The judge also agreed to dismiss additional charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a stolen firearm and illegal possession of a gun as further parts of the plea deal.

In total, the Rock Island Arsenal converted 1,435 target-grade M14 rifles into M21s by adding a fiberglass stock, a 3-9X ART, and using 7.62 Lake City Long Range XM-18 ammunition. The modified M14 ...

On a brisk afternoon in early August of 1959, the United States Army debuted what the service billed as its “ultimate weapon”—not a new bomb, not a specialized tank or fighting vehicle, but ...