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SOCOM Solicits $33 MILLION Contract for Variable-Power Squad Optics
The United States Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) is looking for a new variable-power rifle optic to allow users to engage targets out to 600 meters, while still preserving close-in capability....
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SIG 516 Patrol Rifles in Service with Turkish Special Police Teams
Turkish security outlets on social media have recently been posting numerous photographs of Turkey’s law enforcement special operations, the PÖH armed with Sig Sauer 516 Patrol rifles or variants...
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Level IV Armor, and the Future of Small Arms: Brief Thoughts 001
With Level IV armor rising in availability, calls for “overmatch”, and the increased presence of urban warfare, will designers be able to meet the requirements for future small arms? Forumgoer...
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IC13 Introduces Modern Day Bandoleer with the INVRT Line
The firearms accessories company IC13, in coordination with Lunar Concepts has come out with a modern-day equivalent of the Second World War or Vietnam era bandoleers, albeit in a much less expendable...
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USMC Buys In to Swedish Carl Gustaf Tank-Busting Recoilless Rifle
The United States Marine Corps is following in the US Army in the procurement of the Saab M3A1 MAAWS (Multi-Role Anti-Armor/Anti-Personnel Weapon System) recoilless rifle. The M3A1 is a lightweight...
View ArticleGuns of the North! NVA and Viet Cong Small Arms during the Vietnam War
Col. Greg Dillon sat down and talked with us about the small arms that himself and the men he was commanding were faced with during the course of his two tours in Vietnam during the conflict in the...
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Where Does S&T Motiv Go From Here? K2C-2 and K2C-1 Variants, Coyote Tan and...
We earlier released a post detailing the new K2C-2 development by Korean S&T Motiv, and recently showcased at ADEX 2017 in Seul. However what we didn’t mention is the apparent development of the...
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Flint River Armory Offers Second Generation CSA45
Flint River Armory announced the company is now manufacturing a second generation CSA45 rifle. The new gun is an updated version of the original CSA45 that was launched at the SHOT Show. The CSA45 Gen...
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Dutch Army To Purchase More Barrett M107A1s
The Dutch Army is set to procure a further fifty Barrett .50 BMG M107A1 anti materiel rifles. The purchase is being made through TBM – Technisch Bureau H.A. Muller, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing’s...
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Happy Birthday Eugene Stoner! And looking into the Inventors Origins
Today is November Twenty-Second, and just so happens to be the birthday of Eugene Morrison Stoner, born in the year 1922. The designer has since passed away in 1997, but had he been alive today he...
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Can You Still Use a Scope That Has Been Shot? VORTEX Knows the Answer!
Vortex Optics has released a video where they test a couple of customer-returned scopes that have been shot! One of the scopes (Viper 4-12×40) has an all the way through hole behind the objective lens....
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FIRST Military 6.5 Grendel Rifle? – 6.5mm Zastava M17 AK DMR in Testing by...
Earlier this month, the Serbian Army debuted a new 6.5 Grendel weapon system, developed by Zastava. The rifle, called M17, is a heavily modified variant of the M70 AK family that has been developed by...
View ArticleU.S. Small Arms Experiences and Use in the Vietnam War
Our last episode with Col. Dillon, the infantry officer discusses U.S. small arms and some of their finer points of employment within the Vietnam War while on his two tours there as a battalion field...
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Kimber Announces Pair of New Precision Rifles
Kimber Mfg. announced a pair of new precision bolt action rifles. One is the Advanced Tactical SOC II and the other is the Advanced Tactical SRC II. All versions of these guns offer a sub 0.5 MOA...
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Meet the G11 Caseless Assault Rifle: Germany’s Fallen Might-Have-Been
In the world of “might-have-been” small arms, a world of .276 Garands and NATO-standard EM-2s, none flew so high nor fell so far as the Heckler & Koch G11 caseless hyperburst assault rifle....
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Overmatch: On Bullets, Bombers, and Taking the Right Path (Brief Thoughts 004)
A warning against romanticism in military planning. In the early 1940s, the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) made a fateful decision that would affect the lives of tens of thousands of men over the next...
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US Army to Hold Industry Day for Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle
The US Army will be holding a second Industry Day for its Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program, which seeks to replace the M249 light machine gun with a new longer-ranged, lower signature...
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CSASS Program Inches Forward with Sources Sought Notice for Accessories
The US Army’s embattled CSASS program has moved forward slightly with a sources sought notice posted to the Fed Biz Opps website, seeking manufacturers who can make many of the accessories that equip...
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US Army Shopping for Sniper Rifle Suppressors
The US Army is potentially in the market for new suppressors for some of its sniper rifles. On 26 October a Sources Sought Notice was posted on FedBizOps for suppressors for the M24 Sniper Weapon...
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AKG Industries “The AK Guy” Commemorative AK Rifles (Limited Edition)
Earlier, Brandon Herrera, also known as “The AK Guy“, announced that he had established a company to start offering AK products and to introduce the AK-50. The company is called AKG Industries. Several...
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