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A-Tacs Camo
The new A-Tacs camo scheme was debuted at SHOT. It was lighter in color than I expected. Remington / Bushmaster plan on selling guns which use the A-TAC camo.
Trijicon bible verse controversy
Trijicon are under fire after it was discovered that Trijicon scopes supplied to the US Army contain a references to bible verses inscribed on them. ABC News reports … One of the citations on the gun sights, 2COR4:6, is an apparent reference to Second Corinthians [Read More…]
Space gun idea revived
Last year I blogged about NASA’s incredibly powerful hybrid/air gun used for simulating impacts from meteor and space debris. Quicklaunch is taking the concept even further. PopSci reports on their proposed cannon which could be used to launch fuel, supplies and [Read More…]
M4 costs $800 – $1000
The NY Times has posted interesting article about the M4 Carbine. For bulk purchasers, a new M-4 costs about $800 per rifle, though the price is often higher when after-market rail systems, used for mounting optics and lights, are included. For rifles used by the [Read More…]
Ultimate FN FAL photo collection
The T48 was the designation of the FN FAL entered into the competition to replace the M1 Garand. The T44 (later called the M14) won the competition but the Marines appear to have kept their quote of T48 rifles. These have been meticulously photographed by an Australian [Read More…]
Gen. Petraeus shoots FR-F2 sniper rifle
I had not heard of the FR-F2 FR-G2 before. It looks like quite a nice bolt-action sniper rifle. More info, and a larger photo, over at GunPundit. UPDATE: Thanks to Aurélien for the correction on the rifle name.
An M4 takes 3.5 hours to manufacture
A journalist from the Malaysian newspaper Malay Mail was shown around the Colt’s West Hartford factory … New machines were still being installed at the 26,687-square metre plant as The Malay Mail was shown around by Colt Defence executive vicepresident James [Read More…]
Congressmen quiz SecDef on M4
Earlier this month Congressmen Ike Skelton and Solomon Ortiz sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs. In the letter they ask what is being done about the M4 since the Battle of Wanat report. They subtly point out that some Special [Read More…]
Swiss will continue to take their military guns home
From what I read in the media, I had thought that the Swiss tradition of reserve troops taking their military assault rifles home with them was soon coming to an end. Sebastian reports that this is not so. I am very pleased that our Swiss friends will continue to enjoy [Read More…]
The M2A1 .50 Machine Gun and Lightweight M240L
The Army was recently demoing the upgraded, and long-overdued, version of the M2 Browning machine gun. Army.mil reports … The M2 A1 is an upgrade to the M2 machine gun. It provides a quick-change barrel and fixed head space and timing to reduce Soldier errors and [Read More…]
Italian Army has started adopting the ARX-160 rifle
The Italian Army has started adopting the next-gen Beretta ARX-160 assault rifle. Shooting Wire reports … The Italian Ministry of Defense has become the first military group to receive shipments of Beretta’s new ARX-160 automatic rifle. The first 1,600 units [Read More…]
This is my rifle. There are NOT many like it
During a firefight in Afghanistan in 2007, British soldier Pte Cole’s SA80 rifle was hit three times by 7.62x39mm bullets! It continued to function and he continued to return fire, despite the fact that the scope, bodywork and pistol grip was ripped off the gun. [Read More…]
Osprey Defense makes big claim
Issuing pressing a press release is one thing but actually selling to the Army or Marines is another! The press release, dated 15 December 2009, infers that their product can deliver 10,000 mean rounds between failure (emphasis added)… SARASOTA, Fla., Dec. 15 [Read More…]
New US Army M16 “Tan” Magazine
I first mentioned the new “Tan” M16/M4 magazine back in June. The Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier agency has just blogged about it … “With the improved magazines, we’re taking weapons reliability up another notch,” said LTC Chris Lehner, [Read More…]
Full auto shotgun
From the WHQ Forum … “Both the SOW (Special Operations Weapon) and its magazine-fed Remington 870 predecessor (bottom) were products of mechanical wizard Carroll Childers, an engineer at the Naval Special Weapons Center. The 870 mod kit provided SEAL [Read More…]
STANAG 4179 does not exist!
Most of you, I think, know what is meant by a term “STANAG magazine”. For those of you who do not, it refers to a specification prepared by NATO which describes the dimensions of an AR-15 / M16 compatible magazine. An example of the usage of the term is in [Read More…]
More evidence that the M45 is now an official designation
In September I wrote that the Marine MEU(SOC) M1911 pistol appeared to have finally been given an official DoD designation. A solicitation request, number M6785410R1030, was issued last week for M45 parts … The intent of this sources sought request is to identify [Read More…]
The “god gun”
From Bryan Jones’s blog … A rifle or sidearm for instance could not disable a tank while conversely heavier weapon systems can do more damage or cause injury to greater numbers of individuals. However, the most powerful weapon in the NTC is a small blue [Read More…]
Update on the IAR competition
A couple of days ago I blogged about H&K winning the USMC’s IAR competition. There has been much confusion regarding the IAR competition since then. Dan Lamothe, who broke the news, updated his The Marine Times article and added that it now appears that the [Read More…]
H&K wins USMC IAR competition [Big News!]
After a year of speculation and commentary from pundits, myself included, the Marine Times reports that the H&K has won the competition and that their entry will enter production next year … The Marine Corps has selected the infantry automatic rifle made by [Read More…]
Gun Dog
Too cute not to blog. Seen at Hell in a Handbasket.
Family run business competes in global ammo industry
DefenseNews has published an interesting article about a small family owned business in New Zealand that manufactures and exports military ammunition using modified vintage machinery from the 1920s. From DefenseNews … How can a small, family-owned firm, with a [Read More…]
Construction has begun on Chavez’s AK-103 factory
Forbes reports … Ambassador Vladmir Zaemskiy told a news conference that Russian engineers and Venezuelan construction firms were building the rifle and cartridge plants which, when operational, would employ more than 1,500 workers. He gave no completion date for [Read More…]
Korea deploying K11 airburst assault rifles
South Korea looks to be the first country to deploy a next-gen airburst grenade / assault rifle weapon in combat. Korea Times reports … South Korean troops to be deployed in Afghanistan will be armed with the latest K-11 airburst assault rifles for self-defense, [Read More…]
Are the French dumping the FAMAS?
Rumors that the French military are considering dropping the FAMAS rifle have been spreading fast across the internet. The speculation arose from a post [English translation] at The Mammoth, a French milblog. I asked Aurelien, an authority on the French military, what [Read More…]
SCAR-H seen in Afghanistan
This photo, which is purported to be real, shows a Ranger using the 7.62x51mm FN SCAR-H ( MK 17 Mod 0 ). The semi-automatic civilian model is called the FN SCAR 17S and will be on sale early next year. Thanks to jdun1911 and SaysUncle for the link. Hat Tip: AR-15.com
Evolution of the M4 Carbine
PEO Soldier, the Army acquisition agency, have published a timeline showing the 62 ECP (Engineering Change Proposals) that have been applied to the M4 Carbine over the past 18 years1. The original specifications called for 600 Mean Rounds Between Stoppage. The current [Read More…]
Another blast at arms depot in Ulyanovsk
Global Security report … Eight servicemen were killed and two injured on Monday in a new explosion at an arms depot in the city of Ulyanovsk, in Russia’s Volga region, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. Col. Alexei Kuznetsov said the explosion occurred when [Read More…]
The Liberator pistol
Designed to be as inexpensive as possible, assembled from mostly stamped sheet-metal parts, the Liberator was a single shot pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge the US military was using for standard handguns and submachine guns. It was so cheap that each one set [Read More…]