In 1718, British inventor James Puckle patented what may have been the world's first machine gun - a tripod-mounted, ...

Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker custom-built a single-seat monoplane, featuring a fully functional synchronization gear that ...

For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...

At 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a German machine gun crew fired a burst of rounds at approaching Americans. One bullet struck 23-year-old Pvt. Henry Gunther in the left temple. He died instantly.

LINDENHURST, Ill. (AP) — Police say a machine gun bullet that exploded after it was lit with a blow torch injured a military reservist, his sister and parents in ...