The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) is chonky. It’s a nightmare to clean. It’s a reasonably heavy, demanding, ammo jam waiting to happen, that will cycle the one speck of dust you missed at 3 a.m.

The United States is quietly rewriting the rules of small arms, betting that a radically different rifle and machine gun will ...

Military doctrine is supposed to tell soldiers how to fight, but history shows that some weapons refuse to follow the rules.

The Army is preparing to replace its long-serving M240B machine gun, launching a multibillion-dollar program to field a next-generation automatic weapon for frontline troops, according to newly ...