Gun Accessories – Bipods/Tripods

This will be the last article in our series on gun accessories.  It’s been a great journey up to this point, so we’ll finish it with a bang (pun intended). Bipods are gun accessories that are not necessarily common among civilian sportsmen.  However, U.S. soldiers have many uses for bipods, especially those in the special [...]

SIG P226 Pistol – Choose Your Cartridge

The SIG P226 is a German-made pistol that is considered one of the most reliable handguns on the market today.  SIG Sauer is the U.S. representative of the company that produces the firearm, Swiss Arms. The SIG P226 and the Beretta 92 were the only pistols to successfully pass the Army’s tests in the search [...]

Gun Accessories – Sights (and Tactical Lights), Part 2

The second part of our gun accessories discussion on sights.  We’ll get right back to it with the telescopic sight. Telescopic Sight – This type of sight, often called a scope,  is best known for its use with sniper rifles.  The telescopic sight is similar to the reflex sight (see the previous article to read [...]

Gun Accessories – Sights, Part 1

We continue our series on gun accessories, this time looking into sights and scopes.  As we look into sights, we thought it’s necessary to note that there many more brands and styles of gun accessories than we highlight, and the ones we review are usually for some of the most common firearms (the M16, the [...]

Navy Special Forces Gear: Navy Watch

We’re taking a look back at some of the gear special forces in the Navy use, this time the Navy watch.  One thing we can’t change in life is how quickly time passes.  Even though the rate of time never changes, external factors affect all of our ability to determine how much time has passed [...]

Navy Special Forces Gear: P90 Submachine Gun

The FN P90 is an automatic firearm made by Belgian weapons manufacturer FN Herstal.  It was developed in the late 1980s, and entered into service in 1991 with the Persian Gulf War.  The name stands for “Project 90,” which implies a model of the 1990s.  The weapon is classified as a personal defense weapon, which [...]

Lock Picking In The Military?

You don’t hear a lot about Lockpicking in the military.  That is because most of it happens behind ‘locked doors’ (ok sorry).  Lock picking a great skill for special forces members to have, to infiltrate enemy buildings quietly. Today, even the toughest locks can be picked (most of them).  Some of the most secret rooms [...]

Navy Special Forces Gear: Hydration Pack

Being on the mission field for extended periods of time causes dehydration to occur frequently, so  Navy SEALs use a hydration pack to combat this problem.  Some of the best brands that make hydration packs are Blackhawk (search “hydration pack” in top right corner) and CamelBak. A hydration pack allow its user to stay hydrated [...]

Navy Special Forces Gear: M40 Sniper Rifle

Navy SEALs are often ordered to go on missions to dispose of dangerous enemy personnel by using an M40 Sniper Rifle.  More often than not, these missions are required to be carried out discretely.  This calls for extreme stealth, and forces soldiers to be a large distance from their target to stay out of sight.  [...]

Navy Special Forces Gear: CAR-15

The CAR-15 (Colt Automatic Rifle 15) is part of the same family of guns as the AR-15 and M16, and was originally produced by Colt.  The term CAR-15 is basically used today for AR-15′s and M16′s that are carbine-length. The CAR-15′s barrel length is 10 inches, which is half that of the M16.  The M4′s [...]

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