Ever since humans first invented guns, they've been inventing new uses for them. Some shoot bullets; others shoot lasers. But a strange and unsettling new gun being developed by Japanese researchers ...

The CZ-531 was developed as a replacement for the vz.52 pistol in 1953. Even as the vz.52 was being adopted, the Czech military knew that it wasn’t a great gun, and they wanted a long-term replacement ...

History is full of strange experiments in firepower, and not every design was destined for mass production. From makeshift pistols hacked together in garages to bizarre hybrids that merged swords, ...