The Pic of the Day: Machine Gunner
Army Staff Sgt. Dakota Montgomery fires a machine gun while deployed for Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East, Nov. 28, 2020.
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The Pic of the Day: Got Brass?
Marines fire an M240B machine gun during an exercise at Fort Drum, N.Y. The M240 has served in every major conflict since its inception.
The Pic of the Day: Zeroed In
Army Capt. Matthew Sneddon fires a machine gun during training at Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 14, 2020.
The Pic of the Day: Get Some!
A sailor fires a .50-caliber machine gun from a helicopter during a live-fire exercise above the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 24, 2020.
Suppressor Meltdown: How many rounds can one take?
Suppressor durability is an often discussed topic these days. As technology, metallurgy, and mounting systems change, so too does the rate of ablation on these cans. The same effect holds true for rate-of-fire, with full-automatic creating a far more harsh environment within the tube than slower rates of fire. As companies pour more money into […]
The Pic of the Day: Marines and their M240 machine guns
A U.S. Marine with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, attaches the barrel assembly to an M240 machine gun during a Tactical Small Unit Leadership Course (TSULC) at Morón Air Base, Spain, March 25, 2020. The purpose of TSULC is to improve leadership at the squad and […]
Are Special Operations units going to adapt this SHOT Show machine gun?
Machine guns are tricky beasts. They are entirely necessary for modern combat, but they tend to be heavy, and not exactly easy for Special Operations troopers to wield in their fast-paced environment — especially when it comes to medium machine guns. The current Big Military General-Purpose machine gun is the M240B and M240L. These 7.62 […]
The MG-3: The Old Wolf That Still Growls
By the end of the First World War, rifle caliber machine gun could be defined in two categories. One was the tripod mounted water-cooled Maxim/Vickers series, of German and British origin whose effectiveness was best used in static or fixed positions along with plenty of support. The other was the relative newcomer, the air cooled […]
Picture of the Day: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Lovelace and his .50-caliber Machine Gun
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Lovelace prepares to shoot a target with a .50-caliber machine gun during a gunnery exercise with the Royal Thai Navy in the Gulf of Thailand, June 3, 2017, as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Thailand. The annual exercise seeks to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. Navy […]
Elon Musk’s ‘flame throwers’ ignite controversy: New York Democrats propose nation wide flame thrower ban
Last week, Elon Musk made headlines by selling 20,000 Boring Company branded “flame throwers” in a matter of days. The novelty item technically isn’t a flame thrower at all, and could be more accurately described as a powerful torch, but that didn’t stop the nomenclature from getting a rise out of U.S. Reps. Eliot Engel […]
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Videos of horrific shooting in Las Vegas create a timeline of tragedy
Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old Nevada resident, opened fire on a gathering of 22,000 country music fans in Las Vegas in Sunday night. In this video, you can hear the first volley of automatic weapons fire rain down on the crowd from Paddock’s 32nd story vantage point in the nearby Mandalay Bay Hotel. Chaos follows. Navy […]
Watch: Start Your Monday With a Bang…or a Brrrrrrt
Another example of why the A-10 Thunderbolt is such a powerful close air support (CAS) platform. Great asset for the Air Force arsenal. What do you think? Comment below! Featured image of an A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft performing a low-level strafing run with its 30 mm cannon during a combat search and rescue […]
