Cold War Conflicts and ‘Brushfire Wars’ 1970s–1980s By Robert Bruce In the course of decades of researching various sources including ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

ABOVE: Cased Telescoped. A useful comparison of the initial 5.56mm CT Squad Auto Weapon and a mockup of the 7.62mm ...

ABOVE: Beam weapons in the battlespace. Envisioned in this 2008 illustration promoting the Navy’s Maritime Laser Demonstration feasibility project, a ...

ABOVE: 14 March 2014, Alaska, USA. Soldiers on the range engage targets with M16A2 rifles during the 59th Signal Battalion ...

ABOVE: A useful comparison of similarities between the 7.62 NATO caliber HK121/MG5 in front, with its predecessor, the 5.56mm MG4 ...

ABOVE: Germans with Maxim MG08. Judging from their cloth-covered spiked helmets, this apparently posed photo was taken early in the ...

Speaking at the invitation-only Report to Industry at MDM Expo 2013, Jansen‘s bleak assessment of the harsh realities facing the ...

ABOVE: We first spotted this polymer and brass .50 caliber BMG ammo at MARCORSYSCOM’s display at MDM way back in ...

There’s nothing else like it in any of the other branches of America’s Armed Forces.  Its uniquely lethal products, the ...

Friends and foes of the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in the U.S. Marine Corps’ infantry fire teams have been engaged ...

For the past several years SADJ has been following progress of the US Marine Corps’ program to identify and field ...

“…that’s going to require us to replace an awful lot of gear that’s been used very hard over the last ...

The focus of our visit to MARSOC‘s Schoolhouse was Special Operations Training Branch, currently housed in an orderly formation of ...

It defies logic that United States Special Operations Command did not include the Marine Corps until a little over five ...

By the time you read this, the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System with its uncannily accurate airburst ammo will ...

Note: This article is a continuation of Guns & Gear of the U.S. Navy's Riverine Forces, which originally appeared in ...

Note: Part Two of this article is available here. The “Brown Water Navy” is back in force and elements of ...

“To the many vendors, suppliers and equipment manufacturers, it is my pleasure to extend gratitude for your continuing faith in ...

“As proud as we are of our ability to move quickly and react to the sound of the gun, we ...

Going Ballistic, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation television documentary from 2000, has a collection of fascinating interviews with O’Dwyer himself and ...

Metal Storm is a radically different concept for weapons and ammunition, the brainchild of a self-educated Australian inventor with brilliant ...

Developed in the aftermath of WWII and fielded in 1957, the light and handy 7.62mm NATO caliber M60 General Purpose ...

What’s not to like about a real machine gun that’s significantly lighter than a chunky M240, about the same size ...