Military

DOD Picks Hornady .300 Blackout for CQB Use

Hornady is now supplying an unspecified military unit with a subsonic 190-grain .300 AAC Blackout load for CQB use. (Photos: Hornady/Department of Defense) Nebraska-based ammo maker Hornady  announced this week that they will supply an…


Which Weapon Could be the Army’s New Rifle & Light Machine Gun?

Despite past programs such as SPIW, ACR, and OCIW that left the U.S. Army still fielding successive generations of Eugene Stoner’s AR platform at the end of the day, today’s NGSW program could be different….


70th Anniversary of Korean War: The Guns They Carried

Marines South of Hagaru-ri, Korea, December 6, 1950 while “Marine and naval air are working over enemy positions with napalm.” (Photo: USMC Archives) Some 70 years ago this month, the first U.S. combat troops were…


Happy Independence Day: Guns of the Grunt 1776-2020

Back-to-back World War champs and arguably the strongest military in the world, America’s Soldiers have carried a wide array of rifles in the past 244 years. Colonial origins Going as far back as the matchlocks…


U.S. Air Force Fielding 125,000 New Sig Sauer M18 Pistols

A variant of the Sig Sauer P320 with a number of upgrades to include a coyote-tan PVD coated stainless steel slide and a removable top plate for optics, the M18 can use a 17-round 9mm…






Air Force Sergeant Who Ambushed 3 Cops Stopped by Heroic Citizen After Carjacking Attempt

Booking mugshot courtesy Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office shows 32-year-old suspect Steven Carrillo, an active-duty U.S. Air Force sergeant arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, and wounding two other…