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Rob Ski of AK Operators Union with the Primary Arms SLX 3x Microprism.

Primary Arms SLX 3x with ACSS: Best AK Red Dot?

Rob Ski from AK Operators Union is back with a look at what he calls “the Little Miracle.” Anyone who has tried to put an optic on an AK rifle knows the inherent challenges. Ski thinks things have been slowly getting better, though. He notes that the improvement of AK-compatible...

Who Dares Wins: The Final Option

Three helicopters swoop menacingly into view, black-clad figures standing on the skids. As the TV news crews swing their cameras around, the choppers hover over the large embassy building while the men rappel swiftly onto the roof. Those same men descend the building's face a moment later. Grenades blow out...

Cuban Winchester

The M1907 Cuban Winchester

This man in the image below is William Morgan, aka the “Yankee Comandante.” During the Cuban Revolution, he was a pro-democracy soldier of fortune who was ultimately killed by a firing squad. The strange weapon you see there is a much-modified version of the Colt 1907 called the “Cuban Winchester.”...

Aero Precision Rifle Successfully Tested to NIJ Standard

An Aero Precision rifle has successfully completed a series of rigorous testing procedures required to meet National Institute of Justice (NIJ) standards for law enforcement. Following that process, the rifle was evaluated with a 10,000-round endurance test. The weapon experienced zero malfunctions during the 10,040 round NIJ assessment, even in extreme conditions that fall outside...

Friday Foto

"You have reached your destination." Philippine Marines secure a beach landing after inserting from a UH-60 Blackhawk during a bilateral amphibious landing during Balikatan 22 at Claveria, Philippines, March 31, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral...

Action Sport Games 2022

Denmark's Action Sport Games (ASG) can always be counted on to bring out interesting new, fully-licensed and 100% accurate airsoft replicas. A couple of the new models they showed at last month's IWA particularly caught my eye... First up is their replica of the B&T APC556. The Brügger & Thomet...

New Product Spotlight: MCDU Pants from Helikon-Tex

Unveiled at the IWA 2022 trade show last month, the Modern Combat Dress Uniform Pants from Helikon-Tex are designed to the compliment the MCDU Shirt already on the market. These pants really caught my eye as something quite new and innovative - and in a world full of Crye copy-cats,...

European Combat Uniform Programs

Its been a while since we've written about new developments on the combat uniforms front in Europe, and a few interesting things have been going on in recent months and weeks... Nordic Combat Uniform Project The NCU project has been a joint effort by Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland to...

IWI Launches 7.62X51mm ACE Sniper S.A Rifle

IWI - Israel Weapon Industry - a member of the SK Group and a worldwide leader in combat-proven small arms - announces the launch of the Ace Sniper S.A Rifle. Based on the reliable, proven platform of the known Galil-Ace, the semi-automatic rifle with its advanced ergonomics design provides the...

Saturday Snapshot

US Special Operations Forces in Europe training with members of Italy's 'Folgore' parachute regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Whitney Hughes