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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Russian strategist has argued that infantry weapons such as mortars and machine guns are obsolete. He said he believed drones ...

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This article examines how light infantry units like the 10th Mountain Division maximize the lethality of rifle platoons and squads conducting dismounted operations on the modern battlefield. The ...

World War II accelerated the shift from bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic and automatic weapons that redefined infantry tactics. Mass production innovations like metal stamping enabled nations to ...