Some might wonder what would have happened if Porter had a couple of machine guns. Others might say that’s ridiculous, ...

While early machine guns relied on recoil operations, modern assault rifles and light machine guns utilize gas operation. Gas operation is a bit more complex than recoil-based systems, as it ...

Russia’s most famed modern arms maker is set to introduce a newly designed “handheld machine gun” at next month’s IDEX defense industry show in Abu Dhabi. The Kalashnikov Concern, which manages about ...

Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early ...