SIG Sauer Produces Its First Suppressor in Sweden

Each partner has a defined role. SIG Sauer supplies the product design and engineering behind its global defense portfolio. AMEXCI  manufactures the suppressor using industrial metal additive manufacturing at its production sites in Sweden and Finland. MP-SEC International  handles asse...

By Eric B •

Miracle at Truk: Operation Hailstone

The Japanese seized the Caroline Islands in Micronesia in 1914, and established a naval base on the island of Truk within it in 1939. As the primary anchorage for the Imperial Japanese Navy’s 4th Fleet, Truk was soon transformed into a fortress. Truk seemed the perfect spot. Offering a natural ...

By Will Dabbs, MD •

Modernizing the Soviet RPD Machine Gun

The Soviet RPD (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova) was a pioneering light machine gun that played a short but vital role in early Soviet weapon development and in adopting new intermediate-caliber weapon systems; it was adopted in 1949 alongside the AK and SKS, which significantly influenced the Cold ...

By Lynndon Schooler •

Rebel Monster: The Ironclad CSS Virginia

Rebuilt from the scuttled hull of the USS Merrimack, the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads and changed naval warfare forever. Tom Laemlein details how this armored Civil War ram sank the USS Cumberland, destroyed the USS Congress, and spread panic through Washington D.C...

By Tom Laemlein •

Schlichter Lays Out a Plan for Hasan’s Dec. 3 Firing Squad

Nidal Hasan is scheduled to face a military firing squad on December 3. Retired Army colonel Kurt Schlichter has offered his views on the Army's preparations for the execution. The post Schlichter Lays Out a Plan for Hasan’s Dec. 3 Firing Squad appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

By TTAG News Contributor •

SIG Sauer HYP 6.8x51 Rifle: The First DI Rifle for Hybrid Ammo

TFB   first showed the SIG HYP rifle  from the SIG NEXT Range Day in July 2025, when very few details were known. SIG Sauer's product page now fills in the picture, where the SIG HYP 6.8X51 goes under the tagline "Unlock the Potential of Hybrid Ammunition." Let’s ta...

By Eric B •

The Ultimate Light Machine Gun Concept

The modern light machine gun sits at an interesting crossroads. For decades, the basic concept has been the same: provide a small infantry unit with a belt-fed weapon capable of delivering sustained fire while remaining mobile enough to maneuver with the riflemen. But the character of modern comb...

By Lynndon Schooler •

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: Overwatch From Above, Boarding Party Below

This Photo of the Day has a lot going on, just the way we like it. Some training days need more real estate than others. During a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit turned the surrounding sea and airspace into one ...

By Eric B •

The 30 Year Search for the Army’s Squad Automatic Weapon

As the introduction of the SIG M250 potentially opens a new chapter in the U.S. Army's squad automatic weapon story, or more accurately, the GPMG role, it is worth looking back at the excitement around the M249 when it was adopted. The U.S. Army type-classified the M249 on February 1, 1982, ...

By Lynndon Schooler •
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