Retrieved from long-forgotten caches, dusted down, and returned to working order, the Vietnamese battlefield was awash with the weapons of the Second World War. Like washed up Hollywood action stars, ...

But when World ... war. The British Mark I tank was used in September 1916. It held ten men and reached speeds of almost four miles per hour. Battleships were the largest warships and had very big ...

1854-56 - The Crimean War. The last war to use only muzzle-loaded guns. 1859 - The first full rim-fire cartridge. 1860 - Spencer repeating carbine patented. Introduced at the start of the Civil ...

After creating the “Gun that Won the West”—the Winchester Model 1873 rifle—they had a new task: manufacturing guns that could help win World ... used rifle by American troops in the war.

The submachine gun was developed during the First World War, and Germany’s MG18 is largely recognized as the first successful example of the new class of weapon. Typically chambered with ...

Despite weighing four tons and standing 16-feet high, the sculpture has been moved multiple times and endured an odyssey of ...

Within a decade, gun homicide rates were among the lowest in the world. In addition, over 162,000 firearms were surrendered with a buyback program. However, knife-related crimes increased in ...

Going into World War ... any gun-registration records the French had collected since the 1935 decree. Death sentences for mere weapons possession were virtually unheard-of — at first. Things ...