Vinícius Cavalcante sent me the below photos of guns captured by the police in Rio de Janeiro during recent operations in the favelas of Vila Cruzeiro and the Complexo do Alemão. Everything from belt-fed machine guns to mortars to AKs, Thompsons and Garands are [Read More…]
Nexus-7 at ARFCOM said … This M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, along with 83 others, was delivered last Friday to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment armorers. Since then, M27 IAR gunners and armorers have received training on operating and [Read More…]
This video, probably filmed by a police officer, shows police officers in Rio clearing a favela (slum). There are many shots of a officer using a Madsen machine gun. At 20 lbs (unloaded, I think) it is heavy gun for a magazine fed weapon. On the other hand the weight [Read More…]
Slide Fire Solutions has developed a stock for the AR-15 that facilitates bumpfire shooting. It is reminicint of the ill fated Akins Accelerator that was initially approved by the BATFE but later deemed a full-auto device and banned. I am not sure quite how this works, [Read More…]
CMMG has developed a .22 LR conversion kit for the PN P90 and PS90. It takes just 30 seconds to swap in this kit (no barrel swap is needed). The current design uses Ruger 10/22 magazines (somewhat defeating the point of the P90) but a high-cap model is planned. No [Read More…]
Christian Lowe reports that the XM806 aka. the “Lightweight .50″ is on track for deployment in 2012 … Talk about taking a diet – the XM806 with its specially-designed tripod weighs a little over 60 lbs. That’s compared to the current M2 Heavy [Read More…]
Tactical Innovations will soon be selling a .22 LR upper receiver for the M11/9 submachine gun (semi-auto clones are not compatible). The receiver uses American 180 .22 drum magazines which can hold up to 275 rounds. The AM15 Upper Receiver system, along with quad rail, [Read More…]
I have been informed that the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement, Armament Procurement Agency) will be adopting the FN MAG to replace the AANF1 machine guns in service.The purchase of 10-11,000 is expected to be confirmed soon. After losing a couple of [Read More…]
Norinco is now producing clones of the H&K MP5A4 submachine gun. I cannot even recollect reading that China had purchased a license from H&K and I presume these are unlicensed clone. These guns are being exported to the Philippines and being sold for the [Read More…]
This promotional video from FNH-USA shows the FN HAMR in action (at 1:41). [ Many thanks to Iroquois for posting the link. ]
The FN SCAR IAR has been rebranded as the FN Heat Adaptive Modular Rifle (HAMR). This automatic rifle includes the clever IAR feature of firing from a closed bolt (increase accuracy) until it heats up to a certain temperature and transitions to a open bolt configuration [Read More…]
Valkyrie Armament has developed a belt-fed system for AR-15 rifles. Any mil-spec AR-15 can be converted to make use of the system. The company sells AR-15 rifles already converted, although most customers prefer to supply a rifle for conversion. The design is an [Read More…]
Jesse emailed in these photos taken by his brother at the Tower of London. I have never seen photos of these guns before. My favorite is the revolver. It is sad that some of these guns were confiscated by the police from enthusiasts. [ Many thanks to Jesse and his [Read More…]
The H&K USC carbine is the civilian version of the H&K UMP sub machine gun. The USC has a fixed Dragunov-style stock while the UMP has a folding stock and free standing pistol grip. Apparently you can convert a USC into a UMP. Les wrote to me saying … I [Read More…]
The Objective Weapon Elevation Kit was one of the ten “Army Greatest Inventions of 2009″. Objective Weapon Elevation Kit: In January of 2008, ARDEC received an urgent request from the 401st Army Field Support Brigade in Afghanistan for a way to safely engage [Read More…]
One of the lessons learn’t during the recent wars in the Middle East is that the 7.62x51mm owns the long distance engagement. The problem with 7.62mm weapons is that they are heavy. The new HK121 is a next-generation GPMG that is designed to be as light weight as [Read More…]
Last weeks NRA Curator’s Corner featured the M3 Grease Gun. NRA Blog says … With a 30 round magazine and a muzzle velocity of 920 ft/s, the M3 was manufactured from 1943 to 1945. During that time, roughly 700,000 were produced. Soon after it was created, the [Read More…]
Nick shot this slow motion video of an Hellenic Army MG3 machine gun … … and this slow-mo video of a Hellenic Special Forces M4 Carbine … Very cool.
The UZI Pro is a new 9mm submachine gun from IWI. It is essentially a Micro UZI with a polymer lower, styled after the Tavor, and quad picatinny rails.
After delivering U.S. Soldiers and Iraq dignitaries to their final destinations, Crew Chief Sgt. Fred Oser, A. Company 2-25, Combat Aviation Brigade, attached to 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, dismounts the 240 Bravo Machine Guns from the UH-60 [Read More…]
A reader emailed me these photos of a homemade submachine gun built by man in Romania from the plans of Luty’s infamous book. It is chambered in .32 ACP and fires at a rate of 550 – 600 rpm. Improvements of the original Luty SMG are ergonomic maple knotwood [Read More…]
The GSMG is a gas powered submachine gun that fires .177 or .22 BB pellets. The gun shoots BBs at 600 fps. If it was able to achieve this with even the heaviest .22 BBs it would only generate just over 12 ft/lbs of energy. Before you get too excited about defending your [Read More…]
Military.com reports on the deployment of the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Program officials maintain that the increased accuracy will compensate for the M27′s slower, sustained rate of fire. Unlike the M249, the new IAR doesn’t have a spare barrel that can [Read More…]
The journalists at China’s Peoples Daily appear to be even less informed about guns than your average American journalist. Yesterday they reported that the Taliban were training monkeys to operate AK-47 rifles and Bren light machine guns. Recently, a British [Read More…]
Nearly 70 years after it was first produced by Mauser during WWII, the MG 151/20 20mm autocannon is still being manufactured by French firm Nexter. In the below photos it is hooked up to one of those fancy remote control turrets which is mounted to a stripped-down [Read More…]
Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) light machine gun (LMG) and rifle project is coming along nicely. Tony Williams, sent me photos and project’s latest news. The LMG now weighs 9.21 lbs in plastic-cased-telescoped (CT) and 9.9 lbs in caseless (CL), [Read More…]
This camera was built to resemble a Lewis gun. It allowed instructors to see if students were accurately aiming their guns. More info @ Gizmodo. [ Many thanks to Gregor for emailing me the link. ]
The 6P62 is a beast of a gun. It is a magazine fed machine gun that chambers the Russian 12.7x108mm cartridge, a round that is slightly more powerful than a .50 BMG. Its short barrel reduces the velocity of the 12.7mm ammunition to 2099 fps (down from the 2800 fps of a [Read More…]
This is a photoshop made by a Gregor, a of the blog.
This photo is of a Model 1874 Gatling Gun. Beautiful piece of work but at $45,000 it is out of my price range. Full resolution photo at Personal Armament Podcast. [ Many thanks to Rob for emailing me the pic. ]
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