Japan Security Watch has noted that the Japanese government is saying exorbitant prices for its small arms compared to what the US Government and US consumers pay. They buy SIG 220 pistols for almost $1,992 each. An M9 Pistol costs the DoD less than $500 including spare [Read More…]
The latest version of the SR Submachine Gun from Russian design bureau TsNIITochMash is the SR 3 MP. The new MP model features a scope rail, two side accessory rail and, most notably, an optional underfolding stock instead of the side folder of the previous 3M model (or [Read More…]
The bulky device mounted underneath a shotgun in a photo I posted earlier this week was correctly identified by swilliams and Lionel as the Thales GLOW (Green Light Optical Warner), a picatinny mounted laser dazzler. Thales says … GLOW is a gun-mounted laser [Read More…]
The daily mail published photos of a Royal Air Force aerial security team deployed in London for the Olympics. The rifle is the British standard Accuracy International L115A .338 LM sniper rifle, resting on a nifty swivel mount. The Benelli M4 shotgun, equipped with a [Read More…]
The Small Arms Defense Journal have published a fascinating review of the mysterious Russian underwater guns. They were able to test fire these guns at a (above water) range. I was expecting these guns to have far less range than the powerful spear guns used by Tuna [Read More…]
The USMC is running experiments to see how well Marines can perform certain tasks, including shooting, whilst sea sick during an amphibious assult. Marine Times reports … Can you fire your rifle while puking? Inquiring minds at the Naval Surface Warfare Center [Read More…]
Carrying an AR-15 around by the magazine is only asking for problems. Photo caption … Sgt. Bashir, a platoon sergeant with Afghan National Army’s 6th Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, greets a farmer during a U.S.-Afghan clearing operation in southern Ghazni [Read More…]
An eagle-eyed reader spotted a photo, taken a few days ago in Afghanistan, showing a U.S. Army National Guard soldier carrying what appears to be a 10.5″ Adcor B.E.A.R upper on a M4 Carbine lower. The photo’s caption reads … U.S. Army National Guard [Read More…]
Glenn Fleming, a gunsmith at Red Jacket Firearms, regularly gets requests from customers to rebuild MG42 from cut-up parts kits – apparently a job that is a lot less fun than it sounds. Glenn writes … The thing is, when you are remaking them, they are a pain [Read More…]
IWI will be debuting their new 40x46mm GL 40S Grenade Launcher at upcoming Eurosatory ’12 expo. It is a standard single shot grenade launcher that integrates well with the Tavor. It is side opening and so accommodates longer 40mm rounds. From the press release [Read More…]
Our favorite Bulgarian arms manufacturer has added two new exotic grenades to their 2012 line up. The RLV-AD (Anti-Diver) round is designed to explode at a depth of 5 meters creating an underwater shockwave that is lethal at up to 15 meters and harmful up to 30 meters. [Read More…]
Lionel, a regular contributor to TFB, has published an overview of the DSA 2012 defense expo (English Translation) held in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year. The article includes plenty of photos. More information here, and more photos here.
Both the United Kingdom and New Zealand are adopting the 7.62mm version of the FN MINIMI machine gun. The NZ Defense Force is procuring (PDF link) the 7.62mm model, along with ACOG scopes, micro red dots and ground mounts to replace their 5.56mm model. The UK Ministry [Read More…]
Matthew Cox reports at Military.com … Despite the success of the PMAG, Army officials from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command issued a “safety of use message” in April that placed it, and all other polymer magazines, on an unauthorized list. The message [Read More…]
The Russian Ministry of Defense is destroying stockpiles of weapons to create jobs for the Soviet-era gun manufacturers. Marco Vorobiev reports … The Russian Ministry of Defense intends to utilize (read destroy and melt down) 4 million older model guns by the year [Read More…]
A reader of this blog sent in this video he made. ( A few days late because of my vacation. )
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The Small Arms Defense Journal have reviewed the Daewoo K11. This is, as far as I know, the first published review of the gun by foreigners. From the review … Problems with the U.S. OICW included fragment size and dispersion radius upon detonation. In simple [Read More…]
A Korean news website has revealed that in October last year a S&T Daewoo K11 exploded after one of its 20mm grenades was prematurely detonated. The soldier who was operating the gun suffered cuts on his hands and face. Ironically another problem with the gun, the [Read More…]
China appears to be supplying QBZ-03 / Type 03 rifles to the United Wa State Army. These rifles along were among the weapons on display at a celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Wa mutiny against the Communist Party of Burma. China, it seems, does not play [Read More…]
The NZ Army emailed me this video of their new 40mm H&K Grenade Machine Guns (H&K GMG). The H&K GMG is very similar to and fills the same role as the Mk. 19 Grenade Launcher. As I frequently say, “don’t buy a rifle automatic grenade launcher if [Read More…]
A reader of the blog emailed use some great photos he took at a Chinese Navel “open day” in Hong Kong. I would give just about anything to be able to shoot the 35mm QLZ-87 automatic grenade launcher (top photo) form the hip! [ Many thanks to Xiao for [Read More…]
A German newspaper has revealed that a Bundeswehr report has said that once the H&K G36 rifle has heated up, the accuracy is significantly reduced to a point where it is useless beyond 200 meters (218 yards). These are pretty serious allegations! I expect H&K to [Read More…]
The FBO Contract Award Number for Remington’s contract to build M4A1 Carbines for the US Army is W56HZV12D0056. Remington’s press release is after the jump … (more…)
Mr. Curtis over at Gear Scout broke the news that Remington will be manufacturing M4 Carbines for the US Army. According to the Department of the Army’s Chief of Legislative Liaison, the Army today executed a delivery order on an existing contract to buy 24,000 [Read More…]
Nic Jenzen-Jones has been cataloging the optics used by the Libyan used by both sides during the Libyan Revolution. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. This Barrett M82A1M, serial number 22750, is topped off with a BORS (Barrett Optical Ranging System) equipped Leupold [Read More…]
I understand, and appreciated, blinged out and chromed guns on parade, but they just look silly when used in exercises by soldiers who just looked like they stepped off a messy hay ride. The machine gun is a clone of the Czech ZB vz. 26, a gun developed in the 1920s. [Read More…]
FORT BENNING, Ga. (March 9, 2012) — The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit is expanding with creation of a Marksmanship Instructor Group and Paralympic Section, the first-ever Army units designed specifically for wounded warriors deemed able to continue to serve on [Read More…]
A reader sent me a fascinating photo taken by a friend of his who is a Malaysian defense journalist and photographer. The photo below was taken at a Malaysian counterinsurgency training exercise last year. The men pictured are members of VAT-69, the Royal Malaysian [Read More…]
Apparently the Marine Air Wing, America’s Navy’s Army’s Air Force, are using the new Leupold HAMR scope. Its combination of long eye relief and compact size make it a good choice for aerial overwatch. The Marine Air Wingers also appear to be Magpul [Read More…]
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