By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com June 20, 2011 Last updated on 1/05/13. DefenseReview (DR) received the following (sanitized) email message a few days ago from DR contributor/writer "H.B." (active U.S. military SOF assaulter/operator) on the Velocity Systems Phalanx VS-PBZ "Ballistic Rifle Plate" SAPI-Type multi-hit ceramic hard armor plate: "From: XXXX Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:56 …

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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com April 21, 2011 Updated on 4/21/11. A company called Adcor Defense is manufacturing and marketing a new gas piston/op-rod (operating rod) tactical AR (AR-15) rifle/carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) called the B.E.A.R. Gas Piston Rifle (GPR). “B.E.A.R.” is an acronym that stands for “Brown Enhanced Automatic Rifle”, since the weapon was designed and …

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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com December 20, 2010 Updated on 12/24/10. In his January 2008 article for DefenseReview (DR) on the LaRue Tactical Stealth 16″ Stealth Complete Upper Receiver Assembly, DR contributor Mike Pannone discussed Next Generation Arms’ (NGA) Advanced Ceramic Technology (ACT) protective and self-lubricating internal ceramic coating tech. ACT is designed to take direct-gas-impingement (DGI) …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com December 3, 2010 Last updated on 9/25/13. Since DefenseReview (DR) has been covering polymer AR magazines in our previous two stories, it's only fair that we publish one on some very cool enhanced-capacity metal mags (aluminum mags)–and this one's a biggie, folks. O.k., he're we go: SureFire is getting into the tactical …

By Mike Pannone November 23, 2010 Throughout my training, travels and experience, I have seen only a rare few organizations that allow their members to use match triggers in their duty rifles. I am a big proponent of combat match triggers for the enhanced shootability they enable. I consider a “combat match trigger” one that is single or two-stage, no …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com DefenseReview (DR) has published a number of articles on FERFRANS Specialties SOAR (Special Operations Assault Rifle) series hard-use select-fire gas piston/op-rod (operating rod) and direct-gas-impingement (DGI) AR SBRs (AR-15 Short Barreled Rifles), carbines, and PDWs (Personal Defense Weapons) due to the fact that they rock. FERFRANS SOAR select-fire AR weapons are quality-manufactured …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail.com October 25, 2010 Updated/Modified 10/25/10 A company called Valkyrie Armament has just come out with a Shrike-type (ARES Defense Systems Shrike 5.56 LMG/SAW-type) 5.56x45mm NATO (5.56mm NATO)/.223 Rem. belt-fed AR rifle/carbine/SBR (Short Barrel Rifle) that looks pretty good. The Valkyrie Armament Belt-Fed AR is reportedly basically a modernized, “improved” Stoner 63 Weapons System. The …

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