Why “Knockdown Power” Fails Every Big Game Hunter

Watch enough hunting footage and you’ll see the same two outcomes with the same cartridge. An animal shot squarely through the lungs and heart sometimes runs 30, 40, or 50 yards before it expires, and other times falls where it stood. Hunters describe loading an identical cartridge and bull...

By James Chen •

POTD: British Cavalry Takes SA80 Back to the Saddle

Modern armies have drones, armored vehicles and advanced surveillance systems. The British Army is also exploring what a much older platform can still offer: a horse. Soldiers from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment recently took part in a mounted combat capability experiment on the Barossa t...

By Eric B •

UK Earmarks £2 Billion for SA80 Replacement

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has fired the starter pistol on Project Grayburn, the program to replace the in-service SA80 / L85A3. The Ministry of Defense posted a notice for an Industry Day for Project Grayburn to get input from industry on what systems, capabilities and manufacturing pack...

By Matthew Moss •

P365-AXG EQUINOX: A Compensated Custom Works Carry Pistol

Light and dark collide on the new SIG Sauer P365-AXG EQUINOX. The slide carries the Equinox polished treatment, a finish where bright polished flats meet the dark Nitron surfaces around them, and the contrast continues down to the E-Nickel trigger and controls set against a black AXG grip module....

By Eric B •

USAF Tests CAA’s MCK EVO for Survival Kit

The US Air Force has undertaken some limited testing of what appears to be the MCK EVO from CAA as the Isolated Personnel Lethality Optimization, or IPLO, device. A USAF release reported that nine Airmen from various Air Force units tested the IPLO system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawa...

By Matthew Moss •

Hands On with the New Colt Canada C25

How do you defeat enemies with level IV body armor? This is the question the Canadian Armed Forces have wrestled with when tackling the replacement of their venerable C7 and C8 rifles. It’s a question that many major armies will have to find an answer for as they come to replace their curre...

By Matthew Moss •

War Stories: He Survived Omaha Beach

John looked like a character on Hee Haw, if a character on Hee Haw was not terribly silly. He carried himself like a grandfather. He was thin and always wore the same basic uniform — a pressed collared shirt buttoned at the neck and wrists, spotlessly clean bib overalls, and a ball cap. He had ...

By Will Dabbs, MD •
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