In the summer of 1918, a new fighter ascended in the German Air Combat Forces, or Luftstreitkräfte, boasting a level of performance that would outpace any of Anthony Fokkers’ famous designs. The Fokker E.V parasol monoplane, eventually known as the Fokker D.VIII, demonstrated tremendous combat...
Colt CZ Group will supply small arms, ammunition, and accessories to Montenegro's Armed Forces under an intergovernmental defense cooperation agreement between the Czech Republic and Montenegro, the company announced July 24, 2026. The contract marks the first adoption of the CZ BREN 3 rifle...
Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film Saving Private Ryan is pure Hollywood fiction, but it was inspired by the true – and all too tragic – story of the five Sullivan brothers. The siblings enlisted/re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and i...
An analysis of the key legal, legislative, and regulatory forces reshaping the firearms market in mid-2026 — including the Virginia AR ban injunction, SCOTUS review of assault weapons bans, the OBBB suppressor tax elimination, and actionable recommendations for FFL dealers.
GOA and Gun Owners Foundation sue the U.S. Virgin Islands over its ban on nonresident firearm carry, arguing it violates the Second Amendment. Read the original story: No Permit Recognized, No Way to Apply, No Open Carry: GOA Lawsuit Challenges Virgin Islands’ Total Shutout of Nonresident C...
Last year, when I was working on my book about Zastava AKs , me and fellow TFB writer Lynndon Schooler visited Zastava factory in Kragujevac, Serbia. Since then, Lynndon has published several comprehensive articles about new Zastava weapons, but there is one more firearm we saw that certainly des...
The Special Operations Combatives Program (SOCP) is a realistic combatives system created for special operations forces in the military. It concentrates on close-quarters fighting skills that are useful, particularly when wearing all of your gear. Greg Thompson, who founded and developed the SOCP...
More than 90 years after its introduction, the Browning Hi-Power continues to inspire shooters and influence modern handguns. Here is how John Browning and Dieudonné Saive created an enduring firearms icon.
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...
Dead Air Armament has announced an extremely small-batch, limited-edition run of Sandman X suppressors to honor the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known worldwide as the " Night Stalkers ," and the legendary 5th Special Forces Group . They will be available exclusivel...