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U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flying during mission

Did the U.S. Deploy the Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb in History?

In what is now considered the deadliest U.S. airstrike against the Houthi rebels to date, the Ras Isa oil terminal in western Yemen was

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Ingram MAC-10: A favorite weapon of Hollywood movies

MAC-10 is a compact blowback-operated weapon, classified as a machine pistol and submachine gun. It is chambered in either .45 ACP or 9 mm. Gordon B. Ingram developed it in 1964 as

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Submachine Guns

A marine prepares to fire from M2 Browning machine gun (Photo: XY)

M2 Browning: The world’s most famous machine gun

There are none more notable than that of the 50. caliber M2 Browning machine gun, or the “Ma Deuce,” as it’s colloquially dubbed, is the longest-produced machine gun the world’s arms market

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Machine Guns

A Mk 19 40 mm machine gun mounted on an M3 tripod (Photo: XY)

M3 Tripod: A weapon mount for M2 and Mk 19

The M3 tripod is a weapon mount used on the M2HB Browning machine gun and the Mk 19 grenade launcher. The M3 tripod has a total weight of 20 kilograms (44 pounds).

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Machine Guns

US Navy sailors fire a Mk 19 40 mm grenade launcher during a training exercise in March 2003 (Photo: Wiki Commons)

Mk 19: A reliable Grenade Launcher since the Vietnam War

Mk 19 grenade launcher is a powerful 40 mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher developed by Saco Defense Industries that entered service in 1968, in the middle of the Vietnam War. Mk 19

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Grenade Launchers

Hellfire R9X launched from Apache AH-64A helicopter (Photo: XY)

AGM-114 Hellfire R9X: A missile designed to kill terrorists

The new Hellfire R9X missile is a state-of-art, technologically improved Hellfire missile designed solely to take out individuals without causing collateral damage. It has been used so far in at least three

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Missiles

M270 MLRS the best rocket-artillery in history (Photo: XY)

M270 MLRS: A massive firepower in a matter of seconds

The M270 MLRS is a US-made armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher; a type of rocket artillery used in NATO countries. Both gun and rocket artillery supplement each other. Neither can totally replace

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MLRS

M110 howitzer with Huey helicopters flying above (Photo: XY)

M110 Howitzer: An American-made self-propelled artillery system

Once upon a time, the M110 howitzer was the largest available self-propelled howitzer in the US Army’s inventory. The M110 is an 8-inch (203 mm) self-propelled howitzer consisting of an M115 203

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Artillery

M107 175 mm self-propelled gun

The M107 175 mm self-propelled gun was part of a U.S.-made artillery system intended to provide long-range fire support in an air-transportable system. The combat use of this gun in the US

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Artillery

US Marine takes aim with an M16A2 fitted with the M203 40 mm grenade launcher (Photo: XY)

M203: A first operational service grenade launcher of the US military

The M203 is a well-known single-shot 40mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to the rifle. It has become the first weapon of this type to achieve operational service inside the US

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Grenade Launchers

FN Minimi with M79 in Panama in January, 1989 (Photo: XY)

M79: A game-changer in Vietnam War

M79 is a single-shot, shoulder-fire, break-action grenade launcher developed by Springfield Armory. It was the first weapon of its type ever produced. To keep recoil forces low, it is chambered to fire

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Grenade Launchers

M320 GLM mounted on M4 carbine — A Paratrooper with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, fires a training round from the new M320 grenade launcher while learning to use the weapon on a Fort Bragg, N.C., range July 1, 2009. The brigade was the first unit in the Army to receive the advanced grenade launcher that will replace the Vietnam-era M203. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod) (Released)

M320 Grenade Launcher Module

M320 Grenade Launcher Module is a next-generation single-shot 40 mm grenade launcher designated to replace the M203 for the US Army. M320 comes as a standalone system that can be mounted to

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Grenade Launchers

Remington 11-87 shotgun (Photo: Remington)

Remington 11-87: A premier shotgun series

Introduced in 1987, the Remington 11-87 Premier Skeet is intended, as the name implies, for clay pigeon shooting. It has gained a good reputation in this field for its accuracy, handiness, and

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Shotguns

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