The Hammer Gun stands out as one of the strangest and most impractical homemade weapons ever built, demonstrating exactly why ...

The F-35 program cost $1.7T but early deployments exposed low readiness rates and immature software. The Zumwalt destroyer cost over $4B per ship but its main gun became unusable due to $1M per round ...

Military history is often seen through the lens of success. When looking back on the weapons and vehicles that have powered warfare over the ages, there are some exceptions, however. You’ll find ...

Sidearms are the weapons soldiers hope they never have to use, but rely on when everything goes wrong. When a primary weapon fails in the middle of a fight, a handgun becomes the last line of defense.

Creating a reliable combat weapon isn't a matter of firepower, elegance in design, or embodying the latest and greatest trends in engineering. Instead, it hinges on the notion that when a soldier ...