Welcome to another Photo Of The Day! The M4 carbine on full-auto, as Coronel Fidel Castro of the Fuerza Aérea del Perú receives a weapons demonstration from U.S. special forces teams. The location is Lima, Perú (2023), and the event was during Resolute Sentinel 23. [Read More…]
Defensa.com reports that the Peruvian Army has awarded FN Herstal a contract for SCAR-L rifles and grenade launchers. Peru have announced the purchase of a further 256 SCAR-L 5.56x45mm assault rifles and 24 40mm FN40GL under-barrel grenade launchers. These weapons are [Read More…]
DS Arms, Inc. was present at SITDEF 2017 this year with a number of the companies FAL modernization upgrades, continuing to offer their legacy upgrade packages to various South American Military/LE forces that are still armed with FN FALs or Brazilian Imbel license made versions. Although there were [Read More…]
Earlier this year we reported that the Peruvian military had decided to adopt the FN SCAR-H. Only the SCAR-H was able to read the final round of the competition. MKE dropped out because they were not willing to guarantee a 20,000 shot lifespan, LWRC’s rifle failed [Read More…]
The 9mm Peruvian MGP-87 is a fascinating weapon. It was developed in the 1980s by the Peruvian military and used by the Navy and local police forces. About 16,000 were produced. It is notable for its ability to launch rifle grenades. The photo above shows the MGP-87 [Read More…]
Okki, a reader of TFB, discovered a primitive blackpowder shotgun in use by locals at the Uros floating islands on Lake Titicaca, Peru. Okki said … I was on vacation in Peru this month and while visiting the Uros floating islands on Lake Titicaca I noticed one of [Read More…]
The Peruvian Army has signed a “Technology Cooperation Agreement” with IWI that gives them a license to develop, produce and market the new Galil ACE rifle. Presumably the Peru Army plans on adopting the Galil ACE. Currently they use a mix of small arms [Read More…]
James of Hell in a Handbasket spotted this photo on a Peruvian travel blog. It is homemade percussion lock gun. The owner apparently uses homemade gun powder (not hard to do … but kids don’t try this at home). If you have read this blog for a while, you know [Read More…]
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