The infantry needed something that didn’t require a crew: what they needed was “individual” artillery. Thus, in 1963, the M72 ...

The U.S. Army’s ongoing Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program will determine which firearm will replace the M4 carbine and the M249 SAW. Eventually, the NGSW could replace the M240... Here’s ...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — Marines who normally man a desk stepped behind machine guns at a firing range on this northern Okinawa base recently to hone their skills defending a command post. About 30 ...

Trainees participate in the live firing portion of the Lightweight Machine Gun Course from the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022. The course was two weeks ...

The arrival of the RPL-7 could suggest the Kremlin will look to more varied weapons in the future. Russia’s most famed modern arms maker is set to introduce a newly designed “handheld machine gun” at ...

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade practice with the M249 light machine gun before testing on the weapon lanes at Grafenwöhr Training Area, Grafenwöhr, Sept. 17, 2025. Weapon lanes ...

A deputy on patrol in the city about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday in the area of Poole and McDougal streets. A search of the car led authorities to uncover a loaded pistol, loaded AR pistol carbine and a ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. An East Bay man is ...