Firm Set to Manufacture Russian AK-47 Kalashnikov Rifles in US A Pennsylvania firm plans to begin manufacturing the AK-47 Kalashnikov in the U.S. to skirt sanctions that ban imports of the...
Pentagon Speeds Shipment of M-16s and MRAPS to Iraqi Army The U.S. has been delivering M-16 rifles and MRAPs to the Iraqi Security Forces under a rapid Foreign Military Sales program.
Army and Marine Corps Still Disagree over M16/M4 Bullet Lawmakers questioned Army and Marine Corps leaders over why the services buy different bullets for the M16 rifles and M4...
Army Working on New Thermal Sight for Snipers The Army wants a clip-on thermal sight to help snipers see through heavy fog or sand storms to find and kill their targets.
House Urges Common 5.56mm Round for Army and Marine Corps House said the use of different rounds by the Army and the Marines for the M16 rifle was wasteful and urged a common round.
The Marine Corps Is Experimenting With a New Service Rifle The Marine Corps' experimental battalion has been conducting exercises with the M27 to evaluate it as the new rifle for...
Corps Wants to Put Silencers on a Whole Infantry Battalion In a series of experiments this year, units from 2nd Marine Division will be silencing every element of an infantry battalion...
Army Round Triggers Problems in Marine M27 Auto Rifle The Army's M855A1 5.56mm round causes reliability problems in the Marine M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, testing shows.
Senators Question Army Chief on Supposed Polymer Magazine Ban Several senators want the Army's chief of staff to explain why the service supposedly banned GIs from using polymer magazine...
US Army to Search for New 7.62mm Rifle The U.S. Army soon will begin searching for a 7.62mm rifle to become its formal squad designated marksman rifle.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
