TFB Review: SDS Imports MAC IX 9mm Pistol

Military Armament Corporation is an SDS Arms brand, and they have been putting out some interesting guns at prices that are hard to argue with. The MAC IX  is their newest offering, a 9mm direct blowback pistol that feeds from MP5-style magazines and runs on AR-15 controls. It is a hybrid co...

By Sam.S •

USS Saratoga: WWII Carrier Sunk by an Atom Bomb

The USS Saratoga (CV-3) was one of just three United States Navy aircraft carriers—along with USS Ranger (CV-4) and USS Enterprise (CV-6)—to survive the entirety of the Second World War. Although outdated by 1943, as the newer and more capable Essex-cla...

By Peter Suciu •

POTD: Proposed Updates for the Japanese Howa Type 20

Howa Corporation has publicly presented a set of proposed modifications for the Type 20 rifle, expanding the platform’s modularity and adaptability. The package includes an extended handguard designed to increase available space for accessories and improve forward mounting options while sti...

By Eric B •

Curtiss P-36 Hawk: Hero Plane of Pearl Harbor?

At the National Museum of the United States Air Force, many visitors will see an unfamiliar aircraft at the entrance to the WWII gallery. The museum’s display of the gleaming silver fighter coded “86” on the fuselage, features a pilot boarding the plane in his pajamas, with an M1911 pistol ...

By Tom Laemlein •
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