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“Brotherhood of Warriors” Takes You Inside the Secret World and Missions of Israeli Military (IDF) Special Operations Unit Duvdevan

Written on 7 Sep, 2009 at 13:46 in Featured, Miscellaneous Reviews, Special Operations, Training | viewed 2,013 views times |

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Are the FN SCAR Weapons (MK16 and MK17) Necessary? And do we really need to replace the Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine?

Written on 21 May, 2009 at 19:47 in Featured, Rifles And Carbines, Special Operations | viewed 20,200 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com May 20, 2009 According to Army Times magazine, The 75th Ranger Regiment is scheduled to battle test the Special Operations Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR) very soon. The Rangers will reportedly be taking 600 FN... (Continue reading)

Vltor/POF 6.5 Grendel Special Purpose Rifle (SPR)-Type AR-15 Tactical Rifle/Carbine for Special Operations

Written on 13 May, 2009 at 11:49 in Featured, Rifles And Carbines, Special Operations | viewed 13,876 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Doug Richardson, Special Weapons for Military & Police (SWMP) May 13, 2009 Updated on 5/15/09 And, speaking of Charlie Cutshaw articles, we might as well mention Mr. Cutshaw’s cover gun article on the Vltor/POF 6.5... (Continue reading)

Airtronic USA China Lake Multi-Shot Pump-Action 40mm Grenade Launcher System for Special Operations

Written on 19 Apr, 2009 at 3:05 in Featured, Shotguns, Special Operations | viewed 11,795 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com April 18, 2009 Updated on May 6, 2009 Airtronic USA, Inc. has more up their sleeve than just an Americanized RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher. They’ve also got a pretty nifty 4-shot (3+1) pump-shotgun-config pump-action 40mm multiple... (Continue reading)

ReconRobotics Recon Scout IR Tactical Robot: Mobile Recon Bot for SWAT Ops

Written on 23 Mar, 2009 at 18:35 in Featured, Special Operations | viewed 1,867 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com All photographic images contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. All photos were shot with an Olympus Stylus 790... (Continue reading)

DefRev Photo Analysis: U.S. Secret Service PPD CAT Operator Tactical Hardware

Written on 25 Nov, 2008 at 16:46 in Special Operations | viewed 7,047 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com November 24, 2008 Updated on May 6, 2009 Ever since he won the presidential election, the press has been following President-Elect Barack Obama around Chicago like a bunch of hungry (and annoying) puppies. Whether he’s... (Continue reading)

U.S. Air Force Having Serious Trouble Keeping F-22 Raptor Pilots

Written on 23 Oct, 2008 at 15:25 in In The News, Special Operations | viewed 2,833 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com October 28, 2008 According to a recent Air Force Times article, the F-22 Raptor has the lowest pilot-retention rate of any U.S. fighter or attack aircraft measured, at a rather abysmal 33%. Compare this... (Continue reading)

IWI Negev Commando LMG/SAW and Micro-Tavor MTAR-21 Bullpup Assault Rifle Demo

Written on 23 Jul, 2008 at 13:56 in Machine Guns, Special Operations | viewed 4,705 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com July 05, 2008 DefenseReview got the chance to test-fire two Israeli combat weapons during the firing demonstration portion of NDIA International Infantry & Joint Services Small Arms Systems Symposium 2008, which was held at the... (Continue reading)

Stealth Sensor for Stealthy Body Searches on Bad Guys

Written on 23 Jun, 2008 at 13:33 in Special Operations | viewed 540 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com June 9, 2008 Paradigm Tactical Products Inc., maker of the FriskerPRO hand-worn metal detector/search device, has reportedly just received an order from U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group a.k.a. 5th Group for its latest discreet... (Continue reading)

TacCam Advanced Tactical Camera: Weapons-Mounted Camera for Tactical Ops

Written on 23 Jun, 2008 at 13:32 in Special Operations | viewed 1,455 views times | Comments

By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com Frank Borelli of Borelli Consulting has a product review up on a a weapons-mounted "Advanced Tactical Camera" made by Pacific Concepts ATC/HBD Inc. called the TacCam. While TacCam doesn’t transmit live video and... (Continue reading)

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