In 1986 the French Army adopted the FR-F2 as its standard sniper rifle - a retrofit of the earlier FR-F1 fitted with new 7.62 mm NATO barrels, flexible bipods, and thermal sleeves rather than a newly ...

There is hardly a weapon of the war that is more synonymous with patience, discipline and technical performance than the ...

The civilian firearms market is filled with rifles, pistols, and more that have a shared history with some of the most ...

Every era of warfare produces a handful of rifles that surpass expectations the moment they reach the battlefield. These are ...

Historical sniper incidents demonstrate the importance of threat assessment and pre-planning in preventing mass casualties. Technological tools like gunshot detection and drone surveillance are vital ...

Eleven former combatants, including nine from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and two from Dawlah Islamiyah, ...

‘Sniper tourists’ from Britain spent tens of thousands of pounds to travel to Sarajevo to shoot at civilians during the Bosnian-Serb army’s siege in the 1990s, it has been alleged. These claims are ...

The launch of an investigation in Italy into allegations that foreigners paid to shoot at civilians during the siege of ...

Current operations focus on stopping boats with lethal force, but the Pentagon has plenty of tactics and technology to stop ...

Haiti doesn’t manufacture weapons and has been under an arms embargo since 2022, but it’s awash in guns. And the Government Accountability Office says 90% of all weapons in Haiti used in a crime were ...

Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev promised he could seize Grozny with a single parachute regiment in two hours. On New Year's Eve 1994, his army instead drove into a meticulously planned ambush ...