Hitting a drone with gunfire is hard for an unglamorous reason: by the time the bullet arrives, the drone has moved. SIG Sauer's answer is the XRAY9-CUAS, a counter-unmanned aircraft systems electro-optic unveiled at AUSA, and the idea behind it is to let a soldier point and shoot while the ...
An extraordinary 4,000-meter sniper shot involving a Ukrainian-made Snipex Alligator rifle highlights how artificial intelligence, drones, and precision shooting are changing the modern battlefield. By WsjStaff According to an article from San.com, a Ukrainian sniper has reportedly accomplished o...
How do you defeat enemies with level IV body armor? This is the question the Canadian Armed Forces have wrestled with when tackling the replacement of their venerable C7 and C8 rifles. It’s a question that many major armies will have to find an answer for as they come to replace their curre...
John looked like a character on Hee Haw, if a character on Hee Haw was not terribly silly. He carried himself like a grandfather. He was thin and always wore the same basic uniform — a pressed collared shirt buttoned at the neck and wrists, spotlessly clean bib overalls, and a ball cap. He had ...
WASHINGTON — The Army continues to make big strides in modernizing how it feeds Soldiers across its installations. Army leaders outlined the Army food ecosystem at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting during a panel on warfighter performance optimization, detailing how initiative...
Colin Chapman built Lotus around one stubborn rule: simplify, then add lightness. Somewhere in Herstal, Belgium, the engineers behind the FN EVOLYS clearly got the memo - just some 70 years later. Belt-fed firepower has always come with a bill, paid in kilograms and sore shoulders. The EVOLYS was...
The War Department is recognizing the gunsmiths who helped arm the American Revolution. From hand-built muskets to innovative repeating firearms, their craftsmanship reveals a centuries-old American tradition of privately manufacturing firearms—one with direct implications for today's Second Am...
The M40 rifle might be the most recognizable of all American sniper rifles. Its birth coincided with a need for a precision instrument in the steamy jungles of Vietnam, and its legacy was built by those who relied on its performance. Its accuracy, reliability, and endurance have given rise to a g...
Anyone who grew up with a Nintendo remembers Duck Hunt : lead the target, squeeze the trigger, and pray the dog doesn’t laugh. Denmark is now playing the grown-up version, with enemy targets that buzz instead of quack. In this Photo Of The Day, we take a new look at the Benelli M4 A.I. Dron...
Every army has a few soldiers whose job is to hit what the rest of the squad cannot. Colt Canada has built a rifle around that job. The new C25 Sharpshooter is a semi-automatic modular 5.56mm NATO rifle, billed as "compact with maximum accuracy," and it is the first look at what the C25...