Foreign Military
Preserving Salvadoran and Honduran Military History: El Zapote and San Francisco Forts
By Julio A. Montes Established on June 16, 1993, under Executive Decree No.65, the Salvadoran Military Museum is located at...
Read moreThe History of Taiwan’s Military Assistance to Central America
By Julio A. Montes Taiwan distributed its indigenous rifle, the T-65, generously among the Central American nations in the mid-1980s....
Read moreFIRST LOOK: Japan’s New Type 20 Assault Rifle
By Gordon Arthur From 22 July ‘till 4 August 2023, Australia hosted the largest-ever Exercise Talisman Sabre. This biennial exercise...
Read moreShow Report: SITDEF Peru 18-21 May 2023
By Dan Shea Entering the SITDEF event, is through a long display course of tanks, firearms, cannon, and rescue equipment....
Read moreShow Report: The biggest MSPO Expo ever – MSPO 2023
“When we met a year ago, we said the 30th Expo was the biggest in history. The 31st MSPO is...
Read moreAimpoint Wins Contract to Supply Red Dot Sights to the U.K. MOD’s “Hunter” Alternative Individual Weapon System
Aimpoint has been chosen to deliver mini red dot sights to the Alternative Individual Weapon System, designated L403A1 to UK...
Read moreSalvadoran Coast Guard and Aerial and Maritime Police
By Julio A. Montes We visited Navy Captain Omar Iván Hernández Martínez, Chief of the General Staff of the Salvadoran...
Read moreNight Vision Devices Used by Taliban Forces
LONG WAR JOURNALA still taken from a Taliban propaganda video features equipment captured in Kandahar province. From left to right,...
Read more
Welcome to Small Arms Defense Journal‘s digital presence! The contributors to this site come from many walks of life, but we all have common ground; the study of small arms technology and history.