General Dynamics maintains that its new short-range .50 caliber ammunition will give troops a lot more opportunities to safely train with the Ma Deuce heavy machine gun. The new .50 Caliber round is ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: .50 caliber sniper rifles have seen incredible proliferation in the twenty-first century. They are used in almost every hot zone around the world, from the Middle ...

Heavy machine guns and sniper rifles in .50 caliber are some of the most feared weapons for the infantryman on the battlefield. As the .50 caliber round was originally meant to pierce armor and take ...

TRENTON, New Jersey – New Jersey is looking to become the second U.S. state to outlaw a powerful gun that critics say can be used by terrorists to shoot down an airliner. Democratic lawmakers and ...

KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan (May 23, 2013) - Elements from Security Force Advisory and Assistance Team 13 trained Afghan National Army soldiers on the M2 .50 caliber machine gun weapons system at ...

In the long lineage of American infantry weapons, everything eventually fades away. The M1 Garand, a rifle that defeated fascism, is now a museum piece. The M14 had a brief, troubled run before being ...

Marine Corps Cpl. Philip D. Bell, an antitank missile gunner with 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, shoots a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a Humvee during exercise Comanche Run at Fort ...

Your next belt of .50 caliber ammunition could weigh 10 to 20 pounds less than it does now, if industry representatives are able to meet the needs of a recent Marine Corps request. (Staff Sgt. Vitaliy ...

An 11-year-old Florida boy decided to try out magnet fishing with his grandpa in a canal and discovered two .50-caliber M82A1 Barrett sniper rifles submerged beneath an overpass. Allen Cadwalader had ...