Volume 6

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...

It is nice to see a product evolve over time. The ArmaLite AR-31 .308 Win rifle is a great case...

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

From 1990 to very recently, the ROK (Republic of Korea; or South Korea) army had a tendency to reduce the...

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

According to company literature, the first Glock pistols imported into the U.S. came in January of 1986. These guns had...

After the end of the Second World War, the United States military, the Army especially, saw its mission as one...

Since it gained independence, Chad has been shaken by numerous armed risings, invasions of the neighboring military, conflicts regarding borders...

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...

The Croatian Armed Forces are changing from an army of defenders of their homeland, and becoming an Armed Forces that...

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...