I take you through the Royal Navy’s Hotchkiss Model 1886 "Quick Fire" 47mm - a breech-loaded gun using self-contained cartridges that the Navy adopted to counter fast torpedo boats with rapid fire ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. Navy explored various weapons that might sound like science fiction. From nuclear-armed torpedoes, pilotless […] ...

U.S. soldiers and Marines have fired Raytheon’s Excalibur guided artillery shell more than 1,000 times in land combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is vying to ...

Kolkata-based Gardenrich Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) has successfully conducted the first sea trial of indigenous 30 mm Naval Surface Gun for the Indian Navy. The test was conducted ...

October 30, 2025: Sixteen years ago the U.S. Navy decided that it could not replace the current 9,70o-ton Burke class destroyers with the new 15,600 -ton Zumwalt class design. What the Zumwalts lacked ...

Brazil has acquired additional Bofors 40Mk4 systems, shown here installed on the NPa Mangaratiba ship. (Janes/Victor Barreira) The Brazilian Navy procured two additional 40mm Bofors 40Mk4 naval gun ...

Feb 17 (Reuters) – The Russian Navy’s large landing ship, Admiral Nevelskoy, conducted artillery firing drills in the Sea of Japan, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday, citing the press ...

Generally speaking artillery rounds are not very smart. Most of them are simple, differently shaped shells containing various kinds of explosives that go wherever they're fired at, relying heavily on ...

(Reuters) - The Russian Navy's large landing ship, Admiral Nevelskoy, conducted artillery firing drills in the Sea of Japan, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday, citing the press service ...