Grenade Launchers and their Ammunition: International Developments
ABOVE: From left to right: 20x30B K-11; 20x42B PAW 20; 25x40B XM25; 25x59B LW25; 30x29B VOG-17; 35mm CL DFS10. The VOG-17 is genuine; the others are replicas. 3... Read more.
The 6.5×40 Cartridge: Longer Reach for the M4 & M16
Feedback from Afghanistan was clear – much small-arms combat was taking place at far greater distances than expected, a lot more than the U.S. Army’s standa... Read more.
NAMMO Lapua: Tactical Ammunition for Special Forces
The origin of the company lies in the establishment by the Finnish government in 1923 of a cartridge factory in the town of Lapua in western Finland. The Stat... Read more.
RUAG Ammotec: Tactical Ammunition for Special Forces
The origin of RUAG Ammotec can be traced back to the Eidgenossische Munitionsfabrik established by the Swiss Confederation in Thun in 1863. In 1995, this was m... Read more.
The Army’s Individual Carbine Competition: What’s Next?
The project to replace the current M4 Carbine, the Army’s standard infantry rifle, started in 2011 with a request for proposals from small-arms manufacturers.... Read more.
Future Industry Small Arms
Combat experience in Afghanistan has prompted some rapid changes in the small arms carried by ISAF foot soldiers; and most especially by the U.S. Army, USMC and... Read more.
The Next NATO Rifle and Machine Gun Cartridge?
Peruvian naval infantrymen with F2000 assault rifles conduct a beach assault rehearsal with U.S. Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 an... Read more.
Brugger & Thomet’s MP9 in 6.5×25 CBJ
The phone call from Carl Bertil Johansson in early summer 2009 came out of the blue. The founder of the Swedish company CBJ Tech had read an article I’d wri... Read more.
40mm Grenade Launchers Fight Back
Sectioned IMI 40mm LV HEAB round. Note the secondary HE/fragmentation element in the base, to provide a spherical fragmentation pattern. The US Army’s program... Read more.
Personal Defense Weapons and their Ammunition
There has long been a requirement for a personal defence weapon, or PDW, for soldiers whose primary duty does not involve carrying a rifle. They need something... Read more.
