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Accuracy International awarded the Danish Army Contract for Long Range Precision Rifles

Accuracy International awarded the Danish Army Contract for Long Range Precision Rifles

30 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Industry Profiles, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

Photograph courtesy of Accuracy International Ltd showing the AX50 rifle system for the Danish Contract.  The soldier in the picture is not a Danish soldier…

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Qioptiq Chosen to Supply Australian Land 125 Project

Qioptiq Chosen to Supply Australian Land 125 Project

30 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Industry Profiles, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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Phoenix Defence Partners with Truvelo Armoury

Phoenix Defence Partners with Truvelo Armoury

30 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Industry Profiles, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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QinetiQ North America’s EARS SWATS

QinetiQ North America’s EARS SWATS

30 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Industry Profiles, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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Qioptiq FTS2 Thermal Sight - No Place to Hide

Qioptiq FTS2 Thermal Sight – No Place to Hide

30 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Industry Profiles, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

Weapon Sight Technology Enhances Small Arms Effectiveness To detect, recognize, identify, decide, acquire, engage and defeat in any environment. This requirement is incumbent on the…

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QIOPTIQ: “THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE IS IMMENSE”

QIOPTIQ: “THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE IS IMMENSE”

30 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Industry Profiles, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

Enhanced Weapon Sights for Dismounted Close Combat Warfighters Intro The roadmap for enhanced Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Engagement is becoming increasingly interesting as many nations…

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The Ditsong Museum of Military History

The Ditsong Museum of Military History

23 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, History, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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SWORD: Soldier Weapon & Observer Recon Devices

SWORD: Soldier Weapon & Observer Recon Devices

16 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Reviews, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

There have been a number of attempts in the last decade to integrate all of the possible futuristic ideas for the modern “Battlespace.” Most are…

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BERETTA PM12S: THE EVERGREEN!

BERETTA PM12S: THE EVERGREEN!

9 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Reviews, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

INTRODUCTION At the end of the 1950s the Italian economy was booming, thanks to both the creativity of manufacturers and the enormous boost provided by…

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Less Lethal Combined Systems, Inc. Expands Line of Flash Bangs

Less Lethal Combined Systems, Inc. Expands Line of Flash Bangs

2 December, 2016
Damon Bolding
New Products, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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‘Mixmaster’: The U.S. Air Force’s GUU-5/P

‘Mixmaster’: The U.S. Air Force’s GUU-5/P

25 November, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

ABOVE: An airman fires a later model GUU-5/P with the M4-type barrel based on an early “slab-side” lower reciever (Air Force) In January 1991, the…

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Better Tools to Work on Your Black Rifle!

Better Tools to Work on Your Black Rifle!

18 November, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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Barrett 240 LWS

Barrett 240 LWS

11 November, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Reviews, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

ABOVE: Barrett employee in an assault stance with the LWS, in the way that Barrett envisions the LWS being most useful in. The handguards allow…

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44 Bore: 7.62 x 39 mm AK rifles modified to fire 7.92 x 33 Kurz ammunition

44 Bore: 7.62 x 39 mm AK rifles modified to fire 7.92 x 33 Kurz ammunition

11 November, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

The rifle above is a curious example of weapons coming full-circle and being reinvented. This is the “44 Bore” rifle, a colloquial name given to…

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Skynet is real! An anti-drone round

Skynet is real! An anti-drone round

4 November, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

With the rapid advancement of micro technology, recreational remotely operated aerial vehicles (ROAV) or unmanned aerial systems-UASs, commonly known as “drones”, are hitting the market…

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DM32 Bunkerfaust supplied by Germany to Kurdish Forces

DM32 Bunkerfaust supplied by Germany to Kurdish Forces

28 October, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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In Defense of BLS

In Defense of BLS

21 October, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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NDIA 2016

NDIA 2016

14 October, 2016
Damon Bolding
Features, Search By Issue, Show Reports, V8N5, Volume 8

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

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International Legal Affairs: V8N5

International Legal Affairs: V8N5

14 October, 2016
Damon Bolding
Columns, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

US Arms Policy Against Vietnam: History, past, present, and future. On May 23, 2016, President Obama announced lifting a nearly 50-year old arms embargo against…

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New Review: V8N5

New Review: V8N5

7 October, 2016
Damon Bolding
Columns, New Products, Search By Issue, V8N5, Volume 8

ABOVE: B&T UNIVERSAL SERVICE WEAPON NEW WEAPON FROM B&T; THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE WEAPON Recent terror events in the world and especially Europe have changed the…

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Distributed at trade shows worldwide, Small Arms Defense Journal is a bimonthly publication that focuses on small arms, accessories, gear for the soldier, new products, industry news, and defense trade shows. The first issue of SADJ was Spring 2009, which launched at the LAAD show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. SADJ (pronounced “sage”) is targeted toward military, law enforcement, and defense industry professionals. Our job is to reach these groups and tailor content to their interests while producing a publication that is applicable to an international audience.
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