POTD: Ukrainian Security Service With CZ Scorpion & BREN 2

The Security Service of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Internal Security usually doesn't headline its work. Their post is sparse by design, a reminder that the backbone of any special operation lives in the shadows, with personnel who keep operations classified until results already hit ...

By Eric B

Polish PM-63 RAK Compact Machine Pistol

What we are discussing here today is a rare military and police firearm that dates back to a time when Poland was behind the Iron Curtain. As a result, it was rarely seen in the United States during the Cold War, yet it still managed to earn a level of infamy as it was a Read More The post Polish...

By Peter Suciu

Fokker D.VIII Fighter: The Deadly Flying Razor

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...

By Tom Laemlein

Quantum Systems and Tencore to Co-Produce 2,000 TerMIT UGVs in Germany

Quantum Tencore Industries (QTI), the second German-Ukrainian joint venture under the “Build with Ukraine” initiative after Quantum Frontline Industries, focuses on the industrial-scale production of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in Germany for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. With an initial or...

By Eric G

Mikoyan MiG-29: The Reactive Fulcrum?

Military aircraft design of the Cold War era could be described as akin to physics, or, more specifically, to Newton’s Third Law of motion, which states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” From lessons learned in the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force determi...

By Peter Suciu

NSWC Crane’s New Drone Killer Cartridge (DKC) Technology

Multi-projectile cartridges for anti-drone warfare are arguably the most rapidly developing type of small arms ammunition, with new options being introduced throughout the world at a frequency unseen before. Last week, we took a look at the latest multi-projectile cartridges developed in Russia, ...

By Hrachya H

Latest Anti-Drone Ammo from Russia, Switzerland and Lithuania

IWA 2026  and EnforceTac 2026  are just around the corner and if you visit the new product pages of their websites, you can get a sneak peek of what is going to be introduced at these exhibitions. One of these products that is interesting for the topic of this article is the new anti-dr...

By Hrachya H

The RPK: The Soviet Choice of Commonality Over Capability

In the mid-1950s, the Soviet high command accepted a compromise that would shape frontline infantry small arms for decades: prioritizing platform commonality over dedicated squad-level suppressive fire capability. That decision, formalized with the 1959 adoption of an AK-derived automatic rifle, ...

By Lynndon Schooler

TS! Exclusive Level IV Ukraine Armor Plates

The 4SAS4 is a Chase Tactical armor plate from a Ukrainian contract overrun. The 10×12 shooter-cut, multi-curve plate has the exact same specs and certifications as the extremely popular Chase 4SAS7, rebranded for export to Ukraine. Level IV “Ukraine” Armor Plates St. Peters, MO...