What Good Is A Shotgun at that Range?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT0HqY0U-5k'
Why is he shooting it one-handed and why isn't he counting rounds?
The British “Soldier of the Future”
The UK takes yet another step towards storm trooper chic.
Afghanistan Vet: Give U.S. Troops Heavier Gun, Bigger Bullet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuMPnxqxkkI
American Firearms Instructor Adam Decciccio reckons the AR-10's extra nine pounds (compared to the M4) is a burden worth bearingo. Amidst the sound of gunfire, Adam says the bigger bullet's knock down power makes...
New TWS II Thermal Sight Uses AA Batteries
The Thermal Weapon Sight II (TWS II) is a joint US Army and US Marine Corps program to develop and deploy thermal weapon sight systems. The TWS II "family"---from rifle to armored vehicles----is built...
How Not to Buy a 20mm Gatling Cannon for your Museum
Driving past the “future site” of an upcoming aviation museum the other day, I noticed that a new old airplane had joined the rotting vintage fleet in the fractured parking lot. Sitting between a...
Brits Deploy New Long-Range Rifle In Afghanistan
The UK's Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Royal Marines serving in Afghanistan are first up with a new, longer range rifle; the first new combat rifle in twenty years. The MOD has equipped...
Drug War: The West Is Wild Again
In Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border, the Village Voice puts faces on the people that have to live with or die from the border problems between Arizona,...
Future Weapons: M134 Gatling Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8s6Vul1Mn8
Three thousand rounds a minute? That's a lot, right? And am I the only person who's creeped out by the narrator's voice?
Army M249 Failures Traced to NMC Trigger Assemblies. Allegedly.
"NMC strives to maintain its quality system through employee involvement and a commitment to quality and service." So sayeth Northside Machine Company's website. One of the parts maker's ex-employees begs to differ. In court....
The Associated Press: The M-4 Sucks in Afghanistan
AP writer Slobodan Lekic's semi-cogent article the suitability of the M-4 in Afghanistan misses the point. Actually, it lacks one. Was he trying to introduce the Army's new policy of having nine M-110 SASS equipped "sharpshooters" in each...
Army Continues Weapons (PR) Offensive
Yesterday, we reported the Army's field tests of new equipment sourced from the private sector. Today, we catch wind of an Army jounro junket to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland to show-off their new and...
Army Re-Equips Soldiers With Better Kit. Well, SOME Soldiers. For a While.
If you set aside the debate about whether or not American troops should be duking it out with the Taliban et. al. in Afghanistan and Iraq, if you accept the resulting casualties and injuries...