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By David Crane defrev@gmail (dot) com June 6, 2024 Eighty (80) years ago today, the greatest (and bravest) generation risked and gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy to fight evil and protect our country (the United States), and DefenseReview (DR) is incredibly for their immense courage and sacrifice. Thousands of our unbelievably brave young men were killed or …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com DefenseReview (DR) just wants to wish our active and retired US military personnel a very happy, healthy and safe Veterans Day. God bless you guys, and thank you for your great service to our country. Sincerely, Defense Review

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com July 4, 2023 We just want to wish our readers a very happy and safe 4th of July/Independence Day 2023. God Bless America, and God bless the souls of our Founding Fathers who risked everything  to create our great country and its founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com We’d like to wish our readers a very Happy Memorial Day 2023, and thank all those that fought and died for us, our surviving veterans, and our active military personnel. Thank you all so much for everything you’ve done for us and are still doing for us. Enjoy the holiday, and please …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Images Credit: Heckler & Koch (HK), Concamo, TheFirearmBlog.com (TFL), All4Shooters.com, and Jan-Phillipp Weisswange. December 6, 2022 DefenseReview (DR) just got reminded of an interesting Heckler & Koch (HK) .300 Blackout (.300BLK, or 7.62x35mm) weapons platform called the HK437 “Sneaker”, courtesy of The Firearm Blog (TFL). Basically, the HK437 is the .300BLK variant …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit(s): Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) November 16, 2022 Gotta’ hand it to Hollywood. Every once in awhile, one of their own actually produces something worthwhile outside the industry. In this case, it’s a real-life weaponized all-terrain/off-road combat car/vehicle concept called the Glickenhaus 008 Fast Response Military Vehicle (FRMV) –and it looks …

by David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com October 26, 2022 DefenseReview’s (DR) published a lot of information about Vortex Optics combat optics and scopes AND fire control systems/smart scopes in general (see “Related Articles” below for both). However, to date, we haven’t done a piece on the US Army’s new smart scope, the Vortex Optics XM-157 Next Generation Squad …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com We just want to wish everyone a very Happy (and SAFE) 4th of July. There’s some rough stuff happening out there, but don’t get discouraged. Eyes on the freedom prize, and don’t let anyone pull the wool over your eyes. Sincerely, DR

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 30, 2022 Last updated on 5/31/22. We just want to wish everyone a belated happy and safe Memorial Day 2022. We hope it was a great one for you, as we all remember those we’ve lost who fought for us. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 11, 2022 DefenseReview (DR) doesn’t know how much this is going to help, but Adams Arms is reportedly shipping their Rifle P1 5.56 16″ 5.56mm NATO (5.56x45mm NATO) tactical AR (AR-15) carbines to Ukraine, and have shared a video about it on their Facebook Fan Page with the caption “Another Ukrainian …