In many countries prior to WWII, it was not uncommon to begin preparing children for military service at fairly young ages, ...

A Washington state museum is pulling World War II rifles from an exhibit in order to comply with new background-check legislation for gun permits. The state recently passed strict regulations ...

World War II, the largest global conflict in human history, was fought over six long years during which military technology evolved and immediately put to use on the battlefield. Among the weapons ...

A rare World War II rifle sat in storage at a museum in Poland for over a decade years after being mistaken for a “toy” gun. Photos show the simple, unique weapon. A private collector donated two guns ...

Originally built for a different war, the M1903 Springfield wasn’t supposed to matter in WWII - but it did. We uncover how ...

A simplistic “toy” gun sitting in the storage of a museum in Poland turned out to be a rare historic weapon from World War II. Screengrab from Science in Poland (PAP)'s video A rare World War II rifle ...

As horrible as the Second World War may have been, there can be no question that one of the defining aspects of the war was the weapons put into the hands of troops around the world. With every rifle ...

A 90-year-old World War II veteran who described being a Marine as the "high point" of his life has been reunited with his M1 Garand rifle after 73 years. Dick Cowell was 18 and the war was in full ...

When the United States was drawn into the sprawling, brutal theaters of World War II, facing fierce enemies across the battlefields of Europe and the unforgiving terrain of the Pacific, it quickly ...