The mitrailleuse was one of the early types of mechanical machine gun, along with the Gatling, Gardner, Nordenfelt, and others. "Mitrailleuse" is actually a general name for a volley gun–one ...

A close look at machine gun laws in the U.S. — -- Investigators in Las Vegas are still combing through the blood-stained concert grounds and tracing the history of the cache of 23 guns found ...

The Model 1919 Browning, an air-cooled, upgraded version of the water-cooled Model 1917, was the prime machine gun in use by all U.S. Military forces during World War II.

We created a system that moves a lot, but without any backlash and not just moving, but shooting. Therefore, it must withstand recoil,” said the head engineer of Ukraine’s Sky Sentinel, according to ...

Despite being best know for its use in British service, the Lewis light machine gun was also adapted for use by the U.S. as well. Savage, a U.S. arms manufacturer, sought to covert the design from ...

Yesterday in 1866, the U.S. Army adopted machine guns for the first time.Or, well, almost machine guns: the Gatling gun, first patented in 1862, wasn’t fully mechanical.Someone still had to ...

Machine guns are hard to come by and tightly regulated. ... Both use mechanical means to engage the gun's trigger faster. ATF closely reviews such products, and while they are legal, ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) then ruled in 2018 that bump stocks fall within the definition of “machine gun” under federal law, effectively banning the devices ...

A federal appeals court Thursday ruled that a federal regulation barring bump stocks is likely illegal and was incorrect in claiming that the devices make a weapon a machine gun. The 6th U.S ...