Project Manager Soldier Weapons
By the time you read this, the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System with its uncannily accurate airburst ammo will undoubtedly have drawn its first bl... Read more.
Guns & Gear of the U.S. Navy’s Riverine Forces (Part Two)
10 April 2009, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. A Riverine Patrol Boat executes a low speed turn in preparation for another pass in support of the Riverine Security Te... Read more.
Guns & Gear of the U.S. Navy’s Riverine Forces (Part One)
Note: Part Two of this article is available here. The “Brown Water Navy” is back in force and elements of Captain Kruger’s command have been conducting op... Read more.
Modern Day Marine 2009
8 July 2009, Afghanistan. First Lieutenant George Saenz, along with two members of the Afghan National Police, provides security during operations in Helmand Pr... Read more.
NDIA 20th Annual Special Operations Symposium
March 2009, Brazil. Soldiers from the elite Ipiranga Special Border Platoon, armed with license-built 7.62mm NATO caliber FAL rifles, march in formation to hono... Read more.
Mr. Metal Storm
Going Ballistic, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation television documentary from 2000, has a collection of fascinating interviews with O’Dwyer himself and ... Read more.
Metal Storm Update
Metal Storm is a radically different concept for weapons and ammunition, the brainchild of a self-educated Australian inventor with brilliant intuition for prac... Read more.
Life and Times of the M60
Developed in the aftermath of WWII and fielded in 1957, the light and handy 7.62mm NATO caliber M60 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) has been alternately prai... Read more.
The U.S. Ordnance MK43 Mod 1 Machine Gun
What’s not to like about a real machine gun that’s significantly lighter than a chunky M240, about the same size as a puny SAW, pumps out powerful 7.62mm ro... Read more.
