How the AMPV Killed the M113

If you spend five minutes talking to anyone who has served in an Armored Brigade Combat Team, they’ll tell you that the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles usually get all the glory. The public fixates on the 120mm smoothbore cannons and 25mm Bushmaster chainguns punching holes in targets acro...

By Mason Berryman •

POTD: The Remington Model 7180 Military – Killed by a Bayonet Shortage

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a prototype Remington Model 7180 trench gun that died because the Army ran out of old bayonets. Remington started working on military shotguns in the early 1960s, and this one dates to roughly 1963 through 1965. It is a Model 1100 with a 20...

By Sam.S •

POTD: The Japanese Howa Type 20 Makes Its Indonesian Debut

Today's TFB Photo of the Day is a rare look at Japan's newest rifle earning its passport stamps. At the Indonesian Marine Corps 9th Infantry Battalion base near Lampung, Indonesia, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service member with the 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Amphib...

By Eric B •

POTD: The Austeyr Edge - U.S. Marines Familiarize with EF88

Allied forces rarely cross platforms when it comes to serious rifle training, but that's exactly what happened when these U.S. Marines went “down under”. The Marines from the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion of the 4th Marine Division fielded the Australian Defence Forc...

By Eric B •

The Armory Life Presents: The 2026 Cantius Award

I have worked with Dr. Will Dabbs for much of my career as an editor and consider him to be both an exceptional contributor and a good friend. No matter the deadline or the assignment, I always know that I can count on him to deliver a well-rounded, thoroughly researched and — most importantly ...

By Mike Humphries •

POTD: A Bayonet for the Knight's Armament KS-1

A week or so ago at DVD 2026, a UK defense expo, we spoke to Edgar Brothers about the socket bayonet for the Knight’s Armament KS-1. Edgar Brothers are KAC’s UK distribution partner and have been displaying the eye-catching bayonet at defense shows  for a couple of years!

By Matthew Moss •

Vietnam’s Best Spec Ops Weapon? The Stoner 63

The names of firearms designers such as John Moses Browning, Mikhail Kalashnikov and Eugene Morrison Stoner are synonymous with iconic firearms. Stoner was a prolific firearms designer who was responsible for the AR-7 U.S. Air Force survival rifle, the AR-10 rifle, the SR-25, and, of course, the ...

By Friedrich Seiltgen •

MRF-SEA Tests TPS-80 Mobility to Enhance Fires Integration in the Philippines

Philippines — U.S. Marines with Air Command and Control Detachment, Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, tested the mobility of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar during training in the Philippines, Aug. 17, 2026, evaluating how the capability ...

By Eric G •
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