Continuing with our look at the unique Finnish and Israeli connections that produced the finest examples of AK-based small arms to-date, we now get up-close-and-personal with the South African R-series (courtesy of Ian McCollum) and the Valmet/Sako M92S (courtesy of Larry Vickers). Enjoy! […]
Ian takes his usual in-depth look at two of my personal favorite classic assault rifles – with a fascinating history lesson along the way… […]
Vector Balance Torch 17-1: 1stSFG (A) and 160thSOAR (A) Night Stalkers conducts training together with the Royal Thai Army. […]
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 […]
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… […]
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 […]
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 […]
Danish soldiers during exercise Trident Juncture 2018 in Norway. Photo: Rune Dyrholm Via […]
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 […]
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 […]
