Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukrainian Armor, a defence industry company, is developing first-person view (FPV) munitions that use 82mm and 120mm mortar rounds ...

Cue the “silent but deadly” jokes: the Russian military has finally managed to get its hands on a new ‘silenced’ mortar system to help soldiers remain undetected while providing indirect fire support ...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Under a harsh Afghanistan sun, in what would be a picturesque mountain scene, a group of Afghanistan National Army Soldiers listen intensly as Sgt. 1st. Class Bo ...

Russian special operations forces are adding a silent-but-deadly new weapon to their arsenal. According to a report from Jane’s 360, the Russian Ministry of Defense plans on acquiring new “silenced” ...

January 23, 2018: Russia admits to a missing link in its air defense systems. This was made clear at the end of 2017 when the Russian controlled Hmeimim (or “Khmeimim”) airbase in northwest Syria came ...

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- This week's escalation of violence in the Middle East saw the introduction of mortars by Palestinian gunmen in the Israeli theatre of operations. Mortars are not new to the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Heavy mortar proved successful for the Soviet Union. The mortar as an infantry support weapon has been in use for centuries, but it was during the Second World War that ...