In 1914, Japanese designer Kijiro Nambu developed his own variation of the French-made Hotchkiss M1914 heavy machine gun for the Japanese army. Called the Type 3, it is a large, crew-served ...

In 1914, during the start of World War 1, French engineer Louis Boirault created ... from the constant bombardment of artillery and machine gun fire. This defensive method had the unintended ...

Though the French Armed Forces initially used it ... which was no match for heavy machine gun rounds. The top of the turret fared even worse, with approximately 10 mm of shielding from the ...

One weapon has continually served the U.S. Armed Forces on land, at sea, and in the air for 105 years: the M2 heavy machine gun. First developed in 1918, the M2 has been in steady service ...