The Atlantic: Photos from Afghanistan (August 2011)
The Atlantic just published some pretty stunning pictures taken in Afghanistan within the past month. If you've got five extra minutes I strongly recommend you take a peek.
The Atlantic - Afghanistan: August 2011
U.S. Army: M9 Berettas Suck. Glock? M&P? H&K?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwmqzqk1hc
“The M9 is at the end of its lifecycle," declared Maj. Art Thomas , small arms branch chief at the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, GA. “It is an old weapon." Pig...
Incendiary Image of the Day: Libya’s Man with the Golden Gun
Pardon me if I don't raise my glass to the U.S.-supported rebels who've ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Quite aside from the unconstitutionality of a U.S. president committing American military forces to a foreign conflict without...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Libyan TV Presenter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDyMZTcvKrE&feature=youtu.be
"Libyan state television presenter holding a gun and saying she and other staffers are ready to become martyrs to defend the station as anti-Gaddafi forces close in on Tripoli." Yeah, they're scared now.
Somali Insurgents Using American Ordnance Against US-Supported Troops
In another less-than-successful example of the Obama administration trying to run a kinetic military action by leading from behind, the policy of outsourcing the fight against al-Shabab, the al-Qaida-aligned insurgents in Somalia to Ugandan...
Missouri National Guard Tests M26 12-Gauge Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS)
NCO Sgt. Kerry Proffitt likes the new M26 12-Gauge Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS). At least in theory. “This may come in handy as an attachment to the M-4 for non-lethal purposes," the Missouri...
Army Considers Plastic Ammo
"Soldiers may soon have a solution . . . that cuts the weight of small-arms ammunition nearly in half and provides a potential replacement for the SAW that weighs a whopping 8.3 pounds less...
Turkey Prototypes New Homegrown Combat Rifle
I'm not a big fan of verbizing nouns. Why take a perfectly good noun---"prototype"---and turn it into a verb? OK, it helps with headline brevity, a job that with which I've been tasked for...
French Air-Dropped Guns to Libya “Seeping” to Al Queda?
U.N. Resolution 1973 "Authorizes Member States that have notified the Secretary-General, acting nationally or through regional organizations or arrangements, and acting in cooperation with the Secretary-General, to take all necessary measures . . ....
This Day in Handgun History: Browning 1910 Kills 38 Million
John Moses Browning is likely the most famous gun designer ever to have sketched on a cocktail napkin. And if you design weapons for the military, you have to know they’ll be used to...