Tag: 2016

Accuracy International has been awarded the contract for Long Range Precision Rifles with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization ...

Qioptiq, an Excelitas technologies company, has secured a multi-million pound (£) contract for the supply of Kite In-Line Weapon Sights ...

Phoenix Defence announces the availability of 14.5x114mm, 20x82mm and 20x110mm (Hispano) sniper rifle systems to U.S. government agencies. Their new ...

QinetiQ North America’s EARS® SWATS® is a compact, shoulder-worn acoustic targeting system that instantly detects and locates the origin of ...

Weapon Sight Technology Enhances Small Arms Effectiveness To detect, recognize, identify, decide, acquire, engage and defeat in any environment. This ...

Enhanced Weapon Sights for Dismounted Close Combat Warfighters Intro The roadmap for enhanced Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Engagement is becoming ...

ABOVE: Two 37mm “Pom-Pom” guns- large Maxim water-cooled machine guns with brass jackets, grace the entry to the exhibits. This ...

There have been a number of attempts in the last decade to integrate all of the possible futuristic ideas for ...

INTRODUCTION At the end of the 1950s the Italian economy was booming, thanks to both the creativity of manufacturers and ...

ABOVE: CTS 7290M Mini Bang™. For 35 years, Combined Systems, Inc. (CSI) of Jamestown, PA has been a leader in ...

ABOVE: An airman fires a later model GUU-5/P with the M4-type barrel based on an early “slab-side” lower reciever (Air ...

ABOVE: The Smith Enterprises barrel wrench is the finest in the industry. Being able to grab 14 points on the ...

ABOVE: Barrett employee in an assault stance with the LWS, in the way that Barrett envisions the LWS being most ...

The rifle above is a curious example of weapons coming full-circle and being reinvented. This is the "44 Bore" rifle, ...

With the rapid advancement of micro technology, recreational remotely operated aerial vehicles (ROAV) or unmanned aerial systems-UASs, commonly known as ...

ABOVE: Peshmerga fighter with a Panzerfaust 3 recoilless weapon, 2015 (photo credit: original source unknown). Photos of arms now delivered ...

ABOVE: Lcpl. Chandler with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company 1/9 holds security while on a dismounted patrol inserted via helicopter into ...

ABOVE: While Jim Schatz and other advocates campaign for immediate fielding of a LICCIW (Lightweight Intermediate Caliber Cartridge Individual Weapon), ...

US Arms Policy Against Vietnam: History, past, present, and future. On May 23, 2016, President Obama announced lifting a nearly ...

ABOVE: B&T UNIVERSAL SERVICE WEAPON NEW WEAPON FROM B&T; THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE WEAPON Recent terror events in the world and ...

ABOVE: Two combatants sit at rest. The K98k Mauser is above the Springfield M1903A4. Their army’s helmets lie next to ...

One of the most prominent and prolific military bullpup-style rifles in history reaches its 10th anniversary in the field in ...

Truvelo Manufacturing started in the 1960s in South Africa manufacturing various electronic devices. In 1994, the Truvelo Armoury branch was ...

ABOVE: The new Sistema Integrado de Monitoramento de Fronteiras (Sisfron), will transforms all aspects of the Brazilian armed forces. Here ...

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 ...

Today, Nielsen-Kellerman is releasing its all-new K5 line of Kestrels, which replaces the Kestrel 4000 series. Loaded with features such ...

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 ...

ABOVE: Accuracy International AXMC338 Accuracy International Designed to withstand constant military deployment, the AX50 long range anti matériel rifle from ...

SADJ was recently in Sweden on a tour of defense industry contractors including Saab, Nammo, and Aimpoint, and we had ...

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

ABOVE: Korean made K2 tank driving demo. Armed with 120mm smoothbore cannon and up-to-date electronics, this 55t tank is one ...

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: 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 ...

Introduction At the time of this writing, computers and related information technologies are a part of almost everything we say ...

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 ...

ABOVE: The VP9 is inspired by the Welrod design but modernized for Veterinary use. The legendary silenced Welrod pistol that ...

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 ...

Two U.S. Senators Fail ITAR Literacy Test Many are understandably upset with the proposed rule from the U.S. State Department ...

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 ...

Once seen as an enhancement to your duty or combat rifle, quality RDS (Red Dot Sights) have become all but ...

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 ...

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