According to the Norwegian Defense their Defense Materiel Agency has signed a contract for the supply of new firearms. Norway was the first nation to approve the Heckler & Koch… Continue reading "Norway buys more Heckler & Koch HK416"
During the Arms & Security 2018 exhibition held in Kiev, Ukraine, the Ukrainian FORT state corporation has introduced a new assault rifle prototype called FORT-250. The information on this new… Continue reading "Ukrainian FORT-250 Rifle Prototype"
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"
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"
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?"
Armoury Division of South African Truvelo Manufacturers Pty Ltd has published on their social media pages images of a newly introduced suppressed bolt-action anti-materiel rifle called AMRIS. This new weapon… Continue reading "Truvelo AMRIS 20x42mm Suppressed Anti-Materiel Bolt-Action Rifle"
Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the press secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, has published on his social media pages a post announcing about a contract signed between the Kalashnikov Concern… Continue reading "Armenia to Start Licensed Manufacturing of AK-12 and AK-15 Rifles"
As part of France’s continuing small arms modernisation the French Army has announced the search for a new semi-automatic marksman’s rifle to replace the ageing FR-F2 bolt action sniper rifles.… Continue reading "France In Search of New Sharpshooter Rifle"