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One Shot, One Kill: Marines Begin Fielding New Precision Rifle Optic CWO4 Dave Tomlinson, infantry weapons officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Squad Common Optic attached to the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle on Feb. 10 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, (U.S. Marine Corps) 22 Feb 2021 The Marine Corps has started fielding a new rifle optic designed to adjust for close and long-range targets for more precise shooting. Marine Corps Systems Command's Program Manager for Infantry Weapons began fielding the Squad Common Optic, or SCO, in January for the M4 and M4A1 carbines and th...

Much of Israel's history is written with guns.

M1909: The First American Light Machine Gun Was a Disaster The title for the United States’ first light machine gun may belong to the Benét-Mercié M1909 machine gun, with an innovative—if short-lived—history.  A pair of engineers working for Hotchkiss designed a unique automatic rifle around the turn of the century. Their rifle would be known by several different names and served briefly with the United States, France, Belgium, and Britain. Though the rifle had several shortcomings, it was in essence a fairly innovative weapon. Weighing a bit more than twenty-six pounds, it was on...

These weapons were iconic for their era. No American firearm is as closely associated with the war in Vietnam as the M16, and it was used throughout the conflict by not only the U.S. Army and USMC, but by the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN) and even by units of the Australian Army and New Zealand Army. Likewise, the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC) have also associated universally with the AK47. Yet, the truth is that while proven to be well-suited to the conflict—even if the M16 did have a rough baptism by fire—there were some other fine firearms that...

The revolver was one of the first multi-shot handguns. Here's What You Need to Remember: Warfare in the post-9/11 period is primarily infantry-focused, with ground troops taking part in small-unit actions against insurgents and guerrillas. Fought on a wide variety of terrain, from arid desert regions to jungles and even cities, infantrymen have relied on their service rifles to get the mission done. (This first appeared as two  separate 5 Best Revolvers The revolver was one of the first multi-shot handguns. The revolver concept was preceded by the so-called “pepperbox” handgun, which ...