The United States military is the largest, most formidable fighting force in the world, and each of its branches features ...

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 ...

Infantry dominance resulted from technology that gave foot soldiers the ability to neutralize cavalry, armor, aircraft and fortifications without support. Portable anti-tank weapons like the RPG and ...