by David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com August 26, 2020 DefenseReview (DR) has been covering Mission First Tactical (MFT) products for quite some time now, particularly their tactical AR (AR-15) rifle/carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) accessories (see “Related Articles” below), and we like them. So, we were pleasantly surprised to see that MFT’s now doing custom printing work on just …

by David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Weibo and South China Morning Post (SCMP) July 21, 2020 As if hitting us with Coronovirus COVID-19 weren’t enough, China’s reportedly got a new long-rang, low-observable/stealth bomber in late-stage development called the Xian H-20, which also coincidentally sounds like a Chinese virus. So, it looks like China’s becoming one hell …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 18, 2020 DefenseReview’s (DR) been interested in polymer-cased rifle and machine gun ammo (ammunition) for many years now, and in True Velocity ammo, specifically, for the last few years. So, we were very happy to finally get a chance to talk to one Patrick (Pat) Hogan about their ammo’s attributes, which …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 28, 2020 DefenseReview (DR) has been aware of Mantis’ pistol shooting training tech for awhile now, but we’ve never actually reported on it…that is, until now. And, now is frankly the perfect time, since many if not most of us are on lockdown in response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. So, …

By Toby Melville March 10, 2020 Last updated on 3/10/20. The AR-15 is arguably one of the most prolific and modular rifles ever created. Not only has Eugene Stoner’s creation been in service for over 55 years, to date, the AR-15 sets the standard for accuracy, reliability, and modularity by which all modern rifles are measured. Due to the AR-15’s …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com March 1, 2020 Last updated on 3/02/20. While DefenseReview (DR) was at the SIG SAUER booth at SHOT Show 2020, we spent some time with SIG’s Strategic Product Manager Sean Wilbur, and Sean was kind enough to take us through several of their new pistols, starting with the SIG SAUER P365 XL …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 21, 2020 Last updated on 2/21/20. The new G44 (Glock 44) .22LR pistol wasn’t the only new Glock product DefenseReview (DR) perused at SHOT Show 2020. Oh, no. We also got to take a quick look at the new Glock 45 MOS, or G45 MOS Gen5 compact-slide/full-size-frame 9mm combat/tactical pistol, at …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 16, 2020 Last updated on 2/17/20. One of the new products DefenseReview (DR) was looking forward to seeing at SHOT Show 2020 is the new Glock 44 (G44) .22LR compact pistol, which is a lightweight G19 (Glock 19)-sized .22LR that’s Glock-reliable. This is a very welcome product, considering that the G19 …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Photo Credit: Title Image: Lockheed Martin via Defense News January 6, 2020 Last updated on 1/09/20. Well, this year (2020) certainly started off with a very big bang (or several bangs, perhaps), when a US General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper/Predator B weaponized drone/UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) sent what may have been multiple Lockheed …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence December 30, 2019 Well, this one’s gonna’ be a tough one to deal with, assuming it works as advertised, of course. DefenseReview’s been writing about Russian and Chinese hypersonic missile tech for quite some time now (see “Related Articles” below), but Russia’s latest one, the Avangard …