by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Included in Gary Paul Johnston’s October 2003 "Soldier of Fortune" article is some great info on both the Armalite Mid-Length Carbine and A.R.M.S. Mid-Length S.I.R. System.
The Armalite Mid-Length Carbine was designed specifically to overcome the long-known gas system-related problems associated with the standard M4/M4A1, problems that have been plaguing end-users for years. [...]
by David Crane
defrev at gmail.com
August 06, 2003
Let me say right off the bat that this gun doesn’t just fill an existing niche. It, along with one other competing weapon(read "Addendum"), literally creates its own new niche. I’m talking about
the .50 Beowulf "Entry" Carbine by Alexander Arms that I had the intense pleasure to [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Alexander Arms’ new gun/upper receiver assembly and proprietary 6.5mm .26 Grendel round are so new, DefRev simply doesn’t yet have much information on it, other than the fact that the weapon is AR-15/M16-based. We’re assuming, for the moment, that AR-15 owners can just drop a .26 Grendel upper receiver assembly right onto [...]
This week’s issue of the Army Times features two good stories covering the XM8/XM29 and XM312 programs:
The OICW, now designated as the XM29, has been completely overhauled with an entirely new development and acquisition plan.
The XM312, a .50 caliber heavy machine-gun born from the advanced XM307, is now set to replace the venerable "Ma Deuce" [...]
by David Crane
Accuracy International (AI) appears to have a hit on there hands with the AW50 .50 BMG bolt-action anti-materiel (anti-material)/sniper rifle.
The AI AW50 anti-materiel rifle, in layman’s terms, is basically 33-35 lbs (depending on reports) of "you don’t want any." This is one very serious rifle designed for hard military use. The [...]
The VEPR K carbine by Robinson Armament is available in 7.62×39mm and 5.56×45mm calibers. Barrel is 16". The VEPR K carbine is by all accounts very well made and of high quality. Anyone looking for a handy carbine length AK (Kalashnikov) would be well served to take a look at one.
The VEPR [...]
The Romak-3/PSL is the military version of a Romanian sniper rifle that is now available in the U.S. The commercial version is just called the Romak-3, and it looks to be an interesting foreign offering.
The rifle is basically the romanian version of the…
Russian Dragunov sniper rifle.
Click here to visit the Romak-3/PSL page at Dragunov.net.
Click [...]
by David Crane
For all you Kalashnikov collectors out there, Ohio Ornance Works is offering a unique AK alternative. It’s called the VZ 2000. The VZ 2000 is a custom semi-auto version of the Czech VZ.58, and is made to look identical to the genuine military full-auto version.
The Ohio Ordnance VZ 2000 looks [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Several months ago, DefRev attended the AUSA 2003 Winter Symposium (Feb. 26-28). During the show, we ran into the fine people at IMI (Israel Military Industries), and got a chance to handle their Tavor assault rifle variants, the Tavor TAR-21 Commando Carbine (shortened version of the Tavor assault rifle, a.k.a. TAR-21 Assault [...]
