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Poland’s MSBS-5.56 GROT Completes Initial Adoption Testing
Poland is another step closer to issuing the new MSBS 5.56 (AKA the GROT) as the rifle completes its first round of operational testing ahead of schedule. Milmag report that samples of the new rifle...
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The H&K’s Grandaddy Is Back (Almost!): Gerät 06 Reproductions Undergo Test...
The roller-locked* Heckler & Koch G3 rifles and MP5 submachine guns have become iconic weapons of the Cold War era, being used in conflicts everywhere from civil wars in Africa, to hostage rescues...
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Barrett M107A1 and MRAD to Be Procured by New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is procuring two long range rifles from US manufacturer Barrett Firearms Manufacturing. The island armed forces will be purchasing the .50 BMG caliber M107A1 anti...
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SIG MCX Rattler Ultra Compact Assault Rifle, Hands on at [AUSA 2017]
Manufacturer SIG Sauer brought along their brand new MCX Rattler ultra compact 5.56mm and .300 Blackout assault rifle/carbine to the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting. The...
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The Ruger Mini-14: Let’s Get Real
If you want a Mini-14 buy one. If you want a carbine for a specific purpose, however, and provided have access to virtually any other modern carbine design, pick just about anything else. I say this...
View ArticleIconic and Unique: The UK Vz.59 General Purpose Machine Gun
Very few service machine guns can compare in pure unique points to the Czech 7.62x54mmR UK vz 59 General Purpose Machine Gun, adopted in 1959 as the squad and platoon level belt fed machine gun of the...
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Factory AR-15 Under $400!? Can The AR Market GO Any LOWER?
How low can the AR market go? Pretty darn low, apparently. A recent sale at Ground Zero Precision brought the price of their TAC-15M rifle down below $400 – Well below. You’re seeing that right – knock...
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IS LEVEL IV UNBEATABLE? Armor, Caliber, and the Problem with Tungsten
In the coming decades, it is likely that one of the biggest challenges facing small arms ammunition designers will be solving the problem of how to deal with advanced body armors. The problem is...
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S&T Motiv Unveil K2C-2
South Korea’s S&T Motiv (formerly Daewoo) have unveiled the next generation of their K2 rifle. Displayed for the first time at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX 2017)...
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Indian PDWs: AMOGH/MINSAS Carbine, the INSAS That Never Grew Up
In the mid-2000s, India began looking for a carbine to replace their 9mm L2A3 Sterling submachine guns which they inherited from the United Kingdom. Two weapons were developed, one by the Ordnance...
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Indian PDWs: JVPC/MSMC Carbine
In the mid-2000s, India began looking for a carbine to replace their 9mm L2A3 Sterling submachine guns which they inherited from the United Kingdom. Two weapons were developed, one by the Ordnance...
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AimLock Stabilized Weapon Platform Displayed at [AUSA 2017]
Working under contract from the Army’s Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM), AimLock, a subsidiary of Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory, developed an actively stabilized weapons...
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IWI NEGEV 5.56mm & 7.62mm Light Machine Guns Shown Off at [AUSA 2017]
Rounding out our coverage of Machinegunapalooza 2017 – by which I mean the numerous machine guns of the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting – we have the IWI Negev (5.56mm) and...
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Rheinmetall RS-556 Rifle Interview via DefenseWeb
DefenceWeb recently released a video overview of the new Steyr / Rheinmetall RS-556 assault rifle. The rifle, a sort of hybrid between an AR-15 and a Steyr AUG, was submitted to the Bundeswehr’s System...
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Chinese vs. Russian AK – Kalashnikov Concern Media Releases English-Language...
Although the Russian Kalashnikov assault rifle is the one that is most famous, it is arguably the Chinese Type 56 AK that made the bigger impression on the world in the 1960s and 70s. This rifle was...
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MSBS “Grot” Modular Assault Rifle from FB Radom Displayed at [AUSA 2017]
At the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, gunmaker FB Radom was present at the Polish pavilion, displaying their MSBS modular assault rifle, recently named “Grot” (arrowhead) by...
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DRONE SNIPER Introduced by Jammer Korea at [AUSA 2017]
At the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, Korean optics maker DI Optical was showing off many of their familiar products, but also had on display an interesting looking rifle...
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Can Loaded Magazines Stop Bullets or Increase the Effectiveness of Body Armor?
The experiments dedicated to finding out whether magazines can stop this or that caliber bullets or not have been arranged by many different people. Some of them seem to be done just for fun. But...
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The IDF Has a Small Arms Theft Problem
An Israeli Defense Force Brigadier General is currently under investigation for having a large number of issue rifles in his personal storage container while transferring bases in his career. None of...
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Portuguese Army Plans New Small Arms Programme
Portugal are about to embark on a major new small arms procurement programme. Jane’s reports that Request for Proposals for new infantry weapons will be issued soon. The Portuguese government and...
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