It’s called "MEPS". MEPS stands for "Military Eye Protection System", and the program is designed to develop ballistic eyewear that will also protect infantry against eye-damaging battlefield lasers which are going to become increasingly prevalent on the future battlefield. Several companies are developing laser protection eyewear for the military, but Gentex is the only company that DefRev could locate that …

Back in September, I wrote a quick blurb on the Chinese QBZ-95(Type 95) infantry rifle, chambered for the proprietary 5.8x42mm cartridge. Now, while it’s true that I’m not a particularly big fan of the Chinese army, it must be noted that the Chinese are not stupid, and they decided on this caliber after conducting a rather extensive amount of ballistic …

O.k, here’s the second installment highlighting the excellent "AK Mania" issue of SAR(Small Arms Review), Nov., 2002. By the way, this is a really great AK issue for all those Kalashnikov lovers out there. In this DefRev installment, we’re going to discuss ASD Firearms LLC’s authentic-looking AK variants, both full-auto and semi-auto only. The SAR story we’ll be discussing this …

By Jeff Gurwitch It’s been 8 years since my last Competition to Combat article, written back in 2018. It was the last year of use for both the Daniel Defense 10.3 CQBR upper and the 14.5 RISII non-front sight post upper. Beginning in 2019, U.S. Special Forces started to switch over to the Giessele URGI upper with mid-length gas system …

By 1st Tactical Studies Group (1TSG) July 7, 2025 The U.S. ARMY and Marine Corps need a multi-caliber, Modular Weapon System (MWS) that can shoot all the major cartridges to meet the myriad of threats on the 720 degree, Non-Linear Battlefield (720 NLB) based on upgraded the combat-proven, M16/M4 rifle/carbine family whose manual-of-arms is in the muscle memory of every …

By Toby Melville of LEPUS210 February 10, 2025 The firearms business in the United States is a fast-paced growing market, with no lack of innovation. Weapon manufacturers rush headfirst into the future with new designs and improvements over existing legacy weapons, and this trend is only outdone by companies that produce accessories for existing firearms. With so many establishments creating …

By Toby Melville July 22, 2024 Red dot optics have become a standard accessory for virtually every rifle and pistol platform today. The use of red dot optics is considered almost essential to a rifle or pistol platform according to current modern standards, and there are a lot of options out there. With so many options of varying quality and …

By David Crane defrev@gmail (dot) com June 6, 2024 Eighty (80) years ago today, the greatest (and bravest) generation risked and gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy to fight evil and protect our country (the United States), and DefenseReview (DR) is incredibly for their immense courage and sacrifice. Thousands of our unbelievably brave young men were killed or …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 20, 2024 O.k., we’re back. Sorry for the delay, but DefenseReview’s (DR) been on travel, and we’ve been dealing with some stuff. However, now that we’re back, we’re going to try to get back into publishing content fairly regularly, primarily in the form of videos, starting with this one on the …

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