Soldier Systems Digest: 3rd Recon Company

If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly newsletter, Soldier Systems Digest, you missed this entry form last week. Cold War Concepts The US Army has a long history of small units organized for deep reconnaissance. During the Vietnam War each Division along with a few other units had Long Ra...

By Eric G

H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout

Is the German-made original worth the price, or are the cheaper knock-offs a better deal? The post H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout  appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By John B. Snow

551st PIR Making A Comeback?

On social media the Army has been sharing this teaser… With a promise of an activation on 16 August 2026, the video offers this insignia. This is the insignia of the 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment who boast a nickname of GOYA for “Get Off Your Ass.” The question is, which Div...

By Eric G

POTD: The Lindsay Two-Shot – One Barrel, Two Charges

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the stranger muskets of the Civil War, with a sad story behind it. This is the Lindsay Model 1863, usually called the Lindsay Two-Shot. John P. Lindsay, a former Springfield Armory man, built it on an old and troublesome idea, the sup...

By Sam.S

RCMP ‘Crime Gun’ Story Has a Major Numbers Problem

CTV reported that most source-identified “crime guns” traced by the RCMP came from within Canada. But an unclear denominator, incomplete Ontario and Quebec data, and the RCMP’s broad definition of a crime gun make that conclusion far less comprehensive than it sounds.

By Dean Weingarten

Quantified Performance – Becoming a Better Competitor with Jack Leuba

With Quantified Performance celebrating three years of putting on gas gun matches, we reached out to Jack Leuba of Quantified Performance (and Knight's Armament) to discuss its growth, how matches might change in the future, trends he's observed, and practical advice on how shooters can improve t...

By James Burton

Cyber Soldiers Collaborate on Drone Dominance

FORT GORDON, Ga. – Developers from the Hardware Section of Cyber Solutions Development-Maryland, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber), recently collaborated with developers from the 11th Cyber Warfare Battalion’s CSD-Tactical on a project to increase the Army’s drone warfare capabili...

By Eric G

TFB Review - Beretta APX A1 Full Size Tac with "A Really Bad Design"

In a market dominated by striker-fired pistols, you are always hearing about Glock, Smith & Wesson, but rarely Beretta. At times it feels like the Beretta APX series doesn’t get the same limelight as other pistols in the same category, and I can't figure out why. When many American...

By Patrik O
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