Short-Circuiting Skynet: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Campaigning to Ban Killer Robots
By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams is helping lead a campaign for a new international treaty to ban killer weapons that can select targets and fire without decision-making by a...
Leupold Protests Update to USSSOCOM Squad-Variable Power Scope Contract Award
Back in 2018, SIG SAUER was awarded a $12 million contract to supply USSOCOM with a version of their TANGO6 1-6X24 second focal plane rifle scope. All seemed well and good. But military procurement...
Stockholm Syndrome, Newtown and the Liberator Pistol
ED: The following post originally ran on December 26, 2012, about two weeks after the Sandy Hook shooting. A famous man once wrote that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. We're...
FN MK 48 Mod 2 Machine Gun Prototype in 6.5CM Unveiled
FN Herstal has announced a prototype for the newest variant of the MK 48 machine gun. The Mod 2 variant is chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. The prototype is styled as the FN MK 48...
Personal Defense Tip: Don’t Fly Faster Than Your Own Bullets
The F-16 fighter is equipped with a six-barrel 20mm gatling gun, not unlike a mini gun. It cranks out fire at the rate of 6000 rounds per minute (the fighters only carry about 500...
Textron Delivers Next Generation Squad Automatic Weapon to Army
Textron has delivered five samples of their "next generation" Squad Automatic Weapon to the US Army for testing and evaluation. It fires a lightweight cased-telescoping round that substantially reduces the load for SAW gunners....
US Army Chooses the B&T APC9K as its New Submachine Gun
As we mentioned last year, the US Army has been in the market for a new submachine gun (read Nick Leghorn's review of the gun here). The guns in the running included:
Beretta USA’s PMX...
British Paratroopers Use Photo of Labour Party Leader Corbyn for Target Practice
Did anyone ask if the paratroopers are Jewish?
LONDON (AP) — Britain's military said Wednesday it was investigating "totally unacceptable behavior" by some of its soldiers after they were filmed apparently using a picture of Labour...
Air Force Begins Deployment of the SIG SAUER M18 Duty Pistol
The U.S. Air Force has followed the Army in adopting the SIG M18 handgun, based upon SIG's very popular P320 modular handgun system. And now, the USAF has begun issuing the new handgun to...
Generals for Gun Control Support Ban on Private Firearm Sales
By Mark Oliva
When generals and admirals speak, veterans like me tend to listen. That’s why I perked up at a recent letter signed by 13 retired officers for the political gun-control group Giffords Veterans...
Russian Military Set to Adopt the 9×21 Udav ‘Boa Constrictor’ Pistol
Old mother Russia has surely noticed the advancements in handgun design in the West over the past couple of decades. More than enough time to evaluate what works and what doesn't. So it should...
US Army Proceeding With M4 and M249 Replacement Program in 6.8mm
Reader John Dingell III writes:
The U.S. Army appears to be moving full steam ahead with the replacement of the M4 Carbine and its 5.56mm cartridges with the Next-Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW). It will be...