Aimpoint has announced that they have been awarded a $24 million US Army contract for supplying FCS13-RE Fire Control Systems. The Army is acquiring this aiming system to use with the… Continue reading "US Army Buys Aimpoint FCS13-RE Sights for Carl Gustaf M3E1 MAAWS Recoilless Rifles"
SAAB Group has received a three year contract order from the U.S. Army to deliver M3E1:s. Behind this name hides the more well-known Carl-Gustaf 84-mm recoil-less M4 rifle. Since it… Continue reading "Saab to Deliver Carl-Gustaf M4 to the U.S. Army"
Saab has published a news release announcing that they have signed a contract of delivering Carl-Gustaf M4 multi-role weapon systems to an undisclosed customer. The total sum of the contract is… Continue reading "SAAB Signs $55 Million Carl-Gustaf M4 Launcher Contract with Undisclosed Customer"
At the 2018 NDIA Armaments Forum the US Air Force detailed some of their current major small arms programmes. One of these was for a new ultra compact Aircrew Self… Continue reading "USAF’s New GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon"
A potentially fatal flaw with some of the US Army’s M4A1’s has recently emerged. Unofficial footage, filmed by troops, surfaced showing a serious malfunction where an M4A1 carbine unintentionally discharged… Continue reading "Accidental Discharges Force US Army to Change Immediate Action Drills and M4 Selector Lever"
Aimpoint was very recently awarded a 10 million dollar contract for the delivery of 30,000 M68 Close Combat Optic reflex sights to the U.S. Army. The commercial variant of this… Continue reading "Aimpoint Supplying Army With 30,000 M68CCOs"