The AUG (Armee-Universal-Gewehr—”universal army rifle”) was designed and developed by Steyr-Daimler-Puch during the late 1960’s to early 1970’s, and was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG-77 (Sturmgewehr 77) in 1978. Like the (unrelated) Glock pistol, the AUG made extensive use of modern polymer plastic technology and was particularly revolutionary for its time – […]
According to a story by Bob Morrison over on Joint-Forces.com, the Spanish Army is planning to upgrade its inventory of roughly 60,000 HK G36E rifles. Steyr Arms of Austria and Wilcox Industries of New Hampshire, USA have teamed up to offer a solution. The STEYR Mod G36 Upgrade with buttstock folded. © Bob Morrison, 2019. […]
Remember how we did a post last week with some clips of famous Hollywood firefights? Well by a happy coincidence… Larry Vickers has started a new series of videos called “Larry At The Movies”, and in his first episode he takes an in-depth, expert look at the famous gun battle from the movie “Heat”. Check […]
The term ‘weapon system’ is often overused and misapplied these days, but in the case of the famous Stoner 63, it is totally applicable. Soon after leaving ArmaLite, Eugene Stoner devised a concept for a weapons platform built around a common receiver and interchangeable components that could be configured as a rifle, carbine and several […]
We’re launching a new section here at Strike-Hold! that we’re calling “This is my rifle”. The name is taken from the first line of The Rifleman’s Creed that we posted yesterday and the purpose of it is to showcase specially tailored, modified, or customized airsoft and/or real-steel firearms. To kick things off, we’re going to […]
The HK11E 7.62x51mm Light Machine Gun introduced a 3-round burst firing mode, a long receiver and a “drum” type sight. The operator could switch to and from a magazine or belt-feed with slight modification. G8 and G8A1 The German Army, German Navy and the Federal Police use a variant of the HK11 designated the […]
PTR is very excited to announce that the GEN 2 PTR-32 (7.62×39) carbines are being unveiled at this year’s SHOT Show. These 2nd generation PTR-32 carbines and PDW’s accept a larger variety of AK-47 magazines and drums, are more reliable and accurate than any AK, and are less expensive than the GEN 1 PTR32 […]
