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  The Krag-Jørgensen Rifle

  In the decade prior to 1898, the Army debated a number of proposals aimed at modernizing the Army.  One of these proposals [...]

  

  From the Army Art Collection: The American Jeep Image Gallery

  To read more about the American Jeep, click the image above to read the latest issue of Call to Duty.  

  

  Regulars in the West, 1861: Company E, 2d U.S. Infantry Regiment

  By Donald McConnell and Gustav Person Part I When the Civil War erupted in April 1861, almost all of the U.S Army [...]

  

  Gamecocks at War: The 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion

  During World War II, only a handful of African American combat units were formed, and still fewer actually saw combat. Today, the “Black Panthers” of the 761st Tank Battalion and the “Tuskegee Airmen” of the Army Air Forces are the best known of these units, but there is another that deserves a place alongside them—the “Gamecocks” of the 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

  

  The M240B General Purpose Machine Gun

  By Colonel Charles A. Jones, USMCR Many infantry weapons past and present—automatic rifles, submachine guns, assault rifles, and general purpose machine guns—can [...]