 1, 2013) -- If you use the expression "get the lead out" around members of a special technical team here working on the Army's 5.56mm and 7.62mm enhanced performance ...

The 7.62mm M80 Ball round is for use against personnel and unarmored targets. It has an unpainted bullet tip and is known by three other names: 7.62 x 51 mm, 7.62 NATO and .308 Winchester.

The rounds currently issued as standard to SAS troops for their rifles are 5.56 mm calibre. In future, the troopers will be given 7.62 mm rounds – which are almost twice as heavy and ...

The AK assault rifle with new 5.45 x 39 mm cartridges was able to take out the enemy at distances of up to 400 meters, becoming one of the world’s most formidable assault rifles. The Russian ...

An upgraded version of the mainstay of machine gun power in the Army’s dismounted formations just got a few new tweaks. The FN Mk 48 Mod 2 was on display at the Association of the United States ...

The Second World War is an important period in human history for a litany of reasons. Among them is the rate of invention and innovation by those on all sides of the globe-spanning conflict.

Heckler & Koch (H&K) debuted its new lightweight 7.62×51 mm chambered machine gun at DSEI 2023 in London. The new weapon has the HK421 designation and is derived from the company's MG5 series of ...

The FDF is procuring 155 mm artillery rounds for howitzers including the K9 SPH seen here undergoing trials in Finland in November 2016. (Janes/Peter Felstead) Finnish Minister of Defence Antti ...