Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese researchers have reportedly doubled the lifespan of modern artillery guns by borrowing a 2,000-year-old anti-corrosion ...

Artillery has quietly entered a new era in which a single cannon shell can now reach farther than many battlefield missiles. The latest generation of 155mm projectiles is smashing range records, ...

Deployed alongside M13/40 and M14/41 tank units, the Semovente provided critical firepower to Italian armored divisions during their defense of northern Africa and Sicily. Throughout the Second World ...

Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the headlines have been filled with HIMARS rockets that can hit targets nearly 200 miles away; hypersonic missiles that can reach ...

Artillery has come a long way since it was first adopted as part of siege weaponry in ancient times, as today's systems are infinitely more advanced. It used to be that you could lob a rock at a wall ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. -- "FIRE MISSION! FIRE MISSION! FIRE MISSION!" The call to action rang out across the artillery gun line and without hesitation Soldiers sprang into action. One cannon crew member ...

Imagine driving down highway 95 in southwestern Arizona. It’s sunset, not quite twilight yet, but you can see that night is quickly approaching. You’ve just passed a sign saying, “Yuma Proving Ground.

The exercise, held at the School of Artillery’s Devlali Field Firing Ranges, centred on the seamless synchronisation of heavy ...

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Each year, when the President unfurls the national flag at the start of the Republic Day parade, one can hear the booms of ...

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, reload an M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer during a rehearsal for the 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Red Beach ...