Artillery has long been hailed as the king of battle. Mounted on wheels and tracks, these mighty platforms unleash thunderous ...

Chinese researchers have reportedly doubled the lifespan of modern artillery guns by borrowing a 2,000-year-old anti-corrosion technique first used to protect bronze weapons found with the Qin dynasty ...

Ukraine is gearing up for a different type of warfare in its eastern regions as Russia looks to completely control the Donbas. U.S. defense officials have been sounding the alarm for weeks that the ...

Modern artillery has made many advances, but in terms of range, the guns used by the Western powers haven't improved more than marginally. This is unfortunate because rivals like Russia rely heavily ...

Before every round is fired, a soldier checks inside the howitzer barrel—yes, by looking in. From curved rammers and fuse types to drone spotting, bracketing, and “danger close” fire, here’s how ...

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“Hard pounding this, gentlemen, but we will see who can pound the longest.” Thus spoke the Duke of Wellington on the afternoon of the battle of Waterloo, when Napoleon’s guns were pasting his troops.

KHARKIV, Ukraine—Ukraine issued fresh calls for urgent supplies of weapons from the West, as officials warned that the war with Russia was rapidly becoming a series of artillery battles that favor ...