When we think back on military history, the focus tends to overwhelmingly skew towards things like weapons, leaders, and decisive battles. The atomic bomb, the invention of the battle tank, and the ...

Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

In the chaos of a firefight, during a hostage negotiation, or while rescuing survivors from a collapsed building, elite military personnel and first responders rely on more than just their equipment ...