Hardpoint Equipment Tactical Armor Carriers (formerly Personal Protective Systems, or P2 Systems): Best Tactical Body Armor Plate Carriers on the Planet? DR Looks at the Latest Hard Point Hard Armor Plate Carriers, Battle Belt, MOLLE Backpack System, and Passive Ventilation Channels/Removable Padding System at SHOT Show 2011 (Photos and Video!)

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos and video clips contained in this article were shot by DefenseReview.com (DR), and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these materials. The photos and some video clips were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). Some video clips were shot with a …

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“Newsweek” Attempts to Rebrand Gun Control Scheme as “Gun Safety” Cause: Tina Brown Gets Cute, Right Out of the Gate.

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 15, 2011 Last updated on 4/24/11. Tina Brown, the newly-minted British expatriot Newsweek editor-in-chief, certainly isn’t wasting any time promoting her agenda. By now it’s pretty old news that the anti-gun/anti-Second Amendment crowd (i.e. the political left) has been trying to use the Tucson active shooter situation to get new gun …

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Gen-2 PAK-FA Sukhoi T-50/HAL FGFA Low-Observable Supercruising 5th-Generation Stealth Fighter Aircraft Begins Flight Testing: Raptorsky Alive and Well

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 11, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) readers may remember a story we published back in February 2010 on the Russian PAK FA Sukhoi T-50 low-observable stealth fighter aircraft that’s essentially Russia’s developmental version of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Well, the program has developed since then into the more fleshed-out Sukhoi/HAL FGFA (Fifth …

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Kel-Tec KSG Shotgun: 15-Round (14+1) Bullpup Pump-Action 12-Gauge Combat Shotgun for Urban Tactical Operations and Applications (Photos and Video!)

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com The top photo and fifth photo (D Dupleks shotgun slug ammo) contained in this article were taken by Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). The rest of the photos contained in this article are courtesy of Oleg Volk Advertising Photography, and these are also copyrighted. March 6, …

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Sero Gepard GM6 Lynx Lightweight Bullpup Semi-Auto .50 BMG Anti-Materiel Rifle: Meet the Hungarian Mobile Light Infantry Artillery Sensation

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com February 28, 2011 DefenseReview.com (DR) member “VPMudde1991” has posited in the “comments” section of our article on the Leader 50 BMG bullpup semi-auto .50BMG (12.7x99mm NATO) anti-materiel/sniper rifle that the Leader 50 is perhaps reminiscent of the Hungarian Sero Gephard GM6 Lynx semi-auto bullpup 12.7x108mm Russian / .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle, and …

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Leader 50 BMG Revolutionary Ultra-Compact and Lightweight Semi-Auto Bullpup .50 BMG (12.7x99mm NATO) Anti-Materiel/Sniper Rifle for Military Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Civilian Tactical Shooters: Coming Soon to a Theater of Operations and Shooting Range Near You?

By David Crane defrev@gmail.com The top two photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). The bottom two photos are courtesy of Leader Propulsion. February 25, 2011 A company called Leader Propulsion …

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Salient Arms International (SAI) Custom Pistols, Rifles, and Shotguns for Competition and Carry Displayed at SHOT Show 2011

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). February 22, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) stopped by the Salient Arms International (SAI) booth at SHOT …

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Is Numa Tactical Protective Eyewear the Baddest Ballistic Eyepro on the Planet?: DR’s SHOT Show 2011 Video Report Shows just how Tough these Combat/Tactical Sunglasses are. (Photos and Video!)

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos and video clips contained in this article were shot by DefenseReview.com (DR), and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these materials. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). The video clips were shot with a Toshiba Camileo S30 HD …

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Sabre Defence Executives Indicted on Illegal Gun Running Charges, and Company Assets Auctioned Off

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com February 17, 2011 Exactly one year ago tomorrow, DefenseReview (DR) reported on a BATFE raid on AR-15 rifle/carbine manufacturer Sabre Defence Industries over alleged illegal weapons sales. Well, things are once again getting pretty interesting over at Sabre Defence on the (criminal) legal side. On February 8, 2011, the Nashville Business Journal …

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My Love Affair with the Adams Arms 5.56 Tactical Elite 7.5″ PDW: Piston/Op-Rod AR SBR Upper Receiver for Mil/LE Special Operations Professionals and Civilian Tactical Shooters

By J.B. (Federal LEO) February 16, 2011 I recently got my hands on an Adams Arms 5.56 Tactical Elite PDW 5.56x45mm NATO/.223 Rem. gas piston/op-rod (operating rod) AR (AR-15) SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) upper receiver for one of my Sabre Defence AR carbine/SBR lowers. I have been trying to figure out which upper I was going to buy for my …

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LaRue Tactical PredatAR Series Lightweight OBR 5.56 and OBR 7.62 Tactical AR Carbines Debut at SHOT Show 2011 (Video!)

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos and video clips contained in this article were shot by DefenseReview.com (DR), and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these materials. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). The video clips were shot with a Toshiba Camileo S30 HD …

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U.S. Army Issues New “Individual Carbine” Draft RFP (Request For Proposal): How will the Army’s Next Carbine Improve on the Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine, and will it still be an AR? DR has some ideas…

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com February 8, 2011 Updated on 1/12/11. About a week ago, on January 31, 2011, the U.S. Army issued a Draft Request For Proposal (RFP) W15QKN-11-R-F003 for an “Individual Carbine” to supposedly replace the Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine, a direct-gas-impingement (DGI) AR-15 carbine configured to U.S. military specifications. Of course, the Army looking for …

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