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Soldiers test Next Generation Squad Weapon in extreme cold weather
A platoon from the 101st Airborne Division will be the first to field the new weapons later this year.
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Army fielding new helmet that protects against small arms fire
The new helmet gives added protection at the same weight of the current helmet.
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SOCOM wants new helmet goggle mount and oxygen-generating device
The portable oxygen device would cut down the need for oxygen cylinders.
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Red Dot Sight Guide: Best optics for pistols (and how to use them)
As pistol red dot sights get smaller, stronger and easier to see, shooters are starting to recognize the advantages of a pistol optic and put them on their handguns.
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Streamlight upgrades performance of previous TLR tac lights
Streamlight announces it is updating the TLR-1 and TLR-2 models of pistol lights by increasing their output by 100%. These new lights will include all the great features of the originals, but with better performance.
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North Korea’s homemade handgun — the Type 70
North Korea’s first truly indigenous handgun design, the Type 70 is nevertheless an interesting conglomeration of features from other countries’ guns, combined in a simple, effective firearm.
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The Army is ‘making artillery great again’
The Army plans to have a battalion’s worth fielded by 2023.
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COVID-19 Survival Kit: Food, water and gear you’ll need to prepare for the pandemic
The fact is, it’s relatively easy to build a survival kit for something like COVID-19. You don’t need to be prepared for a zombie apocalypse – you just need to use a little common sense.
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Barrett’s MRAD will be the Army and Marine Corps’ new standard sniper rifle
Based on the company’s wildly popular 98B bolt-action rifle, the MRAD’s most important feature and biggest selling point is that it can be easily refitted to fire different cartridges at the end-user level using just a single tool.
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Russia’s legendary Dragunov SVD just got another update
Chambered for 7.62x54R and still manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern, the SVD’s latest update supposedly offers shooters more accuracy, better ergonomics, and the ability to mount a wider range of accessories.
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Heckler & Koch just pulled in a $33.5 million contract modification for the US Army’s newest rifles
The initial planned order for the new M110A1s was 3,643 rifles, though with the new modification, that number could likely increase.
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Finding trash (and treasures) at a gun show near you
While the 1,300+ tables at a gun show near me offered a plethora of plastic pistols and generic looking AR-15s, I couldn’t help but notice a few diamonds in the rough.
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Czechoslovakia delivered a sting with its Skorpion VZ 61 subgun (or machine pistol?)
Miroslav Rybář originally had security forces in mind when he conceived the Skorpion VZ 61 in 1959, but it was readily accepted by the Czechoslovakian army for use by low-ranking staff, vehicle crewmen and special forces.
