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Cameron Curtis

Cameron Curtis

Check out the books here: Cameron Curtis's Amazon Page

Cameron Curtis has spent thirty years in the financial markets as a trader and risk manager. He was on the trade floor when Saddam's tanks rolled into Kuwait, when the air wars opened over Baghdad and Belgrade, and when the financial crisis swallowed the world. He's studied military affairs and warfare all his adult life. His popular Breed series of military adventure thrillers are admired

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Fig. 1 Russian Bereg A222 130mm coastal howitzer. These have been supplied to the Dnieper Flotilla and can be used to support river crossings along with the army’s considerable tube and rocket artillery.

Summer Offensive: The Russian Race to the Dnieper

Expert Analysis Apr 11
Fig. 1 Dallas Alexander, of Canada’s Joint Task Force 2. Iraq, 2017

Selecting a Rifle: The Perfect Long-Range Kill

Expert Analysis Apr 08
Fig. 1 Barrett Mk 22 MRAD Sniper Rifle System in .300 PRC.

Selecting a Rifle Cartridge

Expert Analysis Apr 07
Fig. 1 Patriotic Ukrainian teens learning military skills at training camp. Photo: The Times

Can Ukraine be Saved?

Expert Analysis Apr 05
Fig. 1 AR-10 Ranger by Wilson Combat. Photo: Wilson Combat

Selecting a Rifle: An Organized Approach

Expert Analysis Apr 04
Fig. 1 No Country For Old Men – Anton Chigurh’s suppressed Remington 11-87

Look Under the Hood: Different Types of Suppressors

Expert Analysis Mar 30
Fig. 1 No Country For Old Men – Anton Chigurh with his suppressed Remington 11-87

Check Out the Suppressed Shotgun

Expert Analysis Mar 29
Fig. 1 John Wick and his iconic H&K P-30L with mounted compensator

Do You Really Need That Compensator?

Expert Analysis Mar 28
Russian soldiers

President Trump’s Envoy Speaks About Ukraine Negotiations

Expert Analysis Mar 24
Fig. 1 Ohio Class Trident ballistic missile submarine with 24 Trident II D5 missile launch tubes. Per the START treaty with the Russian Federation, the sub can only carry 20, but the treaty expires in February 2026 and both sides are keen to renegotiate. Each Trident II D5 missile can carry up to 8 MIRV warheads. Photo: National Archives

Will President Trump Nuke Iran’s Nukes?

Expert Analysis Mar 23
Fig. 1 A fighter of the 60th Assault Brigade “Veterans” makes his way down a 9-mile gas tunnel to Sudzha, Kursk (Photo: Veterans Brigade)

The Commandos Who Cracked Kursk

Expert Analysis Mar 20
Fig. 1 British Challenger II of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The steppes are not kind to 65-ton tanks. Unit marks have been hidden.

How Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive Failed

Expert Analysis Mar 19
Fig. 1 The Colt Monitor, a BAR with a pistol grip, a thinner and cut-down 18-inch barrel, weighing 16 pounds. Equipped with a Cutts compensator and 20 rounds of .30-06 in a box magazine. It looks cool, but was not present at the ambush. The posse used a standard BAR borrowed from the Texas National Guard. Photo: IMDB.com

The Guns That Killed Bonnie & Clyde

Expert Analysis Mar 14
A gentleman’s carry pistol of the 1920’s – John Henry Fitzgerald’s “Fitz Special” Photo: RevolverGuy.Com

How to Make a Fitz Special Carry Pistol

Expert Analysis Mar 11
Long-range missiles like ATACMs are dependent on US ISR intelligence for targeting.

Suspension of ISR Aid Cripples Ukraine’s War Effort

Expert Analysis Mar 09
The Dealmaker

Op-Ed: How President Trump Can Obtain a Ceasefire in Ukraine

Op-Ed Mar 08
The iconic Colt Python .357 Magnum in Colt E-Frame, roughly an S&W K-Frame

Introducing Colt Revolver Frames

Expert Analysis Mar 05
The iconic Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum. Dirty Harry made it a best-seller.

Introducing Smith & Wesson Revolver Frames

Expert Analysis Feb 26
Erik Prince (above) and Senator Mike Lee (R. Utah) propose that PMCs target cartels. Image Credit: Vanity Fair

American Privateers Could Make War on the Cartels

Expert Analysis Feb 13
Patriot battery at Rzeszów, Poland - a vital air hub feeding military aid to Ukraine.

President Trump’s Stop-Aid Order Squeezes Zelensky

Expert Analysis Feb 03