Ayoob: Why the “Plain Jane” 1911 is Right for Me

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 ...

By Massad Ayoob

The Geissele HICAR - Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle

Back in May, when NSWC Crane  posted the Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle (HICAR) solicitation, I closed my article  by asking whether any currently available carbine platform was genuinely built to handle sustained fire at 82,000 PSI, or whether every vendor would need a...

By Eric B

American Rheinmetall Delivers First Lynx XM30 Combat Vehicle Prototype to US Army

American Rheinmetall, Auburn Hills, MI, has successfully delivered the first of eight Lynx XM30 combat vehicle prototypes to the U.S. Army, marking a pivotal step in the competitive program to replace the legacy M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Following its delivery, the initial prototype immediatel...

By Eric G

Capt. Dale Dye: The Battle of Guadalcanal

“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...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret)

919th SOW Proves Mettle in New Readiness Inspection Construct

DUKE FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) —   Air Commandos from the 919th Special Operations Wing validated their warfighting capabilities during a Combat Readiness Inspection Aug. 6-9 at Duke Field and Hurlburt Field, Florida. The inspection was formally spearheaded by the Air Force Reserve Command In...

By Eric G

M10 Booker: Not Your Daddy’s Light Tank

For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painf...

By Mason Berryman
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