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LEAKED: Pakistan Army Requirements for Tender of 75,000 New 7.62x39mm Rifles
Thanks to a recent leak exclusively to The Firearm Blog, we have now become aware of a new tender for rifles issued by the Pakistani government. According to the tender document, the Pakistani Army is...
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.260 Remington Conversion for FN SCAR Mk 20 Spotted in SOFIC 2017
According to SoldierSystems.net, FN America has shown a .260 Remington conversion unit for FN SCAR Mk 20. What makes this news even more interesting is that it happened shortly after the US Special...
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BREAKING: US Army Releases RFI for New 7.62mm Interim Combat Service Rifle
The US Army’s Program Manager for Individual Weapons has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) to the industry for a new 7.62x51mm Interim Combat Service Rifle, which seeks to bring out the best...
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GLOCK VICE PRESIDENT: “Continue MHS, Don’t Settle for SIG”– Glock Asks Army...
Glock isn’t done yet: Despite being passed over by the Army and having their protest of the MHS contract rejected by the GAO, Glock is still hoping for a chance. In a recent interview with Matthew Cox...
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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 014: The .223 Timbs (7.62x25mm...
What do you get when you take the venerable speedster 7.62 Tokarev, and load it with a muzzleloader-style sabot and 50gr .22 cal projectile? You get one of the most interesting pistol, submachine gun,...
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.223 Timbs: A Very Brief History
In a recent Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers post, we discussed the .223 Timbs, a pseudo-wildcat load of the 7.62x25mm Tokarev that uses a sabot to fire a 50gr .22 caliber projectile at 2,000...
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Peruvian Special Forces Buy FN SCAR-L
Defensa.com reports that the Peruvian Army has awarded FN Herstal a contract for SCAR-L rifles and grenade launchers. Peru have announced the purchase of a further 256 SCAR-L 5.56x45mm assault rifles...
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G36 Replacement Candidates Leaked Through Jane’s
The G36’s replacement is now known to be one of five guns – or at least that’s the report coming from reputable defense outlet IHS Jane’s. Competing in Germany’s System Sturmgewehr Bundeswehr...
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7.62mm HK433 Variant CONFIRMED by H&K at [AUSA 2017]
The HK433 family is going full power, Heckler & Koch told TFB at the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting. When speaking to representatives of the company about their new rifle...
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Czech Republic Purchases More 7.62×51 FN Minimis
The Czech Republic are to purchase over 100 general purpose machine guns from FN Herstal. The Czech Army has agreed a deal to procure FN’s version of the Minimi light machine gun chambered in...
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NATO’s Forgotten First AK: The Madsen LAR
The Cold War is famous as the squaring off of two superpowers: The United States, and the Soviet Union, and their duel-by-proxy in Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. The standard rifles of each...
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POTD: Aerial Door Gunning with .50 BMG
“Here comes Santa from the sky… Raining .50 BMGs until he runs dry…” Aerial Door Gunner, taste the words. Isn’t that what we all want to become in our next life? These pictures are from the German...
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U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies Can Now Purchase FN SCAR-SC
FN America has announced that FN’s new SCAR-SC is now available for purchase for US law enforcement agencies at all levels. The subcompact carbine was first unveiled last year at Milipol 2017 in Paris...
View Article[SHOT 2018] FN Herstal’s SCAR SC
In today’s episode, we follow Miles to Shot Show 2018 and visit the FN Herstal booth. Miles meets with Ben, who tells us the history and origin of the FN Scar SC which is short for sub-compact. The SC...
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FN Herstal’s FCU Mk3 Fire Control Unit selected by Germany for Infantryman of...
Companies in the business are gearing up for this week’s EnforceTac exhibition in Germany. TFB will be heading that way too, of course. FN Herstal are proud to announce that their FCU Mk3 Fire Control...
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Rock Island April 2018 Premiere Firearms Auction Sets 10 World Records!
I was going to write another overview of the most expensive firearms sold at recently ended Rock Island April 2018 Premiere Firearms auction in the same fashion that I have been doing it before....
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Finland Gives Up New Rifle Program, Will Modernize Rk. 62 to Serve Until 2035
The Finnish Commander of the Army has announced that the Nordic country will not be purchasing 5.56mm replacements for their existing 7.62x39mm caliber Rk. 62 rifles, but instead will seek to upgrade...
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7.92x33mm FAL Modification at GunLab
The first prototype of what was then the FN Universal Carbine, but that would become the FN FAL (Light Automatic Rifle), was not chambered for the familiar 7.62×51 NATO, nor its competitor round the...
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B&T At B&T Police & Military Day 2015
TFB friend Lionel attended the recent B&T Police & Military Day 2015 event, and covered some of the products exhibited there. The host, Swiss company B&T (formerly Brügger & Thomet AG),...
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BREAKING: German MoD Releases RFI For New Infantry Rifles
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has released a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to the industry, regarding new infantry weapons...
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