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Combat Power Solutions – Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency Power Generation Device
At every trade show I visit I run across a product that I take one look at and get it. During SOF Week it was the Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency Power Generation Device from Combat Power Solutions. Many of the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine are contested logistics focused,...
Will Recent SCOTUS Rulings Bolster NFA Challenge on Suppressors?
The TT Base Pack 60 Redefines What Big Truly Is
There’s always a king of the mountain, and when speaking of packs, the Tasmanian Tiger TT Base Pack 60 takes that top spot. This massive, hardcore backpack is everything you need in a tactical-centric carry-all. From its voluminous interior to its durable materials and construction, to its dist...
Benchmade Bailout – New Taiga Green Colorway
The Bailout from Benchmade has been around for a few years. I’ll tell you right up front that I’m not a huge fan of the tanto blade profile for an EDC knife. That goes double for the Americanized tanto profile, as popularized by Cold Steel back in the 1980s. That said, the Bailout has grown [...
Fort Indiantown Gap Expands UAS, Counter-UAS Training
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — As the battlefield continually shifts toward unmanned aircraft systems, Fort Indiantown Gap is expanding its UAS and counter-UAS training opportunities. Several ranges at the installation have been altered in recent months to allow for UAS and counter-UAS training so ...
TFB Review: US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1917 (Enfield)
The iconic American rifle of World War 1 is the 1903 Springfield, but most of the Doughboys were issued a different gun. The US Rifle, Model of 1917, also known as the Enfield or P17, thanks to the vagaries of history, was the most prevalent US rifle by far. Over two million were made in a two-ye...
POTD: Glock's Limited French Contract Run
In 2020, the French Armed Forces selected the Glock 17 Gen5 as their new standard service pistol, naming it PANG for Pistolet Automatique de Nouvelle Génération. Over the next two years, Glock delivered 74,596 examples in coyote-colored polymer frames and black slides, each marked w...
Wheelgun Wednesday: Good News, Everyone - The Manurhin MR88 Is Back
Founded in the early 20th century, Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin, aka Manurhin, has done a lot of things. They made food processing machinery and scooters. But after World War II, like much of reindustrializing Europe, they were keen to try new things, so they started making semi-auto pist...
A Social Media Dispute Showed Up at Their Front Door. His Wife’s Single Shot Ended It.
A licensed Massachusetts gun owner shot an armed man pursuing her husband at gunpoint. The Hampden DA ruled it lawful self-defense. Read the original story: A Social Media Dispute Showed Up at Their Front Door. His Wife’s Single Shot Ended It.