Black Arrow & Black Spear- History of Anti-Materiel Rifles From Serbia

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...

By Vladimir Onokoy

POTD: The Springfield Trapdoor Carbine – Custer’s Cavalry Gun

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a carbine that rode into the most studied battle in American history. This is a Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor carbine in .45-70, and this one falls in the serial range issued to the 7th Cavalry. In other words, it’s the type of gun G...

By Sam.S

AV Awarded $117.3 Million US Army Production Contract for P550

Initial Order Enhances LRR and Advances Army Drone Dominance Initiative with AV’s Autonomous Group 2 eVTOL UAS ARLINGTON, Va., — July 20, 2026 — AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain autonomous systems, today ann...

By Eric G

Soldier Systems Digest: 3rd Recon Company

If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly newsletter, Soldier Systems Digest, you missed this entry form last week. Cold War Concepts The US Army has a long history of small units organized for deep reconnaissance. During the Vietnam War each Division along with a few other units had Long Ra...

By Eric G

H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout

Is the German-made original worth the price, or are the cheaper knock-offs a better deal? The post H&K SP5 vs Turkish MP5 Clones: Head-to-Head Shootout  appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By John B. Snow

551st PIR Making A Comeback?

On social media the Army has been sharing this teaser… With a promise of an activation on 16 August 2026, the video offers this insignia. This is the insignia of the 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment who boast a nickname of GOYA for “Get Off Your Ass.” The question is, which Div...

By Eric G

POTD: The Lindsay Two-Shot – One Barrel, Two Charges

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of the stranger muskets of the Civil War, with a sad story behind it. This is the Lindsay Model 1863, usually called the Lindsay Two-Shot. John P. Lindsay, a former Springfield Armory man, built it on an old and troublesome idea, the sup...

By Sam.S

RCMP ‘Crime Gun’ Story Has a Major Numbers Problem

CTV reported that most source-identified “crime guns” traced by the RCMP came from within Canada. But an unclear denominator, incomplete Ontario and Quebec data, and the RCMP’s broad definition of a crime gun make that conclusion far less comprehensive than it sounds.

By Dean Weingarten
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