Tom Hanks famously depicted Captain John Miller in “Saving Private Ryan” toting his trusty Thompson submachine gun — “Tommy gun” — from the beaches of Normandy far into the interior of France in 1944.

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Hundreds of years after the invention of gunpowder, the firearm continues to reshape the battlefield. While early hand cannons may have been more frightening than effective, they started us down the ...

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Fadala, Sam. The Complete Blackpowder Handbook. Dbi Books, 2001. O'Connel, Robert L. Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression. Oxford University Press, 1991. Flatnes, Oyvind. From ...

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Cap gun, squirt gun, pop gun, dart gun, BB gun, 22rifle, M16 assault weapon, AK47 assault weapon. Growing up in the late 1940s and 50s, I was given “toy” guns for Christmas. In the U.S. we have a long ...

The Five Best US Machine Guns Ever Produced: The United States military has produced some incredible machine guns throughout history, but worldwide, the machine gun has changed warfare forever.

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The U.S. Army will celebrate its 250th birthday on Saturday, June 14, 2025, with a parade in Washington, D.C., in which about 6,600 soldiers and heavy pieces of military equipment will roll through ...