By Jeff Gurwitch October 21, 2018 Back in 2004, while taking part in advanced urban combat course. At the Direct Action Resource Center (DARC), just outside Little Rock AR, my Special Forces team was introduced to a method of casualty evacuation known as the ‘DARC strap’. It was essentially about 7 feet of 1inch tubular nylon weaved through the back …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 9, 2018 Last updated on 9/11/18. DefenseReview’s (DR) been covering Caracal pistols for quite awhile now, particularly because we’ve always enjoyed T&E’ing them at SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range. Well, the big news this year is that Caracal USA is now manufacturing the latest and greatest Caracal Enhanced F …

By Jeff Gurwitch September 3, 2018 Last updated on 9/03/18. The internet is a great thing. Type in a few words, and a few clicks later, pages upon pages of information will be presented to you, from pictures, to the written word, to videos on whatever it is you want to know about. While the majority of information out there …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com July 30, 2018 The Archon Type B striker-fired 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) combat/tactical pistol is the latest evolution/iteration of the Arsenal Firearms Stryk B pistol, which itself was an evolution of the Arsenal Firearms Strike One pistol, all of which DefenseReview (DR) has covered over the last few years, since the design …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com July 24, 2018 Last updated on 7/26/18. DefenseReview (DR) hasn’t reported on Daniel Defense (DD) products for quite some time, but when we stopped by their booth, we were intrigued by the DD MK18 (MIL-Spec+) pistol setup and the DD 32-round 5.56mm NATO (5.56x45mm NATO)/300 Blackout (300BLK) AR Mag. The DD 32-rounder …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com June 14, 2018 Last updated on 6/14/18. DefenseReview (DR) readers may already be aware that the Nous Defions Arsenal Democracy custom Glock-type pistols are currently our favorite Glock-type pistols, and that our latest favorite is their ND-AD Blackside 19MC (Mayhem Carry) compact 9mm combat/tactical Glock 19 (G19)-type pistol with SWiTCH Trigger and …

By Jeff Gurwitch June 4, 2018 I first came across the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round (EPR) during my first deployment to Afghanistan back in 2012. At the time, M855A1 was only being issued in war zones, so none of us had any experience training with it prior to the deployment. While the penetration capability of M855A1 was pretty well documented …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com May 31, 2018 DefenseReview (DR) has always been a big fan of combat/tactical shotguns, particularly for home defense. However, we weren’t really properly trained in their use until Steve Fisher of Sentinel Concepts taught us the right way to run a combat shotgun competently at Beretta Tactical Summit 2015. The course was …

By Jeff Gurwitch April 22, 2018 M855A1 ammunition has been in use overseas since at least 2011, and has been in widespread service at most U.S. Army bases since 2014. I myself first saw it in 2012 in Afghanistan. Now, when M855A1 first came out, like many others, I heard the stories that due to the increased pressure the round …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 3, 2018 Last updated on 4/09/18. While we here at DefenseReview (DR) are all AR (AR-15) carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) guys, we also like our AK’s, particularly when they’re modified by competent and talented professionals to mimick AR ergonics and weapons-handling and shooting speed. So, we were very happy to come …