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Whilst employed less frequently than the other types of small arms and light weapons covered in this series, grenade launchers...

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27-30 April 2020, Columbus, GA Advancing Combat Lethality Recently the influential and well-known NDIA Small Arms Symposium combined with some...

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Author Dean Roxby using the Nikon Black RangeX 4K Laser Rangefinder. When laser rangefinders (LRFs) first appeared on the civilian...

Completed Bizon build. The collapse of the Soviet Union plunged the new Russian state into chaos, plagued by organized crime...

Model 1890 Colt Gatling gun on typical infantry wheeled field carriage. (Courtesy Rock Island Auction Company) State-of-the-Art Weaponary Machine guns...

U.S. ARMY ADOPTS B.E. MEYERS & CO. BOARS-M2 OPTICS MOUNT B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc., announced that the BOARS®-M2 optics...

ALIEN GEAR Rapid Force Duty Holster Alien Gear Holsters, the top-selling, award winning and most trusted American-made brand for civilian...

American soldiers in WWI—a few are wearing “experimental” helmets that were designed to provide better production than the British-design MK...

6. The compact 3.8-inch polymer frame Jericho is an excellent defensive pistol for easy carry. IWI makes superb fighting pistols—the...

The XM17 Modular Handgun System The P320-M17 is available with standard 17-round magazines, but factory 22-round versions are also available....

MEL CARPENTERA few Dardick Trounds. It’s just not right. Someone should do something to stop the bullying. The U.S. government...

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Adjustable length dual struts with Gear Head Tailhook braces. The Stribog SP9A1 9mm submachine gun and its carbine and pistol...

Special Thanks to S&T Motiv and Model Major (Reserve) Hyungchul Moon Major Moon, a Reserve Korean Army Officer and military...

ADEX 2019 was held at Seoul airport from 15 to 20 October. This airport is in fact a military air...

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Main entrance to the Patriot Park exposition centre on what proved to be a wet and windy show for those...

Perhaps one of the more elusive Dragunov clones in recent small arms history, the 7.62x54mmR Al-Kadesiah precision rifle is one...

IWI US has an excellent reputation for producing efficient “all business” weapon designs. “Hell and back” reliability is a hallmark...

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Photo credit: IAN MCCOLLUM/ARES INTRODUCTION Although Ethiopia has produced small-caliber ammunition for at least 60 years (and probably 90 or...

According to its press release, in 2020 the U.S. Army plans to have soldiers fire at targets using remote-controlled robotic vehicles as...

FN HERSTAL FN Expert Marksmanship Training System FN has released the new FN® Expert marksmanship training software. Even more intuitive,...

By Dan Shea June 21, 2019, in the Swiss Alps outside of Montreux: “Smoke on the Water” playing on the...

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TANGODOWN®, INC. ACRO® Mount for GLOCK® MOS® Models TangoDown®, Inc. is excited to announce the latest addition to its lineup:...

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Have you have ever wondered how effective your barrel cleaning routine is? If so, then the Borecam™ Digital Borescope with...

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The Tb 41 was a crew-serve weapon. Normally, it took seven men to set up the gun, but only one...

Nikon Sport Optics has manufactured quality optics for decades. Several years ago, Nikon released the BLACK X1000 series riflescopes. The...

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What comes to mind when you see the word MIL-SPEC listed in a product’s specs? It seems semi-slick marketing executives...

Ground forces have been using drones, also known as small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), for years, both in-theater and out....

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Christensen Arms has been awarded contract number 4400021290 by the State of South Carolina to produce a version of the...

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This article presents some S&T Motiv’s small arms at the trade fair for the Defense Industry, Defense Expo Korea, held...

The U.S. Military acquires millions of rounds of ammunition every year for everything from training to combat. Despite some performance...

Welcoming sign to the show. Israel Defense and HLS Expo is the country’s largest biennial defense show that is held...

By Major (Ret.) Walter Christian Håland Staff Sgt Shawn P. Linhares, a Sierra Vista, Arizona native, 25th Infantry Division, surveys...

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Modern armed conflicts are of a fundamental different character than cataclysmic wars of the last century. Fortunately, full-scale military operations...

Diagram and legend of the training facility. Tucked away in the opening plains where the Caucasus Mountains finally meet the...

The defense and sporting firearms communities are bombarded on a near daily basis with articles and advertisements promoting new “game...

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FN HERSTAL FN® FCU Mk3 Fire Control Unit The FN FCU Mk3 Fire Control Unit provides a complete sighting and...

Turkey has a longstanding tradition of manufacturing licensed models, then producing evolved domestic variants. The Canik series of handguns started...

Fort Worth-based retailer, RW Arms, turned in its entire inventory of bump stocks to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...

Switzerland, long the neutral party of Europe with a deeply rooted gun culture, was recently confronted with a referendum to...

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Defense and security companies looking for growth overseas are taking a national approach to international trade events In an increasingly...

During World War II, the basic weapons of the U.S. infantryman were the rifle, light machine gun and fragmentation grenades....

Eighth Year Sees Increase in Visitors The 8th edition of Enforce Tac was again billed as the “International Trade Fair...

FN HERSTAL FN SCAR®-SC .300 Subcompact Carbine & KeyMod Receiver The FN SCAR-SC® in 5.56x45mm / .223 is now joined...

Aimpoint, the leading manufacturer and innovator of red dot sighting technology, has been awarded a USD $24 million firm, fixed-price...

The 1860s marked a period of Renaissance in firearms development. Muzzle loading rifles and revolvers transitioned to cartridge-firing, breech loading...

Visitors to SOFEX and to the KASOTC Warrior Competition in Jordan now have a new place to visit along with...

On March 3, 2019, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unexpected statement while visiting the city of Amethi during his...

REAP-IR has a toggle switch on the right side for choosing between multitudes of options available with the Trijicon optic....

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The next edition of Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) will mark 20 years since the event was first established...

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Arrow Tech prodas.com The James Ambrose Award is presented periodically to recognize, in the opinion of the Small Arms Division...

In the mid-1980s, the Soviet Ministry of Defense noted an increased need for body-armor-defeating weaponry paired with a diminished sound...

There has been a resounding boom in popularity of suppressors in recent years. They have become less the stuff of...

The author with a JAWS 1911. The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) is a biannual tri-service defence exhibition showcasing...

By Lynndon Schooler The beginning For a brief 200-year period, the Pecheneg Khanate sprawled from Southern Trans-Carpathia across the Dnieper...

By Christopher M. Rance The red rim of the sun pushes itself over the distant horizon, as a brown haze...

The ASM Materials Education Foundation By Dan Shea I’m writing this in the first person for a reason; I want...

ABOVE: A representative from Kodiklatad Polytechnic demonstrates the Indonesian version of the “Corner Shot” device, here equipped with a Glock...

Craft-Produced Anti-Materiel Rifles and Light Cannon in Yemen By Yuri Lyamin/ImproGuns Makeshift Adaptations Still Lethal A video published on August...

New Drone Training Program Botach, Inc. (a drone reseller–drone service provider and distributor of tactical products to the U.S. Public...

ABOVE: On the range with the Vityaz-SN and a Zenitco suppressor. A High Performance SMG Despite Growing Pains In 1993,...

International Legal Affairs - Export Reform By Jason M. Wong Draft regulations have been published regarding the transfer of USML...

For a long time, Serbia was a part of the Ottoman Empire; it became self-governed in 1830 but obtained independence...

The FightLite Mission Configurable (MCR) is a belt-fed upper receiver assembly designed for use on AR-15, M16 and M4 rifles....

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The Smith Enterprises Vortex Flash Eliminator uses helical twisting prongs to reduce the temperature and velocity of gasses produced when...

By Lynndon Schooler With the Bolshevik victory in 1922 bringing the cold and bloody Russian Civil War to a close,...

INDIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE ENTERS NEGOTIATION PERIOD WITH SIG SAUER & CARACAL SIG SAUER and Caracal International LLC are courting...

As the military and other government agencies look towards unmanned surveillance and gun-toting platforms, Blackwing Holdings, LLC, offers unique state-of-the-art...

The NFA world is a difficult one (dealing with Title II firearms). The landmines in regulations are frequent; seemingly common...

TRIJICON REAP-IR® Thermal Riflescope Line Expanded The new REAP-IR models offer two additional magnification options to the 35mm effective focal...

ABOVE: Ethiopian AKM, right-side view. An Ethiopian Surprise In the age of Google, Facebook, Reddit and all the AK-47-centered internet...

LONG WAR JOURNALA still taken from a Taliban propaganda video features equipment captured in Kandahar province. From left to right,...

Photo credit: Ian McCollum/Forgotten Weapons Craft-produced Pakistani AK-style bolt-action rifle. A Frankengun in Every Way By Jonathan Ferguson Photo credit:...

History documents many evolutionary and revolutionary advancements in weaponry. The bow over the spear, the cap over the flintlock, the...

British De Lisle Carbine Bolt-Action Rifle The De Lisle Carbine manually operated rifle was the brainchild of William Godfray de...

ABOVE: Pro Gun Club PKM built by Rifle Dynamics on a VLTOR Weapon System receiver. A common story in Eastern...

ABOVE: K3Para Light Machine Gun. Still unadopted but suggested to the Korean Army special forces. This one is not only...

In today’s complex fight, the sniper has to be able to quickly flex into a posture that allows him leverage...

SIG P320 X-VTAC: Tactical Benefits The SIG SAUER P320 polymer-frame striker-fired handguns have quickly evolved into an industry leader for...

ABOVE: Advantages of caseless ammunition; the rounds are lighter in weight and less expensive to manufacture. Disadvantages include a problem...

A Long Way from Fender Guitars Established in Anaheim, California, in 1977 by founders Dave Sanderson and Steve Kottman, SKB...

Close Combat Symposium The Close Combat Symposium (CCS) was held at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom over July...

ABOVE: The Tactical Sniper Bench being employed by an elite IDF sniper. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Counter Terror (CT)...

For all of our many-splendored modern accomplishments man has really not advanced much farther than his primitive forebears when it...

Gunshot localization systems have been in use for several decades by both the military and law enforcement. Their purpose is...

ABOVE: Nammo’s liquid countermass maintains uniform viscosity across all war fighting environmental temperature ranges. The atomized cloud formed by mass...

By David Pazdera Between September 10 and 12, 2018, Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod held the third Meeting of Professional Journalists....

By ImproGuns A shootout with police in the Ukrainian city of Odessa on January 19, 2017, left three people dead...

Pathway to the Kalashnikov’s Future Development By Lynndon Schooler Vladimir Zlobin, the former director of the AK-12 project, can be...

North America’s Largest Landpower Exposition and Professional Development Forum By Paul Evancoe  The annual AUSA meeting and exposition was held...

International Military-Technical Forum ARMY-2018 By Richard D. Jones  The fourth International Military-Technical Forum was held at the Patriot Expo Congress...

ABOVE: FIME GROUP VEPR 12 Shotgun FIME GROUP VEPR 12 Shotgun The Vepr 12 is a shotgun designed for self-defense,...

Raytheon, Saab Demonstrate New Carl-Gustaf Munition for U.S. Army Raytheon Company and Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab are demonstrating...

Screening Prohibited Parties As the world becomes increasingly more complicated, one might imagine that there is an official list of...

ABOVE: THeMIS live firing with .50 cal. HMG on FN Herstal FN M3R RWS. UGVs Being Developed for Dangerous Missions...

The Fight Against Vehicle-Borne Explosive Devices By Ian McCollum The Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units) employ various craft-produced anti-materiel rifles...

ABOVE: U.S. Army Sniper Course Instructors competing in the target detection event. Along white, sun-burned hilltops outside the city of...

ABOVE: Mr. Graham Rockwell, Product Manager, explaining the Ruger Product Line to Mr. Howard Kent, CEO of the Armor Development...

Thousands Descend Upon the Biennial Expo This will be the 8th Biennial Tri-service event in Jakarta, Indonesia; when they say...

The Latest in Textron Systems’ LSAT Program Small Arms Defense Journal was granted a unique interview with Textron Systems about...

ABOVE: Snipers employing the M110 SASS from Knight’s Armament Company in its original configuration. We’ve all heard jokes about the...

ABOVE: The RGW 90 LRMP (Long Range Multi-Purpose) is a lightweight weapon with a programmable warhead fuze, which is very...

ABOVE: Right side view of Paratus select-fire DMR, with Trijicon VCOG 1x6 optic, Elite Iron Bravo 1 suppressor and Harris...

ABOVE: The M240B here is equipped with the Trijicon Machine Gun Reflex Sight ballistically calibrated for use on the M240...

Think of it like dinner at a restaurant. The chef prepares your food and arranges it on the serving plate...

“Modern Day Warfighter: Ready, Lethal, Adaptable” Story By Robert Bruce, Military Affairs Editor “We’re going to go shopping; we’re going...

A History of South African Firearms South Africa has a rich history evident in its firearms, but this is a...

ABOVE: The KMS+Nexter Defense Systems outdoor pavilion. The gate guardian is the European Main Battle Tank (EMBT), a new concept...

Defense Distributed: The Final Chapter? Frequent readers of this column will note that we’ve been following the Defense Distributed case...

ABOVE: Remington's Concealable Sniper Rifle REMINGTON Concealable Sniper Rifle The Remington® Concealable Sniper Rifle (CSR™) is a compact, highly modular...

ABOVE: Big Horn Armory's AR500 BIG HORN ARMORY AR500 The AR500 in 500 Auto Max is designed for hunters and...

Photonis Announces Partnership with Night Vision Devices Photonis USA Pennsylvania, Inc., has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Night...

Chicago PD to Use Sig Sauer P320s On May 31, 2018, SIG SAUER announced that the City of Chicago Police...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, also known as drones) are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) which includes the...

Export Reform, Continued Faithful readers of this column are well aware of the ongoing efforts to modernize and streamline the...

THE GRIM REAPER: The Story of the Weapon of Choice for Many of the World’s Armies This is a very...

ABOVE: This launching of even a little grenade from the little FAMAS bullpup features a grinning French soldier enjoying the...

Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact as Navies Explore Novel Ways to Defend Against Enemy Divers Between imagination and reality, a...

ABOVE: February 2017, Northern lights, an ice cold night in Finnmark, Northern Norway. Norwegian soldiers from Infantry Battalion 2 are...

It began as furtive whispers at the SHOT Show and hushed conversations in the back corners of gun shops across...

Innovations in AR Platform and Optics Make a Perfect Team The urge to take advantage of AR modularity, ergonomics, optics...

This article describes one example of a multisensor thermal binocular for sniper team use and some selected top modern night...

2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference and Exhibition The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is a unified command whose...

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When you picture a sniper, the image that comes to mind is often a camouflage-clad man carrying some variant of...

EXCELITAS QIOPTIQ KITE IN LINE Image-Intensified Weapon Sight KITE IN LINE is an in-line image intensified weapon sight designed for...

ABOVE: SMITH & WESSON Performance Center® & Thompson/Center® Long Range Rifle (LRR) SMITH & WESSON / PERFORMANCE CENTER® Performance Center®...

ABOVE: ARES Director N.R. Jenzen-Jones firing the L129A1 at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham in February...

ABOVE: Aimpoint Micro T-2™ Flat Dark Earth Sight Aimpoint Introduces Limited Run Micro T-2™ Flat Dark Earth Sights Aimpoint has...

ABOVE: VZ58 polymer handguards to be packaged and shipped. SADJ Tours the Family– Owned FAB-Defense Factory The use of polymer...

ABOVE: AK-12 right suppressed. The “Ratnik” Trials The “Ratnik” trials program was organized by the Russian Army as a result...

ABOVE: K9’s 1,000hp MTU engine with Allison automatic transmission engine delivers high power-to-weight ratio and has equal mobility as modern...

It’s a truism that a rifle does not make the marksman, same as a camera doesn’t make the photographer or...

ABOVE: The long-established optical sight manufacturer Schmidt & Bender booth, one of many offering optical and sighting devices for the...

ABOVE: Firing an RPG-7—During a three-day cross training program, designated personnel from the HDF 25th Klapka György Infantry Brigade (Tata)...

ABOVE: A mix of various caliber centerfire ammunition surrounding .22 rimfire cartridges too small to accommodate a centerfire primer. No...

ABOVE: MEPROLIGHT Mepro 6X MEPRO 6X is a compact and lightweight (640 gr.) x6 telescopic day sight with enhanced optics....

Otis Technology Acquires Shooter’s Choice Otis Technology is pleased to announce that it has acquired the popular Shooter’s Choice brand....

Proposed Restrictions on Technology Transfers The transfer of technology is critical to innovation, development and future commercialization of new technologies....

ABOVE: Although ghillie suits have been seen in training settings, the majority of ISOF snipers operating in urban battlefields appear...

One of the more famous episodes in the history of the USMC occurred with the various Machine Gun Battalions that...