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ABOVE: The Caracal CAR816 in the hands of a UAE soldier. This rifle is the basic assault rifle with a...

A sniper weapon system is a precision instrument. The basic components of a sniper weapon system is the rifle and...

ABOVE: Accuracy International AX50 .50BMG rifle was designed with long range accuracy in mind. Accuracy International (AI) has been a...

Many are familiar with industry ammo manufacturers, but who makes and upgrades the machines that produce the ammo? BCN Technical...

Europe Discovers the Virtues of Personal Self-Defense While European Politicians Seek to Disarm the Continent. Gun control pundits have long...

STI™ INTERNATIONAL INTRODUCES THE NEW GUARDIAN 2011 PISTOL New for 2016, the ever popular STI™ Guardian is now available in...

New Sanctions on North Korea Following the February 7, 2016 missile launch by North Korea, additional sanctions have been imposed...

ABOVE: M9A3 pistol equipped with a SilencerCo Octane 9mm sound suppressor. In 1985 a legend was retired. The highly regarded...

ABOVE: A crude Chinese made copy of the Mauser C96 pistol with detachable buttstock. During World War I, the primary...

Untrained observers frequently confuse superficially similar small arms and light weapon (SALW) systems, particularly with the pressure of covering a...

In a militia-controlled garage in Misrata, Libya, workers service and refurbish weapons for fighters from different Misrata brigades. Free services...

National Defense Industrial Association’s Small Arms Group: NDIA started out in 1919 as the Army Ordnance Association and through various...

Lockheed Martin Receives $528 Million THAAD Missile-Defense Contract The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) a $528 million contract...

MEOPTA INTRODUCES NEW MEOPRO 6.5-20X50 AND 6.5-20X50 HTR RIFLESCOPES Meopta adds to its popular 1-inch MeoPro® riflescope line with the...

Defense Distributed – continued. A brief synopsis of the events thus far: January 2013: Defense Distributed, a nonprofit, gun-design digital...

Advancements in optoelectronics is changing the firearms sighting device industry as we know it today and it is likewise changing...

Scopes around 3-9x cover a majority of rifle sighting requirements: powerful enough for extended distances, but can be dialed down...

ABOVE: Firing the MGA SAW K in .300 Blackout from an overlook in the badlands of Utah. “Squad Automatic Weapon”-...

Pictures supplied to ARES show a Caracal F semi-automatic pistol, produced by Caracal, a United Arab Emirates-based firearms manufacturer. This...

The QLZ87 is a direct gas impingement operated, selective fire grenade launcher chambered for the Chinese 35 x 32SR mm...

In a previous article SADJ covered ISAF armament on Camp Leatherneck from the American and British perspective. In this one...

From soldiering to civilian life I have had the opportunity to use some of the world’s greatest CQ optics. SADJ...

ABOVE: MG5 A2 (HK121) is the new MMG for the German defense to replace their aging MG3 machine guns. It...

The FN 15™ Military Collector Series M4 and M16 bring to market military replica rifles made to FN’s exacting specifications....

Images uploaded to Twitter by the Free Syrian Amy’s ‘Division 30’ show combatants with US-made arms. In one image, a...

ABOVE: Infantry rifle should perform adequately on any possible terrain, but some current battlefields overstretch the capabilities of weapons that...

This was the seventh bi-annual PARTNER Exhibition held in Belgrade, Serbia. This regional show is maturing, and gathering some momentum....

Dealing with the U.S. Government: U.S. State Department versus the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Dealing with the...

ABOVE: POF’s engineers did not just add some extra parts. They perfected this gun. There’s something better about this rifle....

FOBUS ANNOUNCES NEW HOLSTER FOR SELECT GLOCK MODELS First Samco, Inc. (FSI), the exclusive distributor of Fobus Holsters & Pouches,...

“Unreasonable” interpretations of the public domain exception The US State Department recently announced proposed regulatory language that would restrict the...

ABOVE: In a back corner on the lower floor, SADJ found the following gems from TNIITochMash in Russia. We had...

ABOVE: In another part of the Trust International Group’s booth, Jerry had placed the OOW HCAR in 30-06 caliber with...

ABOVE: April 23, 2006, Staff Sgt. Brad Smith from 3-320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division with his 14.5inch barrel M4,...

ABOVE: Soldiers of the Waffen-SS equipped with an early PzB 38 during exercises. After the annexation of the Sudetenland and...

The Evolution of the 9mm AR Carbine Christopher R. Bartocci Features, History, Volume 7, V7N6 ABOVE: The Colt 9mm-pattern carbines...

The Kuwait Shooting Sport Federation has its base at an amazing facility on the Sixth Ring Road in Kuwait City,...

In January 2014, various journalists, aid workers, and others have documented the presence of brass shotgun slugs in the streets...

ABOVE: 1939 Lahti 20mm anti-tank cannon, converted to .50 BMG, mounted on FN30 tripod. Note in the inset, how the...

ABOVE: Beam weapons in the battlespace. Envisioned in this 2008 illustration promoting the Navy’s Maritime Laser Demonstration feasibility project, a...

AES – The Automated Export System As computing systems get more advanced, there are increased opportunities to automate previously mundane...

U.S. MACHINE GUN ARMORY ANNOUNCES THE MGA SAW K The U.S. Machine Gun Armory, an international provider of multi-caliber military...

ABOVE: CZ Engineer Martin Sanda puts rounds downrange and brass in the air during the test of the 5.56x45mm CZ...

ABOVE: Third generation model Colt LE1020 successfully passing a mud test in 2008. Although never put into production, the final...

Barracuda Signature Management, a SAAB company, held their Customer Conference on 21-22 May 2014 in Sweden. These conferences are held...

ABOVE: The Russian ORSIS T-5000. (Yuri Lyamin) Recent photos to emerge from Iraq show government troops with new Iranian AM50...

Have you ever thought about all the tests that must be used during the development of a firearm? A recently...

ABOVE: Circa 1950, an Air Force officer with his modernized version of the M2 carbine featured an in-line stock, raised...

ABOVE: A home-made anti-materiel rifle (AMR) made by Syrian rebels. (YouTube video) The Syrian conflict continues to yield interesting expedient...

ABOVE: The Mk12 SPR has seen significant amount of action in the Global War on Terrorism being very popular with...

Images emerged from the Ukraine following fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on the 25th of May, 2014 showing alleged pro-Russian Ukrainian...

ABOVE: Black Hornet is a “flyable robotic video camera” that bears a resemblance to a helicopter if you can see...

First Amendment Rights Versus the ITAR On June 3, 2015, the U.S. State Department published a proposed rule on the...

During the ongoing civil unrest in Kiev, several images have circulated showing Ukrainian security forces equipped with a range of...

Above: The image shows a Galil ACE Model 21 carbine reportedly in the possession of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army...

Kivaari .338 Lapua Rifle Now Shipping DRD Tactical is happy to announce that they have started shipping their new Kivarri...

Fine for Improper Wire Transfer The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it had fined the New York...

ABOVE: TIGRES operators are trained at Lepaterique, Francisco Morazán, where they attend a 12-week course provided by Colombian police Jungle...

Sphinx SDP Compact Sphinx Systems Limited is a Swiss-based manufacturer that produces an evolved CZ 75 design, and while their...

ABOVE: Markings on a PPZR Grom E2 missile launch tube. (Ukraine Military TV YouTube channel) An interesting video was released...

The demand for firearms in Libya has brought to light three handguns so far undocumented, at least in the English-speaking...

ABOVE: The RCE is CMMG’s version of a “Recce” or Recon AR. The driving force behind the Recon was to...

DALLAS, Nov. 9, 2015 – Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System...

The Nordic Ammunition Company, or Nammo, is a familiar name in the defense industry, and their products are well known...

“Future Soldier Programs” has become a term for many nations, and now Russia has equipped its armed forces personnel with...

EDITOR’S NOTE: It has come to our attention that the author of this article submitted photos that misidentified which military...

If you’ve ever used an anemometer, or a wind meter, chances are it was a Kestrel. The anemometer is invaluable...

ABOVE: Norwegian infantry MG gunner fires the MINIMI 5.56mm. The MG is equipped with an Aimpoint optical sight. An under-mounted...

ABOVE: Explosively bonded aluminum and stainless steel Model 1911 .45ACP by Uselton Arms Manufacturing offers a weight savings of 33% over a conventional steel...

Recalls and Warrantees Firearms, like most mechanical items, occasionally break. Parts can fail, and barrels become worn. If the firearm...

IWI US, Inc. Introduces Galil Pistol for the U.S. Market IWI US, Inc., a subsidiary of Israel Weapon Industries (IWI)...

ABOVE: As designed at the request of SOCOM, the Lewis Machine and Tool Enhanced Bolt Carrier Group. Note the addition...

ABOVE: IWI eLog SADJ has always traveled the world in search of the innovators in small arms and weapons. Sometimes...

FDIC Head Admits “mistake” in ‘Operation Choke Point.’ Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg told members of a U.S....

ABOVE: Dave Walls posing with the rifles he brought into the precision rifle community. The L96 (top) was Accuracy International’s...

This was the second biannual Gulf Defense & Aerospace show held in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It’s always difficult starting a...

ABOVE: Business side of the Full Scale MPIMS Area denial and protection has been a key factor in most combat...

ABOVE: Where the Dror springs were made. ‘Israel,’ the boss, stands in the doorway. (Carl E. Ekdahl) For reasons never...

ABOVE: US team ready to go for Precision Rifle. “We have to understand that it is called “international” terrorism, however,...

ABOVE: This Marine corporal from the 1st “Sea Dragon” Marine Division is wearing the old uniform. He is cradling a...

ABOVE: Beretta’s ARX160 5.56x45mm rifle was on display, and has been purchased for testing by Jordanian Armed Forces. Of course,...

As computing power and speed increases, new weapons and technologies are being developed that employ artificial intelligence (A/I). Within the...

Steiner Introduces “Intelligent” Combat Sight (ICS) Steiner’s new “Intelligent” Combat Sight (ICS) integrates a laser rangefinder and a ballistic calculator...

M855 – What’s the Big Deal? Pay any attention to American politics, and the reader will know that the ATF...

ABOVE: Field expedient firing positions were utilized during GII SASS evaluation at Echo Valley Training Center’s “Jungle Walk” range. DPMS...

Crowd control actions executed by Turkish police in 2013 have showcased the employment of several less-lethal launchers. Aside from a...

Vietnam Wants Arms Embargo Lifted Vietnam wants the U.S. to lift fully an embargo on arms sales that was eased...

ABOVE: The direct impingement Modern Musket harkens back to our early nation’s history. It is no secret that the Eugene...

The MLE will exceed every intent and expectation of the combat shotgun. By and large the shotgun has been traditionally...

Captured From Rebel Forces in South Sudan Seen in the bottom centre of the photo is a 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO...

ABOVE: Carl Ekdahl shoulders a Johnson LMG outside the factory. (John Ekdahl) Niagara Falls, N.Y., Monday afternoon, February 24, 1947....

For seven years now, exhibitors from all over Israel and numerous other countries from around the world have gathered in...

ABOVE: Rheinmetall Vario-Ray SWIR Rheinmetall adds a new offering to its line of electro-optical equipment: the Vario-Ray (LLM-VR). It’s designed...

For Immediate Release (Cambridge, Md.) July 14, 2015. LWRC International announces the addition of DSG Arms as an authorized law...

Recent images from the Russian seizure of the Crimean peninsula have highlighted the range of weaponry employed by Russian forces...

ABOVE: The original POF rifle in its Gen 1 configuration. The first rifles were chambered in 5.56mm. The upper receiver...

St Petersburg, Russia / 2 July 2015 During the 7th International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS 2015), which is being held...

ABOVE: 14 March 2014, Alaska, USA. Soldiers on the range engage targets with M16A2 rifles during the 59th Signal Battalion...

ABOVE: Weighing 24 lbs., the GD-OTS Light Weight Medium Machine Gun is a full 5.5 lbs. lighter than the M240B,...

ABOVE: PD-100T Black Hornet PRS (Personal Reconnaissance System) is about the size of a dragonfly. The focus of the annual...

SADJ has known and covered the products from U.S. Ordnance in Reno, Nevada for many years. Their US MK43 Mod...

Sterling silver U.S. doughboy dog tag holder and locket. The outside of the holder is engraved “2nd Lieut. H.W. Billman...

Expodefensa in Bogota, Colombia is a bi-annual show that has strong regional attendance. It is heavily attended by the Colombian...

Shipping Hazardous Materials Shipping ammunition within the United States? Easy. Slap a UPS Ground shipment label and ORM-D sticker on...

ABOVE: Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) flagship machine gun, the MG3, is considered to be one of the best made versions...

Chinese Arms Appear in South Sudan The (new) civil war in South Sudan is a little more than a year...

Aimpoint has had a lot of success in the individual weapon categories, with their military and civilian programs. After years...

ABOVE: Norbert Piechota of FB Radom demonstrates the MSBS-5.56B rifle. Note the steadiness of the weapon in full-auto firing: two...

ABOVE: T-5000 with night vision adapter. Until recently, Russian small arms were famous mostly for their ruggedness, durability and reliability,...

ABOVE: Author firing an MD1A1 at Fábrica de Itajubá; the weapon offering a moderate cyclic rate of fire in the...

ABOVE: Jeff Hoffman adjusting his scope on a Lewis Machine & Tool LM8MWS 7.62x51mm rifle as he engages targets out...

ABOVE: The P320 in full business attire. The extra-long Picatinny spec rail allows for a multitude of add-ons. SIG Sauer...

ABOVE: This particular example of a scoped Argentine rifle shown in a publicity photo has the cocking handle on the...

ABOVE: Mexican soldier atop of a Humvee with a RL-83 Blindicide. This is an obsolete AT weapon, but still applicable...

ABOVE: The scope mount had to be canted to the left and the carrying handle to the right to locate...

ABOVE: From left to right: 20x30B K-11; 20x42B PAW 20; 25x40B XM25; 25x59B LW25; 30x29B VOG-17; 35mm CL DFS10. The...

ABOVE: ISAF Troops returning fire in Afghanistan. Insurgent forces partially overran COP Kahler in Afghanistan in July 2008 in part...

ABOVE: A useful comparison of similarities between the 7.62 NATO caliber HK121/MG5 in front, with its predecessor, the 5.56mm MG4...

Our fighting soldiers - the recon units and scouts and expeditionary fighting forces that carry all of their equipment on...

ABOVE: South Africa’s famous SS77 machine gun from Vektor has a venerable history, replacing the FN MAG as the General...

Combined Systems is excited to announce the expansion of its VENOM Non-Lethal Tube Launched Munitions System product line. In 2014...

ABOVE: Steyr STM 556 assault rifle. (Steyr) Eurosatory 2014, the Defence and Security Exhibition was held in Paris Nord Villepinte...

American Built Arms Introduces Aluminum Forearm T*Rail American Built Arms Company (A*B Arms), a veteran-owned manufacturer of firearms and firearms...

Iran looking to upgrade weapon systems Faced with the arms embargo enforced by the West, China may be Iran’s last...

International Shipping: Why Does Everything Cost So Much? A recent call from a prospective client came in, and went something...

ABOVE: British Machine Gun Corps shoulder patches as adopted for the 101st Machine Gun Company. This rare and unique patch...

ABOVE: Police Officer and SWAT Sniper Fabian Rivera firing the H&K USP Tactical. Notice the pistol is in full recoil....

On August 5 and 6, 2014, the F.A.I.R. Trade Group (F.A.I.R.) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) held their...

ABOVE: Sniper team from CCG 4-3 INF Reg using an Applied Ballistics Kestrel at the Army Mountain Warfare School in...

ABOVE: Col. Michael Manning (L), Marine Corps Systems Command’s program manager for Infantry Weapons Systems, congratulates Salvatore Fanelli (R) on...

ABOVE: Desert Tech of Salt Lake City, Utah, displayed their new bull-pup rifle, the dual-caliber (.308 and .223) modular Micro...

ABOVE: Right side view of the Type 11 LMG In preparing research for this article it was found that there...

ABOVE: The Avtomat Nikonova 94 The war machine of the Soviet Union has always been a source of intrigue to...

ABOVE: Salvadorian soldiers parade with M67 RCL. The U.S. supplied some 379 M67 RCLs to El Salvador between 1981 and...

ABOVE: Right side of the Colt LE901 with the Smith Enterprise Vortex flash hider and the folding front sight base....

Barrett is known for their innovative approaches in designing rifles. Much of this stems from Barrett’s non-typical background for a...

HK Launches New Striker-Fired V9 Pistol Heckler & Koch has just introduced its new striker fired pistol, the 9mm VP9...

U.S. Commerce and State Departments Suspend Export Licenses to Russia Effective March 1, 2014, the U.S. Commerce and State Departments...

What Is OFAC, the SDN, and Why Can’t Russian Arms Be Imported Into The U.S.? On July 17, 2014, the...

World War I A.I.F (Australian Imperial Forces) aluminum dog tag. Engraved “92 T. Maxwell, 10 M.G. Coy RC” (Tag #92,...

SADJ has been in contact with IDEAS Media Manager Ehtesham Bari for many years, planning to attend the IDEAS show...

TOP: German interwar period paperweight or desk ornament. 6-inch long silver German Maxim MG08 with Z.F. 12 optical sight mounted...

The U.S. State Department “Eats Their Own Young:” The Basics of Mens Rea, Specific Intent, and Acting “Knowingly” American criminal...

Bullseye Camera System Announce Remote Targeting Viewing The Bullseye Camera System is a unique patent-pending system that allows a shooter...

ATF Import Permits Officially Changed to 2-Year Period of Validity On February 7, 2014, ATF announced via the Federal Register...

ABOVE: Germans with Maxim MG08. Judging from their cloth-covered spiked helmets, this apparently posed photo was taken early in the...

SchleTek, a German chemical company operating throughout Europe, has recently offered a line of premium gun care products. Our evaluation...

The fourth biannual BRIDEX (pronounced Brih-dex) exhibition was another marked success for this small South East Asian nation on the...

Throughout the industry there are numerous combination tools for the AR-15/M16-series rifle. Most of them are not what you would...

The key to reliability with any auto loading firearm is the feeding device whether it is a magazine, clip, belt...

A large group of friends and family gathered today at the front of the old MOD Pattern Room at Enfield...

During its history, Romania was occupied by Turks, Austrians, Greeks and Russians. The principality of Moldavia and Walachia were acquired...

The 18th Worldwide Exhibition of Internal Security was held in Paris from November 19 to 22, 2013. There were 915...

In January of 1990 a new cartridge hit the market that would pretty much be a game changer as to...

The Defence Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2013 exhibition was held in the London Docklands ExCeL Exhibition Centre on September 10-13,...

Much has already been written about German military weapons. But still today some real treasures are left to be discovered....

Up until the 1960s all machine guns manufactured in China were of foreign design. The first heavy machine gun to...

This event is held annually in the last full working week of August at the Defence Academy of the United...

Examining and trying to appreciate the latest greatest technology being promoted at the near countless booths at a show the...

They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. If that is the case, Norinco of China is...

The Emerson Electric Company was founded in 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri as the Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company. The company...

ABOVE: These company-level PF98 120mm rocket launchers have just a basic optical sight system. Note the basic tripod dropped to...

The Accuracy International AX PSR was developed to compete in USSOCOM’s solicitation H92222-09-PSR2 for a “Precision Sniper Rifle” on 15...

Mesko, Poland’s leading ammunition manufacturer turns 90 this summer. From the beginning it was meant to provide the Polish Army...

A defining moment for a sniper is when he can positively identify a threat within his area of operation and...

One does not often think of shotguns as viable combat weapons and in the law enforcement arena, shotguns have lost...

At foreign missions in the military area, there is often no infrastructure that will meet the needs of troops. In...

Almost lost in a sea of plastic-fantastic new-wave “museums of idea, not objects” resplendent in touch-screens and 3D displays, but...

IDET, which means International Fair of Defence and Security Technology, founded in 1993, now takes place every two years in...

The AR-15/M16/M4 series rifle is undoubtedly the most popular rifle in the United State for all military, law enforcement and...

Feedback from Afghanistan was clear – much small-arms combat was taking place at far greater distances than expected, a lot...

Up until the 1960s, all machine guns manufactured in China were of foreign design. Earliest of these were well known...

At this year’s 21st International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO is an acronym from Polish name of the fair: Międzynarodowy Salon...

While military or law enforcement budgets often fixate on high end equipment procurement, it is the unspoken rule that trained...

With the creation of NATO, several programs were put into place for militaries of these nations to have some sort...

There are many manufacturers making ammunition as well as remanufacturing it. Few have a reputation of being precision ammunition manufacturers...

Under Land 40 Phase 2 (L40/2), the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) are intending to deliver two new direct fire...

The name Hornady is well known throughout the industry.  Hornady is a much diversified company being involved in ammunition production,...

The NG7 is a light machine gun (LMG) operated by a gas system called “gas impact.” The firearm starts the...

Speaking at the invitation-only Report to Industry at MDM Expo 2013, Jansen‘s bleak assessment of the harsh realities facing the...

As Latin America’s largest country and with a population of 200 million souls, Brazil faces massive defense problems. Although it...

n 1968 the Kennedy administration closed the Springfield Armory. For the most part, it ended a long-standing process where the...

The B&T AG (Brügger & Thomet) Police Equipment Show took place over the 12-13 of June 2013. The show, which...

The origin of the company lies in the establishment by the Finnish government in 1923 of a cartridge factory in...

Law enforcement and military ammunition has come a long way in the last 20 years. Military ammunition, not so much...

The only military trade show in Taiwan, the Taiwan Aerospace and Defense Technology Exposition was held from August 15 –...

The name Barnes is renowned in the firearms industry. It has been since its founding in 1932 by Fred Barnes....

Steyr Mannlicher is located in the town of Steyr in Austria. Josef Werndl founded the “Josef und Franz Werndl &...

The origin of RUAG Ammotec can be traced back to the Eidgenossische Munitionsfabrik established by the Swiss Confederation in Thun...

Maneuvering with pinpoint accuracy and efficiency at night as well as in daytime requires situational awareness, target classification and target...

In the early 1980s a requirement came down from the U.S. Army for a new pistol that would replace the...