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TDI KRISS Super-V XSMG .45 ACP Submachine Gun (SMG) Action Photos from NDIA

by David Crane
defrev at gmail.com

All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com at SHOT Show 2008, and they are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150).

May 12, 2008

Speaking of photos, I also found a couple of shots of me firing the TDI KRISS Super-V XSMG .45 Cal. (.45 ACP) SMG at NDIA Small Arms Systems Symposium 2007, as well. The KRISS is essentially a 21st-Century version of a Thompson submachine gun. DefenseReview enjoyed shooting the weapon, and is interested to see test data on a high-round-count/adverse conditions test of the weapon.

For the record, Defense Review is...

HK MP7A1 PDW/Gemtech 'Brick' Silencer/Sound Suppressor Combo at NDIA

By David Crane
defrev at gmail.com

All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com at SHOT Show 2008, and they are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150).

May 10, 2008

While I was going through some of our pictures from NDIA Small Arms Systems Symposium 2007, I came across some action photos of the HK MP7A1 PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) with a Gemtech "Brick" rectangular silencer/sound suppressor attached, including one of me firing the weapon/silencer combo, myself. Anyway, I thought I'd share it with our readers since I haven't seen a picture of it anywhere else, and the Brick's rectangular/angular shape is somewhat unusual.

DefenseReview mentioned the "Brick" muzzle can back in May 2007 after we tried it out at the symposium demo shoot at Blackwater USA. The "Brick" is...

Milkor USA Shorty 40mm Launchers at SHOT Show 2008

by David Crane
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May 5, 2008

Milkor USA has some new MGL-140 / M32 MGL config shorty 40mm (40x46mm) 6-shot multi-shot grenade launchers a.k.a. multiple-grenade launchers, and DefenseReview got a chance to view and handle them at SHOT Show 2008. The new compact 6-shot grenade launchers cut some inches off the barrel and sport Mil-Std-1913 "Picatinny" rails on the barrel and optical sight/combat optic. The short forend rail tube on the barrel of one of the new shorty launchers accepts a vertical foregrip. The optical gunsight, of course, is adjustable for elevation, and the buttstock can also be angle-adjusted according to operator preference.

At present, Defense Review believes the...

Mil-Spec Monkey Tactical Patches and FAST MAGS Rapid-Change Mag Carrier Demo Vid

By David Crane
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In our recent article on the STRAC Technologies ST-1 FAST System (TM) Model M4 quick-mag-change/weapon-reload system, we meantioned that Mil-Spec Monkey (MSM) had a demonstration video on a competing product called the FAST MAGS Rapid Change Magazine Carrier for AR-15/M16 30-round mags, made by ITW Military Products (ITWMP), which looks like an interesting product.

Mil-Spec Monkey first came to DefenseReview's attention at SHOT Show 2007, when we saw someone walking around with a...

FN SCAR Mk16 MOD 0 (CQC config) Firing Demo Video

By David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com

May 1, 2008

Last month (April), DefenseReview received a link to an entertaining FN SCAR Mk16 MOD 0 (CQC config) a.k.a. FN SCAR-Light a.k.a. FN SCAR-L select-fire SBR/subcarbine firing demonstration video via email from a contact of ours at FNH USA. The shooter in the video fires 2-round full-auto bursts, a 30-round mag dump, and semi-auto shots at 50 yards. He also fires the weapon with the stock folded.

Defense Review has been following the USSOCOM SCAR Program a.k.a. Mk16/Mk17 Program since its inception, and, from the information we're receiving of late, the LRIP weapons are looking pretty good (unconfirmed/unverified). We'll see. DefRev looks forward to T&E'ing civilian-legal semi-auto versions of them at some point this year. However, first, we'd like to to perform a high-round-count/adverse conditions T&E of the Mk16 and Mk17 in all configurations (barrel lengths, etc.) at the FNH USA or FN Manufacturing firing range.

Anyway, we wanted to share the FN SCAR Mk16 MOD 0 firing demo video clip with our readers. Click on the link below to view it.

STRAC Technologies ST-1 FAST System Mag Feeder for Ultra-Fast Weapon Reloads

By David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com

April 29, 2008

On September 1, 2007 (9/01/07), DefenseReview was contacted by Sean Carroll of STRAC Technologies via email to let us know about a product that looks on its face to have some serious tactical merit and promise. The product is a patented chest-worn modular mag carrier system (i.e. box magazine carrier system)/fast-weapon-reload device called, appropriately enough, the F.A.S.T. System Model M4 (TM) a.k.a. ST-1 F.A.S.T. System (TM), that feeds fresh/loaded AR-15/M16 magazines to the operator as quickly as he can grab them. F.A.S.T. stands for "Fast And Smooth Transition."

In a nutshell, the ST-1 FAST System (TM) fast-magazine-feeding/weapon-reloading device was designed and developed to allow the operator/warfighter to conduct ultra-fast (primary) weapon reloads in adverse combat conditions while allowing him to maintain his focus on the target(s)/threat(s). The company claims that the FAST system allows for sub-2-second reloads while keeping one's weapon and eyes on the target/threat.

Sean billed the system as "the most elite load bearing vest in the world", which is pretty big talk, and...

LWRC International, LLC Acquires Land Warfare Resources Corporation

The following is a Land Warfare Resources Corporation Press Release:

CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND – April 21, 2008 - LWRC International, LLC of Cambridge, Maryland announces the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Land Warfare Resources Corporation of Springfield, Virginia, effective April 18, 2008.

LWRC International will be conducting business out of its new facility in Cambridge, Maryland. Richard Bernstein, formerly CEO of L-3 BAI Aerosystems, Inc. in Easton, Maryland, has been named as the new CEO of LWRC International. Mr. Bernstein brings over 40 years of experience in the design, development, and manufacturing of high-tech products for the defense industry. Darren Mellors and Jesse Gomez, formerly of Land Warfare Resources Corporation and Grenadier Precision Ltd. Co., will...

AAC BLACKOUT Open-Prong Flash Hider/Suppressor for Tactical Small Arms

by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com

April 24, 2008

Back on March 10, 2008, DefenseReview published an article on the B.E. Meyers & Co./Surefire, LLC Open-Prong Flash Hider a.k.a. Open-Prong Flash Suppressor. Well, apparently, Advanced Armament Corp. (AAC) makes an advanced open-prong flash hider/suppressor that's significantly shorter in length than the B.E. Meyers/Surefire product (and the Smith Enterprise Vortex Flash Eliminator, for that matter), yet offers equivalent, or possibly even superior, muzzle flash suppression.

It's called the AAC BLACKOUT Flash Hider a.k.a. AAC BLACKOUT Flash Suppressor, and it's...

High-End Tactical AR Components: Vltor MUR, VIS, CASV and More...

by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com

April 20, 2008

While we're discussing Vltor Weapon Systems (VWS) products, we should probaby mention some of the other items on display at the Vltor booth, which we photographed.

First up is the Vltor MUR (Modular Upper Receiver), which our friend and Tactical 3-Gun National Champion shooter Taran Butler uses on his competition guns and describes as "raging". In Taran-speak, that (term "raging") means the MUR is shit-hot a.k.a. "the shit" a.k.a. "totally awesome". In fact, the MUR AR-15 upper may very well be the...

Vltor Fortis Pistol Project: Meet the New and Improved Bren Ten

by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com

April 18, 2008

Well, Don Johnson will probably want one of these. While DefenseReview was at the Vltor Weapon Systems booth at SHOT Show 2008, we learned that Vltor will be recreating the Bren Ten 10mm pistol, albeit in a more reliable, stronger, and safer package. This effort is called the Vltor Fortis Pistol Project, or as we like to call it here at DefRev, the modernized and improved Bren Ten. According to Vltor, the project isn't just a concept or a market study. This thing's gonna' happen, kids.

At present, the Vltor Fortis Pistol Project is...