Volume 11

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

The VSS Vintorez and AS Val display at the Tula State Museum of Weapons. In the mid-1980s, the Soviet Union...

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

The 12.7mm (.50 caliber) M2 Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) are important weapons for the Norwegian Armed Forces and have been...

About a year ago, back in 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced results of the “Ratnik” trials in...

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...

In terms of firearm product development, we live in exciting times. Computers, compact circuitry and manufacturing techniques have opened a...

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....

Mistakes happen. Although one may try to minimize the chance of an error, human nature, miscommunication and plain ignorance can...

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

Lead Nation and the 20th anniversary of the Armed Forces Exhibition. The Polish Armaments Group is MSPO's Strategic Partner. MSPO...

Despite their diminutive size, pistols still are important military firearms, and they are even more important as law enforcement weapons....

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...

Heading Toward the Future There are several companies that offer mobility platforms upon which manipulators are mounted or are gun...

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...

The trend towards shrinking firearms into smaller and lighter packages is full steam ahead. The recently introduced SIG SAUER MPX...

It is no secret that Eugene Stoner’s AR platform is the bestselling rifle in the U.S. with numerous manufacturers jumping...

In the course of decades of research in various military and museum archives, Robert Bruce has acquired a treasure trove...

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...

Mistakes happen. Although one may try to minimize the chance of an error, human nature, miscommunication and plain ignorance can...

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....

By Dickson Ly This year’s IWA show carried on in the turbulent time of industry slowdown and increasing tension between...

In the past decade and a half there has been a huge leap in the advancement of precision long-range shooting...

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

Thomas B. Nelson The name Thomas B. Nelson is synonymous with the small arms community of the last 60 years....

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....

Specifications Caliber 5.56 NATO/7.62x39mm Barrel length 5.5in Overall length 18.75in Weight (empty) 5lbs, 11oz Muzzle brake Maximum Defense HATEBRAKE muzzle...

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...

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

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