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Shrike 5.56 LMG/SAW: Updated Info and Pics at Military-Arms.com

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. Search terms for the article: shrike lmg, 5 56 lmg, lmg 5 56 zastava, 556 lmg, MKE 5 56 LMG, 5 56lmg, shrike LMG loading, shrike saw, lmg5

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SHOT Show 2004: ATK/HK XM8 Assault Carbine Prototypes and HKM4 Carbine in Action

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 Search terms for the article: xm8 at the shot show, ATK

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SHOT Show 2004: Shrike 5.56 Light Machine Gun/Squad Automatic Weapon.

by David Crane david@defensereview.com Some of you may remember the last story we did on the Shrike 5.56 LMG/SAW awhile back, titled "Shrike 5.56 by ARES Defense Systems Finally Makes it to Production.". Well, Full-Auto.com has just published some great pics and info on the Shrike 5.56 LMG/SAW’s appearance at SHOT Show 2004 on their

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Letter on Reliability of M60E4/MK43 Mod. O 7.62mm Machine Gun.

by David Crane One of DefRev’s members, "dewatters", has commented on our story below, "Demonstration Video: U.S. Ordnance M60E4/MK43 Mod. O 7.62mm Machine Gun", regarding the M60E4′s perceived reliability problems. The following is a copy of a document that was originally sent to DefRev’s editor-in-chief(yours truly) on 10/18/02 by Dale McClellan, Executive Vice President of

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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 or not, the FN M240 GPMG, at 27 lbs EMPTY, is simply WAY too heavy

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Meet the HK MG43/MG4. Heckler & Koch’s New 5.56x45mm Light Machine Gun.

by David Crane Heckler & Koch (HK) is currently developing a new 5.56x45mm 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 market. The HK MG43 LMG/SAW is, from all reports so far, not select-fire. It only has

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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. First Time Video!". DefRev now has pics of the Compak-16 sales brochure. Click here to

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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 7.62x51mm machine gun, according to the company, "represents… significant reliability and user-friendly improvements over the M60, M60D, M60E3

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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, we’re going to discuss ASD Firearms LLC’s authentic-looking AK variants, both full-auto and semi-auto only. The SAR

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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 use. We’ll start with the Leitner Wise LW15.499 Mini-.50(or .499), a.k.a. Multi-Level Threat Response

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