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Latest Weapons stories, analysis, and updates from SOFREP.
Why the SIG Sauer M250 Is More Than a SAW Replacement
The M250 is not the Army polishing an old idea, it is the Army admitting the fight moved out, got tougher, and demands a belt-fed demon that can reach out and make every burst count.
Spetsnaz From the Deep: Russia’s Underwater Riflemen and the Avtomat Dvukhsrednyy Amphibious Assault Rifle
Armed with amphibious rifles, Russian Spetsnaz turn the waterline into a kill zone instead of a transition point.
SIG Sauer M7 and M250: How the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Program Works
Two weapons, one mission set, one ballistic brain: the M7 and M250 were built to fight as a paired system so squads can put accurate, sustained 6.8×51mm fire where it counts and keep constant pressure on the enemy.
A Family Heirloom: Dad’s Heckler and Koch Model 940
This HK 940 is not a rifle I own so much as a piece of my dad I can shoulder again, steel and walnut carrying the smell of Hoppe’s and the weight of a family story that outlasts any price tag.
SIG Sauer’s M250: Why the Military Needs a New Squad Automatic Weapon
The SIG Sauer M250 is the Army admitting that the next fight is farther out, tougher targets are the baseline, and the squad needs a belt-fed gun that brings real overmatch instead of hoping 5.56 and good intentions will carry the day.
Elftmann Tactical Triggers: The “Elf on a Shelf” Stocking Stuffer That Seriously Upgrades a Rifle
If you’re still scrambling for a gift, stop wasting time and buy an Elftmann drop-in trigger, because even though it’s a small part, it’s a big American-made upgrade that makes an AR run faster and cleaner without turning it into a fragile race gun, and they’ll stand behind that gift for life.
Auterion’s Drone Swarm Demo Shows How Future Wars Will Be Fought
Somewhere over a test range near Munich, ten unmanned aircraft flew not as individual drones, but as a single predatory mind hunting in formation for the next big war.
Slimming the SIG Sauer M7: How Soldier Feedback Reshaped the Army’s New Rifle
The M7 started life as the heavy new kid in the squad, but once soldiers had their say and engineers listened, it grew into a rifle worth carrying.
The SIG Sauer M7 Rifle Evolves: Soldiers Push the Army’s Most Ambitious Weapon Toward Its Final Form
Soldiers are pushing the M7 through real field conditions, and the rifle is changing fast because the people who carry it refuse to accept anything less than combat ready performance.
The Steambow M10 Tactical Crossbow: This Bolt-Thrower Thinks It’s a Rifle
The Steambow M10 Tactical Crossbow is what happens when you bolt AR-style attitude onto a compact, magazine-fed crossbow that turns every trigger pull into a fast, grinning payoff.
Better Than Tomahawks: Ukraine’s New, FP-5 Flamingo Missiles
Forged under fire by engineers who refused to wait for permission, Ukraine’s FP-5 Flamingo shows how a nation can build its own long-reach answer to Russian aggression—and hit harder than anyone expected.
