Infantry Equipment

Weapons, gear, and advanced systems used by ground troops.

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SIG Sauer, the Gunmaker That Won the Army’s Biggest Bets

SIG Sauer is the New Hampshire gunmaker that won the two biggest US small-arms competitions of the century, taking the Army’s pistol contract in 2017...

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Glock, the Austrian Pistol Maker That Conquered Police Holsters

Glock is the Austrian pistol maker whose polymer-framed handguns arm roughly two-thirds of American police officers, a market share figure cited so often it has...

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Beretta, the 500-Year Gunmaker Still Arming Modern Militaries

Beretta is the oldest firearms manufacturer on earth, a family-owned Italian gunmaker founded in 1526 that still supplies pistols, rifles and shotguns to militaries and...

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Colt CZ Group, the Czech Firm That Bought an American Legend

Colt CZ Group is the Prague-listed firearms house that bought the 175-year-old Colt name in 2021 and now sells rifles, pistols and ammunition worth roughly...

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SAR9 Gen3 Pistol: Specifications and What Changed From the Original SAR9 and Gen2

Quick answer: The SAR9 Gen3 is the third generation of Sarsılmaz's 9×19 mm, polymer-framed SAR9 pistol, which the Turkish manufacturer describes as the newest and...

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FN Herstal, the Belgian Armorer Behind NATO’s Machine Guns

FN Herstal has armed more of the world's militaries than almost any other small-arms maker, with machine guns like the MAG and MINIMI serving in...

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UN Report Finds Pakistan Breached Libya Arms Embargo

A United Nations Panel of Experts has formally determined that Pakistan violated the Security Council's Libya arms embargo, after a Pakistani government representative presented weapons...

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ATGM Generations Explained, From MCLOS Joysticks to NLOS Missiles

Anti-tank guided missiles have evolved through five distinct generations in seventy years, from joystick-steered darts of the 1950s to networked missiles that kill tanks 20...