The Desert Tech MDR (Micro Dynamic Rifle) project caused quite a stir when it was unveiled at the SHOT Show several years ago. It was certainly a very ambitious project for a small private company to undertake, but also the kind of radical leap-ahead design that only a small private company could get away with. […]
With the news earlier this week that the Czech Army signed a contract to purchase up to 16,000 Bren 2 Assault Rifles as part of major modernization and upgrade program, it is especially pertinent to share this video from Larry Vickers. […]
Today is the 33rd anniversary of the creation of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) component of SOCOM traces its lineage back much further however – all the way back to the early years of WWII in fact. And today’s Throwback Thursday takes a look at a special weapon […]
IWI US is super excited finally be able announce the release of semi-auto version of the Negev 5 and Negev 7 light machine guns! The Negev 5 in 5.56 NATO and 7 in 7.62×71 Nato in semi-auto-only configuration will each ship with 2 spare barrels, 1 nutsack, and a hard case – for easy disinfection. […]
In the real world blood makes the grass grow; but as airsoft is non-lethal, something kinder and gentler is required. Behold the new micro-seed BBs from G&G Armament! After years of R&D, G&G Armament has finally perfected a new BB that is truly biodegradable and environmentally-friendly – so much so that it will literally turn […]
We’ve been looking at HK’s 5.56mm rifles and submachine guns lately, but let’s now turn our attention to the heavy-hitters of the family, the 10- and 20-series light machine guns. A popular concept in military firearms design, development and adoption from the 1950s up to the early 1980s was the idea of modularity […]
We hope you’re enjoying our little trip down Memory Lane with a look back at HK’s 5.56mm weapons platforms from the 1960’s up to the 1980’s. Today we’re going to take a closer look at the baby of the family at that time – the short barrelled HK53 “submachine gun”. A submachine gun in 5.56x45mm […]
If you enjoyed the recent video from ‘Forgotten Weapons’ about the HK33, then you might like this one on HK’s follow-up on that 5.56mm platform – the G41. The G41 is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle introduced in 1981 by Heckler & Koch to replace the HK33 by providing a more modern weapon compatible with […]
Introduced in 1968, the HK33 was Heckler & Koch’s adaptation of the roller-locked, delayed-blowback operating system to the 5.56x45mm / .223 Remington cartridge. In addition to the standard full-length rifle (with a 15.35 inch barrel), a shorter version was made as the HK33K (with a collapsing stock and 12.4 inch barrel). HK also made a […]
Evike Manufacturing Group (EMG), in collaboration with KRISS USA Inc.’s premier airsoft brand KRYTAC, has announced airsoft reproductions of the REC7 Direct Impingement (DI) Short Barreled Rifle (SBR) and Carbine rifles under license from Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc. The EMG Barrett REC7 DI will be offered as an SBR, with a 10.5” barrel and 10” […]
