OL's former shooting editor Jim Carmichel explains the history — and American shooters' attitudes toward — key service rifles ...

More than 19 million M1911 are estimated to have been produced in the years leading up to and during WWII. The semi-automatic ... still used bolt-action rifles, the M1 Garand was semiautomatic ...

The M1 Carbine is one of the most recognizable military firearms in the world. Here's an overview of how it works, and how you can own one today.

The U.S. Military still has guns in use that were developed in the late 1970s to over 100 years ago. Of course, the military ...

When World War II broke out, many nations were using the same weapons as they had used in the previous war. However, by the ...

From rifles to machine guns, WWII soldiers had an arsenal of deadly weapons. Discover the firepower that shaped history!

Bob Dyson served in World War II, building runways in Burma and India. Dyson celebrated his 105th birthday on Sunday in Springfield.

Two Springfield firefighters, Eli Davidson and Jeff Weeks, are premiering their second documentary about the war in Ukraine. The documentary, "Gold Fields In Donbas," follows a Ukrainian family ...

Two Springfield firefighters have made two documentaries about a Ukrainian family experiencing the war with Russia. The firefighters plan to make more documentaries about the family over the next ...

Notable weapons: M7 Priest, M4 Sherman Tank American Locomotive Company produced thousands of tanks in WWII. Perhaps the most notable were the M4 Sherman Tank and the M7 Priest. The company ...

SPRINGFIELD – A pedestrian suffered serious injuries after being struck by two vehicles Sunday evening. The man was near the intersection of State and Maynard streets when he was struck at about ...