The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

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 ...

In total, the 28th Infantry suffered more than 6,000 casualties in the battle. “When we arrived to assist the 112th, we got trapped, too,” Burghardt says. “Our command post called us on the radio and ...