As a young boy, Keith Takacs knew he wanted a Gatling gun. The rapid-fire weapon, a precursor to modern machine guns patented in 1862, looked cool in old cowboy movies. Fast-forward a few decades ...

Jan. 9, 1905: A Gatling gun arrives in Lexington to protect the tobacco district from Night Riders, a militant, terrorist group of tobacco farmers who resisted the practices of the American ...

The A-10 Thunderbolt II, affectionately known as the “Warthog,” is one of the most iconic aircraft in U.S. military history.

1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe. 1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel igniting the powder inside.

Gatling guns, named for inventor Richard Gatling, are hand-driven machine guns that trace their history back to the Civil War. Fulcrum Concepts was founded in 2008.

The Herald-Leader’s coverage of Lexington’s 250-year history examines the contentious relationship among the government, the country’s primary buyer of tobacco and the commonwealth farmers ...

The gun the A-10 Warthog uses is a GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, designed and built by General Dynamics. It can fire 4,200 rounds per minute, making easy work of tanks.

In 1894, corporate and political leaders saw striking rail workers as insurrectionists. The public did not necessarily see things the same way.

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His approval led to the purchase of 107,372 Spencer repeating carbines and rifles (of 144,500 made), and the Spencer became the principal repeating gun of the Civil War. 1861 - Breech loaded guns in ...