by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
DefenseReview will be publishing its SHOT Show 2005 pics in the days to come. However, in the meantime, before we get ours uploaded, "platform389" has posted some terrific digital pics of cool items he found at the show on the MilitaryPhotos.net forums, and "LARRYG36" and "Schuey2001" have done likewise at the HKPro.com [...]
The following is a Protonex Technology Corporation (PTC) Press Release.
January 12, 2006 08:00 AM US Eastern Timezone
Protonex Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Power Systems
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 12, 2006–Protonex Technology Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-performance fuel cell power systems for portable and remote applications, was awarded a contract [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
The following article contains a digital photo of the new Corner Shot 40™ 40mm "Around-the-Corner" Personal Grenade Launcher (PGL). As far as DefenseReview is aware, this is the first information-with-picture to be published on the new weapon system.
Back in December, 2003, we published an article on CornerShot, which impressed us at [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Remington recently introduced a new take on an old shotgun, the venerable Remington 870 pump-action shotgun. The new incarnation is called the 870 MCS, which stands for "Modular Shotgun System". The key word in that phrase is "modular". The Remington 870 MCS pump-action shotgun can be configured for an operator’s specific mission [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
For those not already aware, there’s an exciting new tactical
illumination tool (i.e. tactical white light/weapons light) that will
be introduced at SHOT Show 2005 in a few days by a company called Night-Ops.
It’s called the Gladius High-Intensity LED (Light-Emitting Diode) Multi-Purpose Illumination Tool, and it’s the product of a partnership between Ken Good (a.k.a. [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Just a quick heads-up for our readers. DSA, Inc. is offering a new short-stroke gas piston-driven AR-15/M16-based 5.56×45mm carbine called the Z4-GTC (Gas Trap Carbine). David Fortier has written an excellent and very informative article about it in January 31, 2005 issue of "Shotgun News". It’s the cover story.
Mr. Fortier’s [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Military.com SoldierTech has just published what I hope DefenseReview.com readers will consider an interesting article on the Hissatsu knife.
The Hissatsu is a Japanese-style knife featuring an Osoraku-Zukuri-style blade. It was designed by James Williams of Ancient Edge/Bugei Trading Co. and Dojo of the Four Winds specifically for military Spec-Operators for CQB (Close [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
While we’re on the subject of Russian firearms, we should perhaps also mention a pistol that looks really intriguing. It’s manufactured by KBP (Equipment manufacturing Design Bureau) in Tula, Russia, and it’s called the GSh-18. The KBP GSh-18 pistol basically appears to be a polymer-framed hybrid pistol that incorporates design and [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
The Instrument Design Bureau (KBP) out of Tula, Russia recently introduced their PP-2000 SMG/PDW (submachine gun/personal defense weapon) at the Interpolytech-2004 exhibition in Moscow, last year. Intended as either a PDW for non-infantry military personnel or as an close quarters battle (CQB) weapon for military special operations (SPECOPS) units and law enforcement [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
The U.S. milityary and several large military defense/aeorospace companies (i.e. major military defense contractors) have recently expressed a significant level of interest in the DREAD Centrifuge Weapon System (centrifuge gun) technology that DefenseReview wrote about, back in June (2004).
DefenseReview isn’t surprised. It seems like a no-brainer, really. The DREAD Centrifuge Weapon [...]
