Military weapons aren't always as straightforward as you might think. Over the years, there have been all kinds of odd tests ...

The German army was known for designing large super weapons. While many failed, many of the engineers behind these devices ...

WWII weapons persist in modern conflicts because they are rugged, affordable and easy to repair in low-resource environments. The Browning M2 heavy machine gun has remained in frontline service since ...

Millions of tons of ammunition that remained unused after WWII was dumped off the coast of Germany. Now, these weapons of mass destruction have turned into entire ecosystems. Missiles, bombs and ...

The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

The “mission” of the Secret Weapons of World War II: Women, Books & Music immersive exhibit has grown, according to co-curator Mary Brennan-Taylor. Halfway through the three-month exhibit at Kenan ...

Scientists exploring a World War II weapons dumpsite in the Baltic Sea have discovered swarms of sea creatures thriving on the surfaces of long-abandoned explosives thought to be toxic to marine life.

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities seized a 45-ton Panther tank, a flak cannon and multiple other World War II-era military weapons in a raid on a 78-year-old collector’s home in northern Germany, prosecutors ...

North Yorkshire, England — The already-risky work of fire crews battling a wildfire in England's North York Moors National Park has been made all the more dangerous by World War II-era bombs and tank ...

In a nod to the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a new immersive exhibit opening at Kenan House Gallery in January will take visitors back to the 1940s for an introduction to “Secret ...