By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 1, 2016 Last updated on 2/02/16. DefenseReview (DR) recently got a chance to try out a Beck Defense .510 Beck tactical AR carbine utilizing a suppressed Lancer Systems DGI (Direct Gas Impingement) upper receiver and mag (rifle magazine), and we came away pretty impressed with it, to say the least. Let’s …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 28, 2016 As long as we’re discussing the latest Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) rifles, DefenseReview (DR) should perhaps also mention that we got to view and handle the POF-USA P-300 (or, P300) .300 Win. Mag (300WM) at the company’s booth at SHOT Show 2016. The P300 comes in a roughly the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Patriot Ordnance Factory USA (POF-USA) January 17, 2016 Wow. This one’s interesting. Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) just released info on the POF-USA P300 (also written P-300) .300 Win Mag (.300 Winchester Magnum, or 300WM) semi-auto-only tactical piston/op-rod (short-stroke push-type operating rod) AR rifle/carbine, which looks pretty slick. It’s DefenseReview’s (DR) …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Polenar Tactical January 14, 2016 Last updated on 1/14/15. This thing may just be the coolest and most interesting thing to come out of Slovenia in like, well…ever…if it actually works reliably under adverse conditions at high round count, and if anything can actually make it out of Slovenia alive …

By Jeff Gurwitch January 12, 2016 Last updated on 1/13/16. Editor’s Note: This and previous articles written by Jeff Gurwitch for DefenseReview (DR) are the author’s (Gurwitch’s) SOLE OPINION, and are NOT endorsed by SOF, the U.S. Army or the U.S. Government. Another year, another deployment down! Time again for another update on Tactical AR-15 Aftermarket Accessories for Military Combat …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Cobalt Kinetics January 7, 2016 Last updated on 4/29/16. DefenseReview (DR) has been following some of the recent web press on the Cobalt Kinetics (CK) EVOLVE 16″ tactical/3-Gun competition AR (AR-15) carbine, and were intrigued by the gun’s Cobalt Advantage Reload System (C.A.R.S.) magazine auto-eject/bolt carrierg group (BCG) auto-release mechanism(s), …

By Jeff Gurwitch December 31, 2015 In my quest for the perfect assault pack, my endless internet searches have led me to requesting a Patrol 35L Hydration Cargo Pack from Source. What interested me with Source packs (tactical hydration packs) to begin with is from the looks of their packs on their website, they looked like they sit well over …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Lucas Film December 29, 2015 The Washington Post (WaPo) recently published the mother of all “artificially-intelligent-robots-may-very-well-destroy-us-(humankind)” articles with quotes by everyone from philosopher Nick Bostrom to astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. The piece coincides nicely with, and perhaps even validates, DefenseReview’s (DR) recent piece discussing the subject, titled Rise of the Robot …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 24, 2015 Gun Nuts Media and Load Out Room (LOR) recently published pieces (see here and here) on U.S. Naval Special Warfare’s (NSW) adoption/procurement of the Glock 19 (G19) compact high-capacity 9mm (9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO) pistol as the official sidearm/secondary weapon of the USN SPECWAR operators, i.e., Navy SEAL’s, thus replacing the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: DARPA, Hemdale Film Corporation, Orion Pictures and Jim Channon December 18, 2015 Last updated on 12/19/15. It would appear that the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the DoD (Department of Defense) are well on their way to developing “Terminator”-like robotic warfighters and UAS/UAV/drone aircraft, along with a Skynet-type system …