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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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Air-to-Air Fighter Combat Application of Pugachev’s Cobra Maneuver: Busting the Western Myth
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 19, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) recently came across a DefenseTech article titled J-20 vs. F-35, One Analyst’s Perspective. The following paragraph caught our attention: It’s kind of fun to watch the world fixate on this one item (#7). Then again, I still enjoy air shows, too. Pugachev’s Cobra maneuver, for example. Drives …
Read More »Accu-Stack Comb Riser Helps You Keep it Up During Hard-Core Sniping Operations Deep Inside Enemy Lines: Thank You Major Fox! (Fun Video!)
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 17, 2011 Sorry for the double entendre article title, but Victor Company USA, the company that made the video ad below, started it, and then kept it up (I couldn’t resist) during the whole ad. In fact, the whole Accu-Stack Comb Riser video ad is one giant double entendre, and it …
Read More »Gen-2 PAK-FA Sukhoi T-50/HAL FGFA Low-Observable Supercruising 5th-Generation Stealth Fighter Aircraft Begins Flight Testing: Raptorsky Alive and Well
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 11, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) readers may remember a story we published back in February 2010 on the Russian PAK FA Sukhoi T-50 low-observable stealth fighter aircraft that’s essentially Russia’s developmental version of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Well, the program has developed since then into the more fleshed-out Sukhoi/HAL FGFA (Fifth …
Read More »Sero Gepard GM6 Lynx Lightweight Bullpup Semi-Auto .50 BMG Anti-Materiel Rifle: Meet the Hungarian Mobile Light Infantry Artillery Sensation
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com February 28, 2011 DefenseReview.com (DR) member “VPMudde1991” has posited in the “comments” section of our article on the Leader 50 BMG bullpup semi-auto .50BMG (12.7x99mm NATO) anti-materiel/sniper rifle that the Leader 50 is perhaps reminiscent of the Hungarian Sero Gephard GM6 Lynx semi-auto bullpup 12.7x108mm Russian / .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle, and …
Read More »Chinese DF-21D ASBM (Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile): Will it Obsolete U.S. Aircraft Carriers?
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com December 28, 2010 Looks like the “D” version of the Chinese DF-21 medium-range anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is moving into the deployment phase, although an “over the water” flight test has reportedly not yet been conducted. If the DF-21D ASBM ends up working as advertised, however, it may (potentially) effectively obsolete U.S. …
Read More »Adams Arms 7.62x39mm Select-Fire, Rate-Reduced AR SBR (AR-15 Short Barreled Rifle) Prototype with FERFRANS Rate Reduction System (RRS) (Video!): Meet the AR AK SBR/PDW.
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 …
Read More »Silver Shadow Gilboa APR (Assault Pistol Rifle) Select-Fire Tactical AR (AR-15) PDW/SBR/Pistol for Military Special Operations (SPECOPS) Applications
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 24, 2010 “DoubleTapper“, an Israeli blogger, has published a piece on the 4th Annual Israel Defence Exhibition (ISDEF 2010) in Tel Aviv. In that piece, he’s published some photos of the Silver Shadow Gilboa APR (Assault Pistol Rifle) select-fire tactical AR (AR-15) PDW (Personal Defense Weapon)/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle)/pistol, which, according …
Read More »300 AAC Blackout (.300BLK) 7.62x35mm Heavy Supersonic/Subsonic Rifle Cartridge for Military Special Operations Applications: Will it Fly?
by David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 24, 2010 Back on September 29 (2010), Rob Silvers from Advanced Armament Corp. (AAC) sent DefenseReview (DR), The Firearm Blog, Military Times, and pretty much everyone else (and their mother) an email on the new 300 AAC Blackout (.300BLK) 7.62x35mm supersonic/subsonic rifle cartridge. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the time to write …
Read More »Dublin AK Systems Introduces 2nd-Gen AK Ratchet Charging System (AK RCS): Left-Side-Situated Non-Reciprocating Charging Handle for Kalashnikov AKM (AK-47 and AK-74) Tactical Rifles and Saiga Semi-Auto Tactical Shotguns
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 5, 2010 Updated 10/24/10 Marc Krebs of Krebs Custom has to be ALL over this one (i.e. we’re guessing they like it). Dublin AK Systems recently introduced their 2nd-Gen AK Ratchet Charging System (AK RCS) for Kalashnikov AKM, AK-47, and AK-74 series select-fire/full-auto assault rifles and semi-auto-only tactical rifles (7.62x39mm and …
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