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Demonstration Video: U.S. Ordnance M60E4/MK43 Mod 0 7.62mm Machine Gun
by David Crane The FN M240B 7.62mm GPMG is the current official 7.62mm machine gun for the U.S. Armed Forces, and is generally considered by many small arms experts to be a masterpiece in terms of small arms design. Masterpiece... (Continue reading)
Meet the HK MG43/MG4. Heckler & Koch’s New 5.56×45mm Light Machine Gun.
by David Crane Heckler & Koch (HK) is currently developing a new 5.56×45mm belt-fed LMG(Light Machine Gun)/SAW(Squad Automatic Weapon). It’s called the MG43. The HK MG43 represents HK’s desire to compete against the FN M249 SAW on the world... (Continue reading)
Arms Tech Compak-16 Subcarbine Brochure.
by David Crane david@defensereview.com DefRev recently published a story on the Arms Tech Compak-16 subcarbine, which contained a video clip of DefRev editor-in-chief David Crane firing the weapon. The story was titled "Arms Tech Compak-16 Subcarbine at SWAT Round-Up 2002.... (Continue reading)
The M60 GPMG Returns…Smaller, Lighter, Meaner. Meet the New M60E4/Mk43.
U.S. Ordnance, out of Reno Nevada, is now manufacturing and distributing(under license from Saco Defense) an updated compact version of the now classic M60 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun). Called the M60E4/M43 Mod. 0, the new compact 7.62×51mm machine... (Continue reading)
Realistic Military-Style AK Variants by ASD Firearms LLC.
O.k, here’s the second installment highlighting the excellent "AK Mania" issue of SAR(Small Arms Review), Nov., 2002. By the way, this is a really great AK issue for all those Kalashnikov lovers out there. In this DefRev installment,... (Continue reading)
New Leitner-Wise LW15.499 Mini-.50 and LW 15.S CAW
by David Crane defrev@gmail.com September 03, 2002 Well, the folks at Leitner-Wise Rifle Co., of Alexandria, VA, have certainly been keeping busy over there. They’ve just come out with two new weapon systems speciifically geared for military Spec-Ops and LE tactical... (Continue reading)
Chinese QBZ-95 Infantry Rifle
The QBZ-95 bullpup infantry rifle from China, a.ka. Type 95 rifle, fires the proprietary 5.8×42mm round. Many small arms experts consider the ideal infantry/light machine gun caliber to be between 6mm and 6.5mm in diameter, and between 39mm and... (Continue reading)
Stoner SR-47 Carbine by Knight’s Armament
DefRev readers may remember a heads-up we posted a little while back on this weapon, before it even really had a name. Well, it does now. It’s called the SR-47, and it’s Knight’s Armament’s 7.62×39mm answer to the... (Continue reading)
Shrike 5.56 by ARES Defense Systems Finally Makes it to Production.
This just in: The Shrike 5.56 LMG(Light Machine Gun) upper, by ARES Defense Systems, LLC, is in production and currently available for pre-order(both in select-fire and semi-auto-only configurations), and the ARES Defense Systems site is up and running. If... (Continue reading)
Weapon/Ammunition Problems in Afghanistan: The Kalashnikov Solution.
by David Crane david@defensereview.com The following article was written and published in June, 2002. It’s no secret that the performance of both the M4 Carbine and it’s 5.56×45mm caliber have, so far, been somewhat less than outstanding in the war against Al-Queda forces... (Continue reading)
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