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82nd Airborne Division Jumps into Indonesia

As Exercise Forager 21 continues, more than 500 Paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division jumped into Indonesia yesterday. The Falcon Brigade flew direct from Guam (6 hours / 3,000 miles), rigged in-flight and parachuted in with their Indonesia Airborne partners. Exercise Forager 21 is a U.S. Army Pacific...

LCTairsoft LK53 Replicas Drop Today

As today is the day that the LCTairsoft LK53A2 and LK53A3 AEGs drop, this date shall henceforth be known as August 53rd! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q26Q8Y5TVl0 The LK53 AEGs join the LK33 (HK33 replica) series already on the market. Contact your favorite LCT dealer to get in on the action!

HK USA Brings Back the SL8

As seen on social media today, HK fires up the 911 Turbo and heads back to the late '90's... Why? Because someone thought it would be cool to bring back the SL8. In case you forgot,  the SL8 is a US import-legal version of the G36 designed for precision sport...

RedWolf TV – LCTairsoft LK33 Review

You know we're big fans of HK's classic Cold War era roller-delayed blowback firearms, and particularly the all-too-often forgotten HK33 5.56x45mm calibre assault rifle and its derivatives. The HK33 was developed in the 1960s by Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) primarily for export. It built upon the company's success with...

ARKTIS Gets In The GreenZone With PenCott Camouflage

Based in Devon in the UK, and created in 1985 by a former Royal Marine in order to provide high-quality, purpose-built, and better alternatives to some of the UK's standard issue gear, it can probably be safely said that ARKTIS began the revolution in Warfighter gear. Today, the company is...

Friday Foto

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron takes part in exercise Arctic SWAT at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson - JBER, Alaska, July 14, 2021. The 815th AS Flying Jennies tested the aircraft and pilot capabilities in a new environment, opposite of their home station of Keesler Air Force...

SIG SAUER Academy Summer Fest

The SIG SAUER Academy Summer Fest is happening August 28th. They will have special discounts on in-stock SIG SAUER items, special pricing on firearms packages, discounts on classes, raffles, giveaways, Try-Before-You-Buy, food and more!

UF PRO’s Guide To Pistol Shooting Fundamentals

When it comes to pistol shooting, consistency breeds precision. In the latest video and blog series from UF PRO, former U.S. Marine Rick Crawley (and now CEO and chief instructor at Achilles Heel Tactical in North Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.) discusses seven fundamentals of pistol shooting and offers advice to help...

Mike Kupari’s “The Family Business”

Baen Books has released Mike Kupari's latest novel, The Family Business. It's a dystopian (perhaps post-apocalyptic) tale of a Federal "Recovery Agent" on the job in a much-changed United States of America. As of this writing, it is rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon. Article by Richard Kilgore...

FN FAL: The Right Arm of the Free World

In the dying days of World War Two, well before the invention of the AR10 or AR-15, when the M1 Garand was king of the hill - and laser beams and night vision goggles were the stuff of science fiction – a rifle was conceived in Belgium that would come...