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GLOCK UNDERBID BY SIG ON MHS: Statement on Glock MHS Protest Decision...
Since the Government Accountability Office’s decision to reject Glock’s protest of the Modular Handgun System contract award to SIG Sauer, the GAO has released a statement. The 17 page document...
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SIG SAUER’s P320 X-VTAC
SIG SAUER’s P320 handgun line is the darling of the firearms industry right now. Fresh off of winning the new pistol contract with the US Army, the pistols have garnered a lot of attention from the...
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Chinese Military Police Competition
Asian Defense News recently published a compilation of high-quality photographs lifted from various Mandarin news sources such as Ifeng and Nownews of Chinese Military Police competing in a skill of...
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GLOCK VICE PRESIDENT: “Continue MHS, Don’t Settle for SIG”– Glock Asks Army...
Glock isn’t done yet: Despite being passed over by the Army and having their protest of the MHS contract rejected by the GAO, Glock is still hoping for a chance. In a recent interview with Matthew Cox...
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Netherlands Purchases 10,000 Gen 4 Glocks
The Armed Forces of the Netherlands will be receiving an order of 10,000 9x19mm NATO Gen 4 Glock 17s with the latest contract announced by the Dutch Ministry of Defense as reported by the Polish...
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Gun-Recognizing Software Can See Firearms on Video: Spanish University...
Can a computer pick out and identify guns directly from video footage, without the aid of a human? That’s the technology being demonstrated by a program at the Spanish University of Granada, which...
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Steyr OD Green M9-A1 Now Available, Tacticool Shooters Rejoice!
Steyr Arms has added an OD Green M9-A1 to their pistol lineup finally. Even though they have been using OD Green polymer on their firearms for nearly 50 years on both the SSG 69 sniper rifle and the...
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Kahr Arms and Gallery of Guns Team Up on New Brown Guns
Kahr Arms announced the company partnered with Gallery of Guns to introduce a pair of new compact pistols finished with a Desert Tan frame and a Cerakote Patriot Brown finish on the slide. Both of...
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BREAKING: House Passes Bill MANDATING Transfer of ALL US Army M1911 Handguns...
The United States House of Representatives has just passed their version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and included within it is a provision that will mandate the release of...
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ARMY Says MHS Is OVER, Glock Exploring Other Options
According to a recent article at Military.com, US Army spokespersons said in emails with the magazine that the Army would not be re-trying the Modular Handgun System competition between finalists SIG...
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Malaysian LE Teams Continue Counter-Terror Training
Earlier we reported on the Malaysian Counter-Terrorism Exercise Rimau that took place in a stadium and show-cased a number of Law Enforcement units rarely seen in the public sphere. Continuing the...
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XM17 MHS LIVE FIRE from Guns & Ammo: Shooting the Army’s New Handgun
In a recent article, Guns & Ammo editor Eric Poole gave us our first look at the Army’s new XM17 Modular Handgun System in action. Within the 3:12 runtime of the brief video, Poole gives a rundown...
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[Partner 2017] Bosnia & Herzegovina TRB RS 9
At the Partner 2017 Military and Defense exposition held in Belgrade, Serbia this year, an emerging company from Bosnia and Herzegovina named TRB (recently privatized) had a recently introduced handgun...
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Special Forces SR Commander from Ed Brown
Ed Brown Products Inc. announced the latest 1911 style pistol called the Special Forces SR Commander. This new Commander type handgun is part of the company’s Special Forces SR line up. The new gun...
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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 013: The .22 TCM and .22 TCM 9R
It has been a little while since we visited the subject of modern personal defense weapon calibers, so to start it off again we’ll be taking a look at a new high velocity round that is only a few years...
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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 014: The .223 Timbs (7.62x25mm...
What do you get when you take the venerable speedster 7.62 Tokarev, and load it with a muzzleloader-style sabot and 50gr .22 cal projectile? You get one of the most interesting pistol, submachine gun,...
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The Remington RP9 could have become the US Military’s next service weapon had it not failed so terribly. With a too small grip, a trigger made from old gum and build quality that is more in line with a...
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New Russian Competition Pistol called PE-10
Russian company “Souz TM” (a.k.a STM Arms) has introduced a new competition pistol called PE-10 (ПЕ-10). It is specially designed for practical shooting competition use – IPSC Standard division (major...
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Carrying a Tiny Gun is Stupid.
Before we get started, I need to get something out of the way. TFB readers are the smartest, most handsomest human beings on the planet. But in any group there is a small, but extremely vocal sub group...
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MHS Winner SIG Sauer SUED by Police Officer Shot by Dropped, Holstered P320
SIG Sauer – recent winner of the US Army’s Modular Handgun System competition – is being sued by an officer from the Stamford, Connecticut Police Department Special Response Team over an incident he...
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