In late 18th-century naval warfare—after the initial broadsides and ship-to-ship cannon fire—ships were expected to close with the enemy. Sailors would then rely on their muskets and pistols to ...

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In the age of single-shot muskets and early rifles, the rate of fire was fairly low. Fire a shot, then reload, and reload slowly at that. Over time there were a number of attempts to increase the ...

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James is "strongly encouraging" commanders to team up with veterans service organizations to provide three-volley gun salutes — often referred to as 21-gun salutes — at ...

A lot of brainpower goes into designing weapons of war. Unfortunately, in a complicated situation, brainpower is a terrible substitute for testing. Here are some of the ingenious weapons of war that ...

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 ...