Tag: V1N1

Located in the center of Athens just several hundred yards from the Athens Hilton hotel is the Greek Ministry of ...

(English translation of C.G. Haenel’s press release) The traditional Suhl company, Haenel, has created a sniper rifle system for police ...

There are several types and styles of AR-15/M16/M4 rail systems available today and most seem to have at least one ...

Each year at the NDIA Small Arms Annual Meeting, the George M. Chinn Award is presented annually to honor a ...

Dr. Philip H. Dater was born in the latter part of April, 1937 on Manhattan Island in New York City.  ...

The US Army’s programmes for developing two different 25mm grenade launchers – the shoulder-fired XM25 from Alliant Techsystems and the ...

At the 22nd annual Small Arms and Cannons Symposium held in August 2008 at the Defense Academy of the United ...

There are two small arms conferences in the West that this author considers to be the most important in the ...

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 ...

There has long been a requirement for a personal defence weapon, or PDW, for soldiers whose primary duty does not ...

Skarżysko-Kamienna is a relatively young city receiving its city charter in 1923, yet a settlement has existed in the Kamienna ...

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 ...

Over the past 10 years the industry has seen several new weapon systems emerge with the older piston technology making ...

The War & Peace Show, also called “The Beltring Show” by many, is an incredible experience. SADJ decided to bring ...

Eurosatory 2008 was held at the Parc du Exposition, located outside of Paris, France on June 16 – 20, 2008.  ...

The sniper and spotter have been lying in their concealed position for hours observing the handful of windows and doors. ...

During the 1920s China was embroiled in a civil war between the Chinese Communists led by Mao Tse-tung and the ...

The conflicts in the Middle East go on, as they have through the ages. The shores of the Hashemite Kingdom ...

Argentina was an early user of the Maxim and began by ordering 50 Maxims from the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and ...

The 2005 Lion’s Gate film The Lord of War, starring Nicolas Cage, is well known in the international small arms ...

Sound is defined as air in motion, which produces pressure variations that the human ear can detect. It is a ...