Dispatches: V9N5
Boko Haram with UAG-40 Automatic Grenade Launcher in Nigeria By the ARES Team In April 2016, Boko Haram (the Nigerian affiliate of the Islamic State) released information... Read more.
Spuhr Collapsible Stock Assembly
Bringing the HK G3 into the 21st Century The HK G3 is still soldiering on more than 50 years after its introduction. Cheap and reliable, the G3 is the western parallel... Read more.

Typhoon 12
Possibly the most common classification of an AOW is the smooth bore handgun. According to the legal description of a concealable weapon, the Bureau of Alcohol,... Read more.

Chemring Ordnance
Chemring Ordnance (COR), an operating company within the Energetic Systems sector of Chemring Group, is a global center of excellence for the design, development... Read more.

The Evolution of K1/K2 Families in the ROK Military
The Korean armed forces are armed with Korean-developed K1- and K2-series 5.56mm weapons; the development and evolution story is not well-known outside of Korea,... Read more.

MIL-SPEC TORTURE TEST: GemTech MGS Suppressor
ABOVE: The above photo is one frame from a high speed video of the second round of a 200-round belt. The camera used was an Olympus i-Speed 3 color camera using... Read more.

Industry News: V9N5
Smith & Wesson Purchases Gemtech Smith & Wesson announced that it will acquire Gemini Technologies, Inc. The Idaho company known as Gemtech manufactures... Read more.

IDEX ABU 2017
ABOVE: Military Systems Group Inc. is a long-term US Government contractor providing mount solutions. They’re well known in this marketplace and at IDEX were showing... Read more.

Book Review: V9N5
AK-47 The Grim Reaper (Second Edition), by Frank Iannamico THE GRIM REAPER The Story of the Weapon of Choice for Many of the World’s Armies This is a very large... Read more.