Ukrainian and Russian forces have dug sprawling trenches along the front lines of the war. The trenches echo scenes from bloody combat of World War 1 and World War 2.

Item 1 of 4 A training session involving some 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and veterans takes place in the muddy fields of the Champagne military camp in eastern France, November 14, 2024.

The scene could be 3,000 km (1,860 miles) away in Ukraine's Donbas region, but instead some 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and veterans are training in the muddy fields of France's eastern Marne ...

In a war featuring internet-enabled guns and all kinds of drones, Ukraine is utilizing the 100-year-old Maxim machine gun in unusual ways. Sure, it’s a more than 100-year-old gun design, but it ...

Trench warfare often includes close-quarters fighting, and the Tommy gun was the perfect replacement for the old, longer rifles that stretched out five feet with the bayonet attached.

But trench warfare, so effective in WW1, ... Two new weapons, the machine-gun and rapid-fire artillery, took a heavy toll on troops advancing across open ground and made cavalry charges suicidal.

The 77th Division reported that shotguns were, “Advantageous for trench warfare, but an unnecessary burden for open warfare.” On the positive side, two units found them effective outside of ...