Military

Benazir Bhutto was both the 11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan. Her professional life was enigmatic, dangerous, chaotic, and inspirational. Accused of corruption and officially ousted from her post twice, she yet remained the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim-majority nation. Imprisoned, exiled, persecuted, and ultimately murdered, Benazir Bhutto came to represent both the best and the worst of her part of the world.

Aimpoint announced this week that the U.S. military has awarded the company a substantial contract for a space-age fire control system designed for the 84mm Carl Gustav anti-tank rifle that automatically adjusts point of aim based on range, type of munition, terrain angle, and environmental conditions.

The pistols selling through CMP program are graded with “service grade” pistols listing at $1,050, “field grade” pistols for $950 and “rack grade” for $850.

There are few examples of flawless performance. In recent U.S. Army testing, three SIG Sauer M18 pistols fired 12,000 rounds each with zero stoppages. Zero! That got my attention.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 independence of Poland, FB Radom is making a very limited run of Vis pistols using original specifications.

Auto Ordnance is expanding their line of American military replicas with their newest “Airborne” and “Vengence M1 Carbines. These commemorative rifles features detailed World War II-inspired engravings.

It turned out that Mr. Roberson was my neighbor down the road, and he ultimately shared a lot of stories. A literal lifetime before this unassuming Mississippi farmer carried a Browning Automatic Rifle as a member of the 5th Ranger Battalion in World War 2. On June 6th, 1944, he landed in the first wave on Omaha Beach fighting alongside the 116th Infantry Regiment.

FN America is releasing a commercial variant of their Mk 20 called the FN SCAR 20S. Built for SOCOM, the 20S is a precision has a 1 MOA accuracy guarantee.

It may have been ugly, almost impossible to cock, and “rubbish, really,” but the PIAT gun was also a fierce weapon against Nazi tanks.