Modern sniping didn’t come from a single rifle, rather, it was born from a wave of WW2-era innovations that redefined ...

There is hardly a weapon of the war that is more synonymous with patience, discipline and technical performance than the ...

Why was the Kentucky rifle (originally the Pennsylvania rifle) so successful? Because the long rifle evolved in response to ...

Malcom Wallace was 17 years old when Uncle Sam called his name, assigned him an eight-digit serial number, and sent him off ...

The commanding officer of the USS O'Bannon shot ducks with his Springfield rifle from the deck of his destroyer during the ...

A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses.

Jim Sharp was one of the lucky ones. And at age 101, he’s still around to talk about it. While he feels a “little weak and weary” at times, he considers himself fortunate. He was blessed with another ...

A song written by a D-Day veteran who died earlier this year has been brought to life. Donald Rose was Britain's oldest man ...

The U.S. government overrode concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that weapons could be used in extrajudicial killings when it approved the purchase of sniper rifles to a deadly ...

The Soviet Union suffered between 321,000 and 381,000 casualties. And one Finnish soldier named Simo Häyhä played a huge part ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms ...

The US government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the US ambassador and other diplomats that the arms could be used in ...