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Courtesy of Tactical Life In the wake of yesterday’s shooting in Alexandria, Va. in which House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others were wounded by a gunman during a practice for the congressional baseball game, a review of legislation that includes the Hearing Protection Act has been cancelled by a House subcommittee. RELATED STORY: 20 AR […]
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) In the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, many in our nation felt that a porous patchwork of law enforcement and intelligence efforts left too many doors open for terrorists and criminals to exploit. In order to better coordinate and control that patchwork, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
Courtesy of Tactical Life Glock might not be getting any love from the U.S. Army right now, but the law enforcement community is still embracing the company. Case in point: The Philippine National Police is buying a batch of Glock 17 Gen4 pistols to use as its new duty gun. Glock won the solicitation for new service pistols against competition […]
Courtesy of Tactical Life The U.S. Marine Corps might be adopting the Army’s M855A1 round, officials said Tuesday. According to Military.com, the Corps currently uses M855 ammunition in its M16A4 and M4 5.56mm rifles rather than the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round the Army employs for its rifles. The reason the USMC hasn’t gone with the M855A1 thus far is the fact that testing showed it caused reliability and […]
Jared Drinkwater of Binary Engineering is the recent inventor of a new locking mechanism which debuted on the Longblock folding knife. The prototype’s super-minimal appearance and intuitive operation mask the complexity of its proprietary locking mechanism. The Longblock’s unique lock reflects Drinkwater’s desire to bring minimalism to every element of a knife’s design. The entire […]
Courtesy of Tactical Life The U.S. Army has developed a round capable of penetrating 5.56 mm-resistant body armor, the service’s chief of staff said late last week. While testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley was asked about the ongoing development of a new rifle to replace the M4 and its […]
Courtesy of Tactical Life Yesterday we told you about the first female recruits to graduate from the U.S. Army’s Infantry One Station Unit Training. Continuing on with the theme of women breaking barriers, we’d like to introduce you to the NYPD’s first female counter sniper. 5-foot, 1-inch Det. Tina Guerrero became a NYPD officer soon after the birth […]
Courtesy of Tactical Life Four months after picking the Sig XM17 to replace its Beretta M9 service pistol, the U.S. Army provided a clearer picture of its short- and long-term small arms goals for infantry units at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)’s 2017 Armament Systems Forum last week. According to Military.com, Lt. Col. Loyd Beal III, head of Product […]
MoD is considering issuing all soldiers with new Urban Pattern (UP) clothing of various colors depending on environment troops are in :Brick, Stone or Pebble Dash clothing, kit and body armour. ForcesTV reported in April. The theater is changing and MOD has been forced to finally follow the changing needs of the troops. Developed in secret […]
WASHINGTON — Syrian Kurdish fighters are newly armed with sophisticated American combat equipment as they close in on the Islamic State’s stronghold in Raqqa, Military Times has learned, weaponry the Pentagon says it is barred from providing to those forces. The gear includes U.S.-manufactured night-vision goggles, rifles and advanced optics among other items, the same […]
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