WWII Infantry Weapon Effects
From Periscope Films U.S. WWII War Department training film — “Infantry Weapons and Their Effects” — covers the major infantry weapons in use by the U.S. Army.
Tag Dismounted Close Combat
Cobham PinPoint Gunshot Detection System
From Cobham Cobham’s PinPoint™ Gunshot Detection System provides the capability in both urban and rural environments to rapidly locate the source of hostile fire, and provide accurate range, bearing and elevation information to the user and the Battle Management System Read more [browser-shot…
If the 66 Came Back, can Charlie G?
Back in 2009, Ace Rimmer wrote a piece on the return of the 66mm LAWS in the guise of the M27A9 Light Anti Structure Munition. It’s traditional stablemate was the M2 Carl Gustav, firing an 84mm rocket available with…
Set Phasers to Stun
SMU-100 Non Lethal Laser Rifle and Dazzler The Dazzler has been developed over a number of years by Paul Kerr, an ex-Royal Marine Commando and now Head of Development at our partner Photonic Security Services. Its unique pencil-thin beam is…
Close Quarters Marksmanship
This short video was a winner in the 2013 Army Photographic Competition. Filmed and edited by Sgt Barry Lloyd RLC of the Combat Camera Team in Afghanistan, it shows the Close Quarters combat training drills carried out by British soldiers…
Is the USA about to force the rest of NATO to change calibres again?
Two new US new small arms research programs suggest that this may be the case. Since the beginning of the new millennium, US future small arms development has been focused on two separate programs: the Improved Individual Carbine Competition (IICC)…
FN MINIMI Adapts to New Operational Conditions
Belgium-based small arms manufacturer FN Herstal unveils the next generation FN MINIMI® Light Machine Gun in both 5.56mm and 7.62mm calibers during the MILIPOL exhibition in Paris (19 to 22 November 2013). The modifications introduced on the FN MINIMI® Mk3 result from feedback provided by…
60mm Mortars Go Back to the Armscote for Good
A great article from Janes and unusually, free to access. The article says some of the 60mm systems will be retained for RM/Para use but most will go into extended storage, which I suppose is better than being disposed…
Grenade Launchers, Underslung or Standalone?
Thought I would pose a simplistic question to get a debate going about the merits of underslung versus standalone grenade launchers for dismounted close combat. A UGL mounted directly to a personal weapon The same type of system but carried separately,…