We take to a controlled live-fire range to shoot the MG-34 and MG-42, two iconic German machine guns of World War II. The video demonstrates their mechanics and vastly different rates of fire, ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often […] ...

Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...