Squad Support Weapon News Today

Constant innovation in military technology can help maintain a distinct advantage for those applying the tech. Aircraft were first introduced to the battlefield in World War I and played a much larger role in World War II and to far greater effect as technology improved over the years. While this is true with aircraft, it […]

The AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition takes place in Washington, DC from 9-11 October, with this years motto set as Be All You Can Be. The American Rheinmetall family of companies...

The French were actually the first to deploy such a weapon, the largely disparaged Chauchat.

The French were actually the first to deploy such a weapon, the largely disparaged Chauchat.

Actually, the concept first started in World War I.

Now these are the kinds of weapons the modern, mass armies of the Axis and Allies needed. The concept of a “squad automatic weapon” was not new to the Second World War, and was in fact developed a generation earlier in the mud-soaked trenches of the First World War. The French were actually the first to deploy such a weapon, the largely disparaged Chauchat. While it suffered from design flaws it was still an innovative weapon. During World War II that concept evolved and led to the developm...