Ian takes his usual in-depth look at two of my personal favorite classic assault rifles – with a fascinating history lesson along the way… […]
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Vector Balance Torch 17-1: 1stSFG (A) and 160thSOAR (A) Night Stalkers conducts training together with the Royal Thai Army. […]
Oregon Soldiers Learn Arctic Skills from Northern Neighbors
Lights from headlamps in the distance dart across the blue snow horizon, mirroring the shooting stars above in the brilliant Canadian winter night sky. Through the darkness, Canadian Army Reserve Soldiers lead the way towards camp, breaking trail with their snowshoes through six feet of untouched snow. Nearly 40 Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with […]
Breach-Bang-Clear: Reviews of the SIG P320
Actually, this is a collection of other people’s reviews of the SIG P320 gathered together with a partial history, some useless trivia, and a few sadly anemic attempts at smartassery… Read all about here… […]
SIG716 Rifles for the Indian Army
The Indian Army, the second largest standing army in the world with more than 1.2 million active troops, is currently undergoing a comprehensive firearms procurement process to advance the capabilities of the Indian Army’s infantrymen. As part of that process, the Indian Ministry of Defense has officially contracted with SIG SAUER to build and […]
New Extreme Cold Weather Gear for the Bundeswehr
The German Army (“Budeswehr’) has a brand new set of threads for protecting soldiers against extreme cold weather conditions – the so-called “Arktiksatz” (Arctic Set). The info graphic below lays out the details of the 3 different layers of the system: (Photo: Bundeswehr / Jana Neumann) English explanation: FIRST LAYER: Black fleece long underwear pants […]
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Danish soldiers during exercise Trident Juncture 2018 in Norway. Photo: Rune Dyrholm Via […]
Walther PPK and PPK/S to be Made-In-The-USA
The Walther PP (Polizeipistole, or Police pistol) series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols, developed by the German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen and originally released in 1929. The semi-automatic PP operated using a simple blowback action and was designed with several safety features, some of them innovative; including an automatic hammer block, a combination […]
Old Skool Airsoft Just Got More Interesting
It was the epitome of traditional design and craftsmanship meets modern warfare, and was also the first submachine gun to see combat use. It is of course the German Bergmann MP-18 (Maschinenpistole model 1918) that entered service with the Imperial German Army in 1918 as a Sturmtruppen weapon for clearing trenches and breaking the stalemate […]
MagPul Drops a Truckload of New Products for SHOT Show 2019
Remember the time when MagPul rocked the SHOT Show with a customized Unimog truck? Well this year they’re rocking SHOT by dropping a truckload of new products… Seriously. There have been so many announcements of awesome new products that all we’re going to do is show them all, and then point you to MagPul’s website […]