By David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
April 13, 2009
Updated on 4/26/09.
My good friend and professional contact, prolific infantry small arms/machine gun designer Jim Sullivan (a.k.a. L James Sullivan), has complained to me quite a bit about U.S. military infantry warfighters not having an American version of the Russian RPG-7 / RPG-7V shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade [...]
The following comes from NewScientist.com:
15:41 06 September 2005
NewScientist.com news service
Barry Fox
Burning bullets
A bunker-busting shell that gets so hot on impact that it burns its way through concrete and steel is being developed by the US Navy’s Warfare Center in Virginia.
The shell contains a mixture of aluminium polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and perchlorate oxydiser, moulded together into [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
The U.S. Army has been at a loss to identify a mystery projectile that penetrated an M1A1 Abrams tank late last year. The round created a pencil-thin entry hole, injured some of the crew inside with limited spalling, and came to a rest in the far side of the hull, after boring [...]
Looks like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon has a wonderful tool to take care of pesky enemy tanks.
This shoulder fired weapon is called the "Javelin".
We hope you enjoy this video: Javelin
Please right click the video link and save to your harddrive. The file size is about 4 megabytes.
Also a link to the maker is provided here
by David Crane
There’s a new sheriff in town, and it’s called LOSAT. Brought to you by the good and enterprising people at Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control, LOSAT is one of a new group of anti-tank weapon systems that is quickly changing the face of the modern battlefield, specifically in the area of [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
The U.S. Army is developing new thermobaric munitions for their BDM(Bunker Defeat Munition) and M203 grenade launchers, and ultimately for the XM29/OICW(Objective Individual Combat Weapon) as well. This is a long time coming. The Russian army has been using thermobaric light support weapons since its Soviet/Iron Curtain days. The Russian [...]
Man-portable guided missile systems for anti-tank use and bunker busting just keep getting better and better.
Click here to read an informative story on some new stuff coming out of the UK, all under the auspices of the NLAW, which stands for "Next-Generation Light Anti-Armour Weapon".
The future’s lookin’ bright.
