I’ve had the opportunity to fire over 1000 rounds through a production Shrike 5.56 – Advanced Weapons System™ from Ares Defense of Radford, Virginia.
The video and photos are posted here:…
www.subgunvideos.com
Two of the pics you can see there are below:
The part1 video shows some stills of the various parts, and disassembly and reassembly.
The part2 video is [...]
by David Crane
mailto:david@defensereview.com
(09.22.04) CHARLOTTE, N.C. – General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP), a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a $26.5 million contract by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, Rock Island, Ill., for the production of 45 M2HB Machine Gun Overhaul Kits. Total contract value could reach $49.9 million if [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
If you’ve already read my recent article, "AFJ Shoot-Out at Blackwater, the Milkor MGL Mk-1S, and the HK XM8 Rifle/Carbine", be sure to also check out the AFJ Shoot-Out at Blackwater 2004 videos page. There’s some really great stuff on there.
DefenseReview has, in the past (over time), already written articles on most [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
Armed Forces Journal (AFJ) recently held their annual Shoot-Out at Blackwater USA. The AFJ Shoot-Out at Blackwater has become a real big deal annual event among small arms experts and military defense/tactical industry people. At this year’s Shoot-Out (2004), Armed Forces Journal editor John Roos and his merry band of shooters/evaluators [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) has just been awarded a $16 million contract for M2HB 12.7mm/.50BMG (.50 Cal.) machine guns. The following press release comes directly from the General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) website:
"General Dynamics Receives $16 Million in Orders for M2HB Machine Guns:
07.22.04
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is in the process of adopting the FN MK48 MOD 0 7.62mm Lightweight Machine Gun (LWMG) as it’s new 7.62×51mm machine gun. Basically, the MK48 MOD 0 is a beefed-up version of the FN MK46 MOD 0 5.56 LMG/SAW (Light Machine Gun/Squad Automatic Weapon), a MK46 [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
One of DefRev’s close contacts in the Mil/LE tactical training community just called our attention to this document. It’s an after-action report on/assessment of U.S. infantry small arms performance during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Soldier Weapons Assessment Team’s report focused on "current state of weapons, ammunition and accessories directly managed [...]
by David Crane
david@defensereview.com
You may remember our previous story on the Robinson Armament RAV02 MC assault carbine/subcarbine (the "RAV" acronym is pronounced "Rave") that we published awhile back. Well, now you can download and view MPEG and AVI format video of the RAV02 MC assault carbine/subcarbine being fired/demonstrated (You can do this by clicking [...]
Military-Arms.com has posted updated info and hi-res pics on the Shrike 5.56 LMG/SAW by ARES Defense Systems.
You can view it/them by…
clicking here.
Worth checking out.
Both the ATK/HK XM8 and HKM4 were debuted at SHOT Show 2004.
Click here to see the guns being put throught their respective paces at the range.
Links to the ATK/HK XM8 and HKM4 pages can be seen here…
ATK/HK XM8 Page
HKM4 Page
