By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 31, 2018 Last updated on 1/31/18. Speaking (briefly) of Glock pistols, there’s been a bit of interest surrounding the Glock 19X (G19X) and Gen5 Glock pistols, and perhaps even a bit of hype, so DefenseReview (DR) was glad to get to test fire them at SHOT Show Industry Day at the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 16, 2018 DefenseReview (DR) received a quick heads up today about ZRODELTA’s acquisition of War Sport Manufacturing, maker of the famed LVOA (Low Visibility Operations Application) combat/tactical AR carbines and SBR’s (Short Barreled Rifles), from our friend Mike Semanoff. ZRODELTA (pronounced “zero delta”) originally comes from the motorcyle racing (or, racing …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 23, 2017 Last updated on 12/24/17. Earlier this year, at SHOT Show 2017 and SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) 2017, respectively, DefenseReview (DR) filmed some product demos on the Wilcox Industries Fusion AMP Rail powered rail system with a BOSS 300 (or, 300 BOSS) Black Out Sighting System red dot …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: First/Top two photos (and title photo) courtesy of US Army 101st Airborne Division. The rest are provided by DR. December 8, 2017 Last updated on 12/08/17. A recent SIG SAUER press release is touting the fielding of the SIG Sauer M17/M18 MHS (Modular Handgun System) striker-fired 9mm combat/tactical pistol system, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com October 10, 2017 While DefenseReview (DR) was at the Handl Defense booth at SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industryi Conference) 2017, we got to check out the Haley Strategic Partners HSP Skimmer Trigger and HSP Th1rte3n Sights for for Glock 9mm combat/tactical pistols, and they looked pretty good. We’ll cover the Skimmer first, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 19, 2017 Earlier this year, DefenseReview (DR) got to examine a very interesting StingerWorx EMPEROR Series modular titanium muzzle can (silencer/sound suppressor) at SHOT Show 2017. The Emperor suppressors are a collaberation between StingerWorx and US Night Vision Corp. (USNV). The Emperor series rifle cans are designed for tactical AR’s (AR-15’s) …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Images Credit: Recoil Magazine (Gen5 Glock pics) and DefenseReview.com (NDAD Blackside SwiTCH Trigger pics) August 29, 2017 Last updated on 8/30/17. DefenseReview (DR) has been monitoring the development of the Glock 17M (G17M) and Glock 19M (G19M) 9mm combat/tactical pistols for several months, ever since an FBI contact of ours told us …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 22, 2017 Last updated on 8/22/17. When it comes to Cobalt Kinetics AR (AR-15) rifle/carbines, DefenseReview (DR) has admittedly been a bit preoccupied with their Evolve model competition/tactical AR (AR-15), due to it featuring the very interesting and advantageous Cobalt Advantage Reload System (CARS), so we’ve neglected the Cobalt Kinetics Billet …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 18, 2017 Last updated on 8/22/17. As much as the HK433 bores us, that’s how much the Cobalt Kinetics Evolve AR and its patented and proprietary CARS (Cobalt Advantage Reloading System) speed-reloading system interests and excites us. In other words, quite a bit. DefenseReview (DR) has been reporting on the Cobalt …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com July 31, 2017 DefenseReview (DR) has been writing about aircraft-mounted laser weapons technology for years, now, including the very interesting Lockheed Martin Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control (ABC) laser weapon turret for supersonic jet fighter aircraft, specifically, and offensive and defensive laser weapons for jet fighter aircraft, in general, which the US Air …