USSOCOM

The U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) first missionized aircraft was based on an Air Tractor AT-802, a craft primarily employed for crop dusting

The might of the U.S. industrial base over the last eighty years has served the country well. The “Arsenal of Democracy” led the Allies to victory in World War II,...

Key point: Major power war by no means precludes the need for small unit combat operations, but may in fact require more of them. Smaller units are more difficult for enemies to detect...

Here’s What You Need to Know: There’s no two ways about it: Barrett’s MRAD sniper rifle is a great precision gun. In 2009, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) was...

Summary: Barrett’s Multi-Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifle, initially introduced in the Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) competition of 2009, was selected by the Department of Defense in 2019 as the Advanced...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: By far the biggest benefit the Mk 47 offers over the Mk 19 is its significantly lower weight. Incredibly, the large grenade launcher weighs just...

An intriguing op-ed appeared in Military Times on March 7th, 2021, and it deserves a wide distribution given that it addresses a question that this author frankly did not know was percolating...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Though used primarily by the United States military, the Mk 47 has not seen widespread use and is in service mostly with U.S. Special Operations Command...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Though still in widespread use today, the Mk 19 wasn’t the first grenade launcher used in service with the United States. The Mk 19 grenade launcher has been...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: By far the biggest benefit the Mk 47 offers over the Mk 19 is its significantly lower weight. Incredibly, the large grenade launcher weighs just...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: There’s no two ways about it: Barrett’s MRAD sniper rifle is a great precision gun. It’s reliable, it’s customizable, and you can easily tear it...

In 2009, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) was looking for a new rifle through its Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) competition. Barrett developed and entered its Multi-Role Adaptive Design...