Jim Sullivan (born Leroy James Sullivan) might not be as much of a household name as some other small arms designers, but he certainly deserves to be as famous as Eugene Stoner or Mikhail Kalashnikov in my opinion. Sullivan’s early career was in fact quite closely linked with Eugene Stoner as he assisted Stoner on […]
BREAKING NEWS – According to several sources, the German Bundeswehr has apparently, and unexpectedly, cancelled its order for approximately 120,000 Haenel MK556 ‘machine carbines’ (assault rifles) that was placed less than a month ago. Readers familiar with the saga of the Bundeswehr’s search for a new rifle to replace the Heckler & Koch G36 in […]
SIG SAUER, Inc. is pleased to announce that its SIG AIR Division has officially joined forces with Evike Manufacturing Group (EMG) for future product development, and continued product distribution of SIG AIR airgun and airsoft products in the U.S. through Evike.com. “This exciting collaboration between SIG AIR and EMG is a result of the increasing […]
In an apparent blow to SIG SAUER the US Coast Guard appears to have reversed its decision to adopt a variant of the SIG M18 adopted by the US Army, and has instead decided to field the Glock Gen 5 G19 MOS in 9x19mm caliber. The 9mm Gen 5 Glock 19 will replace the Coast Guard’s […]
In honor of the the heroic actions of the British 1st Airborne Division during “Operation Market-Garden” in September 1944, the Old Time Design Company have published a second part to their photo study of a typical British Paratrooper of the time… Upon landing, this Parachutist removes his parachute harness readies his equipment. He is an […]
SIG SAUER, Inc. is pleased to announce the SIG AIR Reflex Sight is now shipping! Designed to fit the SIG AIR M17 pellet pistol, and SIG ProForce M17 and M18 airsoft pistol, this low profile 1x23mm reflex sight features a wide field of view and 3 MOA red dot. The manual brightness control, located on the […]
Dave’s Custom Airsoft Ltd. in the UK has been busy for the past few months, building something that is without doubt probably the most realistic (and expensive) custom airsoft version of the HK11 and HK21 LMGs from Heckler & Koch ever made. There have been rumors and promises for years of an airsoft replica of […]
Primary Arms Optics has received six new ratings from the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), which evaluates products based on their performance in tactical law enforcement applications. The NTOA’s testing draws from real-world performance, evaluating products by their build quality, ease-of-use, design features, and practicality for law enforcement operations. These tests cover weeks of analysis […]
Many people were surprised by the announcement earlier this week that the Bundeswehr has chosen the Haenel MK556 as its new assault rifle system – snubbing both the HK416 and the HK433 in the process. The stated reasoning was that the Haenel rifle, which is essentially a German rebrand of a UAE clone of a […]
According to a breaking story by the German language defense publication ‘Soldat & Technik‘, the MK556 from CG Haenel emerged as the winner of the German MOD’s competition for a new assault rifle to replace the current Heckler & Koch G-36. Official confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Defense is apparently still pending, and it […]
