Marine Corps. for the production of its new Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR). The IAR is intended to replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) which used by automatic riflemen in Infantry and Light Armoured Reconnaissance (...
Several of my former commanders in the Navy and Marine Corps have been there for me every step of the way as I struggled, and those I served returned kindness and support to me when I was hurting. A few other Chaplains who had been crushed by the system were also there for me. Howev...
Marine rifle squad (infantry) leader, a nuclear security and counterterrorism instructor, a tactical (SWAT) team officer in the nuclear industry, and a retired colonel (O-6) in the S.C. Military Dept.; Smith is a military technical consultant for films airing on The Military Channel and E...
Ashburn, Virginia —Heckler & Koch Defense Inc. is gearing up to deliver between 5,000 and 6,000 complete rifle weapon systems to the US Amy, which plans to deploy them as M110A1 Squad Designated Marksman Rifles (SDMR). The new HK rifle is a variant of the 7.62 mm G28/HK417. U...
Kevin Wabiszewski is a former mortar squad leader with 3rd Bn 4th Marines. Unfortunately, shortly after completing advanced infantry training, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was sent to Wounded Warrior Battalion for treatment. While there, he decided to start the Marine Approved web...
A couple of weeks ago the US Army finally announced the winner of their long running Next Generation Squad Weapon program, selecting the SIG Sauer MCX Spear rifle as the XM5 and the LMG-6.8 as the XM250. The topic of whether this was the right choice and if the 6.8mm round they cham...
Riflemen are trained in using theM4 service rifle, M203 grenade launcher, M249 squad automatic weapon, and M72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon rockets. They learn to be primary scouts and assault troops. Riflemen are the foundation of the Marine infantry. ...
The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mmx45mm rifle that used by United States Marine Corps (USMC) forces. The M27 will replace many of the M249 SAW belt-fed light machine guns currently employed at the squad level.The M27 is based on the Heckler & Koch HK416 D16.5RS ...
3. ATN X-Sight Pro Smart Day/Night Rifle Scope 2. Armasight Nemesis Gen 2 Plus 1. Armasight PVS14 Gen 3 Night Vision Monocular FAQs Introduction to Night Vision: Understand the Jargon To even start talking about this futuristic space-age technology, we first must understand all the jargon....
In WW2, the United States Marine Corps used Native Americans for tactical communications; the United States Army also made some attempts, though the scale of effort was much smaller. With Native American languages already being an infrequently-spoken language, the USMC Native American code talkers ...