Army Chooses Leupold’s Mark 5HD 3.6-18×44 for Their M110 Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
From Leupold . . .
Leupold & Stevens, Inc., provider of the world’s most rugged, lightweight, and clear riflescopes and reflex sights, is pleased to announce that its award-winning Mark 5HD riflescope has been selected...
SOCOM Selects Leupold Mark 5HD for the Army Precision Sniper Rifle Program
From Leupold . . .
Leupold & Stevens, Inc., provider of the world’s most rugged, lightweight, and clear riflescopes and reflex sights, is pleased to announce that its Mark 5HD riflescope has been selected as...
JWT: The Guns I Used in Combat in Afghanistan
The Colt M4 rifle and Beretta M9 handgun were the primary guns I used when I was in Afghanistan. The M9 was the standard-issue pistol. The M4 had an EOTech holographic red dot sight with the...
Does ‘Mil Spec’ Mean Anything Anymore? Did it Ever?
In the gun realm, we are encouraged to think that anything "mil spec" must therefore be good. Reliable. Iron-clad tough, able to withstand the rigors and horrors of the battlefield.
But does it actually mean...
DARPA Developing ‘Flying Gun’ Missile They’re Calling the Gunslinger
The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to build a missile with a gun on the the end of it. As the DARPA expense budget document (page 194) describes it:
The Gunslinger program will...
Vortex to Auction Off New Razor HD Gen III 1-10x FFP Scope to Benefit...
Vortex announced their new Razor HD Gen III 1-10x FFP scope (MSRP = $2899) in the run-up to the SHOT Show. Now one of the first of the new optics is being auctioned off...
FN America Awarded $119 Million Army Contract for M4A1 Carbines
The military may be interested in other calibers, but the US Army has just awarded FN America a big contract to crank out thousands of M4's chambered in good ol' 5.56 over the next...
Thai Soldier Livestreams Shooting Spree, Killing ‘At Least 12,’ Then Holes Up in Shopping...
A Thai soldier reportedly killed his commanding officer, then stole an army vehicle and posted live video on Facebook as he went on a shooting spree toward a mall in the northern Thailand city...
SIG SAUER Now Selling Military Surplus M17 (P320) Pistols
NEWINGTON, N.H., (December 17, 2019) – SIG SAUER, Inc. is honored to bring authentic, M17 Military Surplus handguns to the commercial market. The M17 Military Surplus handguns were manufactured under contract with the U.S....
‘Nuts!’ 75 Years Ago US Troops Stopped Hitler’s Last Advance
By Raf Casert, Associated Press
Pvt. Arthur Jacobson was seeking cover in the snow behind a tank moving slowly through the wooded hills of Belgium's Ardennes, German bullets whizzing by.
That was when he lost his...
The Rank Hypocrisy of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Failed presidential candidate Senator Gillibrand has a plan to address the problem of suicides by military members and encourage them to get the mental health treatment they need.
Currently, the Department of Defense has...
Update On The NAS Pensacola Shooting
I watched a live press briefing (gone now) on the shooting. Key points:
Three victims dead, shooter dead.
Despite an earlier USA Today report that the shooter killed himself, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan...