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82nd Airborne prototype weapons testing
Package about the 82nd Airborne Division testing new weapons currently being released and prototypes. Provided by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs.
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Marines duck hunting with 5.56mm?
GunPundit stumbled across a photo at Marines.mil with a caption that suggests that some Marines are hunting ducks with 5.56mm NATO rounds and/or 5.56mm blanks. My take on it: They reckoned punt guns are pretty cool for duck hunting but rifle grenades (fired with a blank [Read More…]
Next Generation Grenade Sight from EOTech
EOTech have developed a next-generation grenade sight at the request of the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). SMGLee grabbed some exclusive shots of it. The reticle tracks up and down as the weapon is raised or lowered. How cool is that? I [Read More…]
40mm M320 grenade launcher will be replace M203 next year
The Army Times reports that the H&K developed M320 will being replacing the M203 in February next year. The Army plans to begin fielding the first of 71,600 new replacement launchers in February for a cost of about $3,500 each, Audette said. Fielding of the M320 [Read More…]
M3 Grease Gun possibly still in service
Murdoc uncovered a story which mentions that the US Army still has the WWII era M3 “grease gun” submachine gun in service for select units such as vehicle crews, engineers and radio operators. M3. Photo from Wikipedia. Interesting if true. There is a [Read More…]
List of possible M4 replacements
MilitaryTimes has listed the contenders for the M4 replacement. They are: AR-15 Platform (Direct Gas Impingement): * Colt ACC Monolithic * Troy Industries M7A1 (can use either DI or piston system) * Sabre Defense Industries M5 * S&W MP-4 * Precision Reflex PRI [Read More…]
Wearable gun shot locators
Defense update has an interesting article about the wearable Boomerang Warrior acoustic shooter detection system. Part of the wearable system. Photo from Defense Update. If the entire system was ever made small enough to fit into a wristwatch I think it would become an [Read More…]
M72 LAW making a comeback
Defense Industry daily reports that the Marines have procured 7750 LAWs (M72A7) from Nammo Talley Defense for a total of $15.5 million (which works out to be $2000/unit). Nammo Talley Defense, Inc. in Mesa, AZ received a $15.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for 7,750 [Read More…]
Insurgents using Chinese armor-piercing bullets
Human Events has an interesting article about the use of Chinese armor-piercing bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan by insurgents. China’s robust arms industry has been able to duplicate U.S.-made, armor-piercing rounds, and the bullets are being found with the enemy [Read More…]
New Lease on Life for M14
Military.com has an interesting article on the M14: The growing need to equip these new marksmen with accurized rifles prompted the Army to reconsider the role of the venerable M-14 rifle for the war on terror. Back in Desert Storm, armorers from the 10th Special Forces [Read More…]
How not to shoot a Humvee
An insurgent in Iraq attempts to destroy a Humvee with an RPG. This video is the insurgent equivalent of the famously stupid “Girl Shoots Herself in the face” video (youtube has taken it offline). Hat Tip: Charlie @ Ammo, Guns and War
Very intense A-10 video
This video is very intense. The beeping you hear is the ground proximity warning (under 1000 ft). The video player incorrectly states the length, it is only 5 minutes long. There is a discussion about the video at MP.net
Marine Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) program
Marine Corps Times has an interesting article on the IAR competition. It seems the Army is not interested in a lightweight automatic rifle. That’s why the Army, which also uses the M249, has ruled out a soldier version of the Marine IAR. “We are not considering [Read More…]
US Army to upgrade M24 Rifles
Remington will be upgrading the 3000 M24 rifles during 2009 at a cost of $3 million. I was quite surprised to hear this after all the noise about bolt action rifles not being good enough and that semi-automatic was the only way to go. The M24 Sniper Weapons System (SWS) [Read More…]
Afgans been getting bad ammunition
The NY Times (emphasis mine): But to arm the Afghan forces that it hopes will lead this fight, the American military has relied since early last year on a fledgling company led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur. With the award last January [Read More…]
US Army looking for lighter .50 machine gun
The U.S. Army and Special Operations Command are stepping up efforts to procure a lighter, modernized .50-caliber machine gun more easily transported than the standard 85-pound M2. The goal is not to replace the M2, a combat fixture for 70 years, but to augment the [Read More…]
MP5K briefcase guns found in Iraq
Murdoc @ GunPundit found a photo of 3rd Infantry Division troops examining a pile of H&K MP5K briefcase guns presumably in Iraq. I have always thought this type of gun would appeal to tin pot dictators like Saddam. Why not just conceal the MP5K under a coat and then [Read More…]
Magpul Folding Carbine FMG 9
Check out the latest Magpul creation. It is a folding carbine. Similar to the Ares FMG and PP-90. It appears to use some glock parts uses the Glock action, magazines and laser systems. A couple of video demostrations: Some photos from GlockTalk.com: It looks very cool! [Read More…]
The youngest M16 in existence
GunsAmerica has the 7th production M16 listed for sale. It is listed for $295,000! Without a doubt the most famous and most documented Armalite/Colt M16 in existence, serial no 106 manufactured in 1959 (the 7th production gun) and of course the earliest known gun to [Read More…]
History of Steyr Mannlicher in the USA
Steyr have published a press release, of all things, detailing their history in the US. I think this was nothing more than an attempt at getting some attention during SHOT Show. I am mentioning it as it may interest some readers. Read the press release here.
A Captured M1
A Soldier displays an M-1 rifle discovered in a suspected insurgent’s home From MilitaryPhotos.net
US Trails Behind World In Aptitude Of Child Soldiers
From the theonion.com (a satire site): After a shocking new study finds U.S. children lag far behind their international peers in subjects like rifle assembly and mine defusing. “An average Sudanese child can field strip a Type-81 assault rifle by the time he is [Read More…]
Fraudster advising US goverment on arms control
Former World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz has been appointed head of an influential panel advising the US government on arms control. Mr Wolfowitz was ousted from the Bank last year over a scandal involving payments to his girlfriend, who was also a bank employee at the [Read More…]
US Army buys another 25,403 M9 pistols
Following the recent purchase of 10,000 M9 pistols by the US Army and Navy, Beretta has announced a new multi-year contact to supply the Army with another 25,403 M9 pistols. From the press release Beretta has just announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract [Read More…]
US Military buys more M9 pistols
According the Guns Magazine the US Army and Navy have purchased 10,576 M9 pistols (I do wonder how they come up with these exact numbers). Beretta USA received purchase orders from the US Army and US Navy for a total of 10,576 M9 pistols (5,969 for the Army, 4,607 for [Read More…]
The surge is working
A very detailed post showing evidence that the Iraq ‘Surge’ is working Read it here.
US troops with G36
Murdoc found this photo from 2001 1st Infantry Division (ID) Soldiers, part of the USA Task Force (TF) Sabre force, fire a Heckler-Koch 5.56 mm G36 assault rifle on the live-fire range at Orahovac, Kosovo, Serbia More here.
Taiwan replenishing US 5.56 ammunition stocks
Taiwan is to ship one billion 5.56mm bullets to the US over the next five years. Interesting. 62 grains x 1 billion = 4017.53 tonnes of lead and copper being shipped approx. 7000 miles to the US then flown(?) another 7000 miles to the middle east! I bet China is not [Read More…]