by David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com August 15, 2012 DRD Tactical just released info on what looks to be a pretty badass 7.62mm NATO (7.62x51mm NATO)/.308 Win. quick-takedown/breakdown tactical rifle/carbine designed to meet the specs for Clandestine Break-Down Semi-Automatic Rifle (CSR) and Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS). Here's the DRD Tactical press release on it, which includes the …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com July 12, 2012 Last updated on 7/12/12. Doctor Doom would really like this weapon. Scientists and Army personnel at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. have apparently been busy developing a super-Taser-type directed energy weapon (DEW) called the Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) that shoots a lightning bolt down a laser beam to send 50 billion …

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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 12, 2012 As if a new lightweight select-fire belt-fed 7.62x51mm machine gun isn’t enough, the hard-working little elves at Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) have also introduced a select-fire (full-auto/semi-auto) 7.62mm NATO battle rifle/carbine called the IWI ACE 52/52L/53 “Assault Rifle”, which is based on the combat-proven/battle-proven Galil assault rifle (i.e., Kalashnikov …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 11, 2012 Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has just introduced the IWI NEGEV NG7 “Light Machine Gun (LMG)”, which is a lightweight and highly-mobile select-fire belt-fed 7.62mm NATO (7.62x51mm NATO) Medium Machine Gun/General Purpose Machine Gun (MMG/GPMG) designed specifically for military infantry Special Operations Forces (SOF) missions in urban warfare environments. In …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com February 23, 2012 In the latest issue of Small Arms Defense Journal (SADJ) (Volume 4, Number 1) with an infantry soldier holding a FN M249 PARA/Minimi 5.56mm NATO SAW/LMG (Squad Automatic Weapon/Light Machine Gun) on the cover, there’s a short blurb on the UTAS UTS-15 high-capacity bullpup pump-action tactical/combat shotgun (2.75″ and …