The British Army is set to receive up to 44,000 upgraded L85A3/SA80A3s over the next four to five years. Jane’s 360 Infantry Weapons reports that the UK Ministry of Defence… Continue reading "UK Award Heckler & Koch $95 million Contract to Upgrade SA80 Rifles"
The British Army has launched a new bi-annual newsletter, In Front, as part of its push to keep soldiers and the public more informed about what they do. Inside the… Continue reading "New British Army Newsletter Offers Detail on SA80A3 Rifle Programme"
The US Marine Corps has awarded a nearly $60 million contract to Rheinmetall for MK281 MOD3 40mm day/night practice ammunition for the Mk19 grenade machine gun. The German company’s US arm,… Continue reading "INCOMING: USMC Awards Rheinmetall Contract for 40mm Practice Grenades"
With the launch of a new draft Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) PON a couple of weeks ago, I suggested this might be a reboot of the Army’s flagship small arms… Continue reading "US Army Claims New Next Generation Squad Weapons PON is NOT a ‘Reboot’"
The Bundeswehr’s programme to replace the Heckler & Koch G36 by 2020 has stalled. German newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag reports that none of the weapons submitted have fulfilled the Bundeswehr’s “individual mandatory… Continue reading "BREAKING: Bundeswehr Rifle Trials to Replace G36 Stalls"
SIG Sauer have unveiled their newest entry into the small arms market at the 2018 AUSA exposition, which began today in Washington, DC. Described as the Light Weight Machine Gun, the… Continue reading "BREAKING: SIG Sauer Unveil Light Machine Gun at AUSA 2018"
The British Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has issued an RFI seeking ‘novel approaches to stopping or impeding tanks and other heavy armoured vehicles.’ DASA is seeking non-conventional anti-tank weapons… Continue reading "UK Launches Non-Explosive Tank Trap Competition"
The New Zealand Defence Force has posted a video looking inside the New Zealand Special Air Service’s Battle Training Facility. The three minute video shows some of the training infrastructure used… Continue reading "VIDEO: Inside New Zealand SAS’s Battle Training Facility"
Saab and Raytheon’s collaboration to develop new munitions for the upgraded Carl Gustaf anti-tank system is paying off. In the run up to the 2018 annual meeting of the Association… Continue reading "Saab & Raytheon Will Demonstrate New Munitions for the Carl Gustaf to the US Army"
The NGSAR is dead, long live the NGSW. We haven’t heard much from the US Army about its next generation infantry weapons programme since the announcement of six contract awards… Continue reading "BREAKING: US Army to REBOOT Next Generation Squad Weapons Program?"