When space is a luxury when you’re deep outdoors, you need a tool that performs multiple tasks within a tough-as-nails, compact footprint. Well, your search is over, as the AM-V3 Mega Multitool from Adventure Mate (AdventureMate.com) fits the bill. This amalgamation of an axe, saw, shovel, E-to...
Philippines — U.S. Marines with Air Command and Control Detachment, Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, tested the mobility of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar during training in the Philippines, Aug. 17, 2026, evaluating how the capability ...
When I was 10 years old, I read Jeff Cooper’s articles in Guns & Ammo magazine in which he extolled the 1911 “.45 automatic” as the ultimate gunfighting/self-defense handgun. What he wrote made a great deal of sense to me. All these years later, it still does. Slim and flat, among ...
Ask most people whether the armed citizen should carry a handheld light (HHL) or a weapon-mounted light (WML), and you'll usually get a quick answer: pick one, or just get…
Ukrainian Defense Forces units have begun testing new robotic turrets equipped with Kalashnikov-system assault rifles in combat conditions on the front line. The strike systems were developed based on technical specifications provided by Brave1 , a defense innovation cluster, received grant...
Every August, the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal community assembles for King Crab, a multi-day gauntlet that separates the elite from the merely excellent. This year's third iteration brought two-person teams from across the force to a California training site, where they faced a r...
“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would Rea...
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . 2026 has flown by, and it is once again time to look at some data from the Thunder Beast Silencer Summit . This is an ev...
The M14 rifle holds a significant place in the history of American military firearms, serving as a bridge between the battle rifles of World War II and the US’ military’s modern assault rifles. Developed in the post-World War II era, the M14 was the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. m...
Legal purchases of a 3D printer, Glock springs, and a New York-compliant magazine reportedly put Demetrio Daga on a government-generated target list. After 15 months of surveillance produced no observed trafficking, New York authorities raided two homes and charged him over privately manufactured...