2012年03月26日
The Next Gen 7.62mm NEGEV NG7 Machine Gun
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Later this month IWI will officially unveil their new NEGEV NG7 Machine Gun. It will be chambered in 7.62x51mm but retain the same size as the standard model IWI Negev.
The company is calling it "the World's Only 7.62mm Caliber Light Machine Gun with Semi-Automatic Mode". As far as I know this is accurate. I don't think that the FN Herstal Mk. 48 (M249 chambered in 7.62mm) has a semi-automatic fire mode. This feature will allow troops to use the machine gun as a rifle if the situation requires it, for example if they run low on ammo.
Machine gunners are often given awful stocks. It is nice to see some real thought put into the design of the NG7 butt stock. It is foldable and is adjustable for both length of pull and cheek height. The butt plate is of the tyre tread variety.
The stock is based on the FAB Defense GLR-16 AR-15 stock.
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2012年03月26日
IO Hellcat II .380 Pistol
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I.O., formally known as Inter Ordnance, has developed an improved version of the original .380 HellCat pistol which first went on sale in 2010. The Hellcat II features high viz sights, improved trigger bar and trigger cam, improved extractor and modifications to the frame to ensure easier more reliable feeding form the magazine.
From thefirearmblog
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2012年03月26日
PMAGS tested in cold conditions
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TaylorWSO @ ar15.com dropped a loaded Magpul polymer PMAGS onto concrete in -30 degrees, feed lip first:
So to the drop test. I wanted to see what they could do in the cold. I dropped it from the same table (3′ high) I have dropped metal mags from on the range. If you drop a metal mag on concrete from the same height it will damage the feed lips as to be unuseable-but you can bend them back. I was planning on dropping them on all sides but it broke before I could try it. From the table, fully loaded, no cover, both feed lips shattered when they hit the concrete. I expected it to break/crack but these things shot off and rounds went everywhere. I stopped the test right there as didn’t want to try it with any others on the other sides. You can see in the AK HTF that if empty they do fine in the cold.
So what does this mean.
IF you drop ANY mag loaded on the feed lips it will be useless. The Pmags might survive during the summer but all metal mags will bent hot/or cold. The metal mags can be bent back.
The plastic shatters when cold (duh) it doesn’t just crack.
The result: cracked/split feed lips:
Some plastics becomes become brittle in cold conditions, so this is not surprising. The good news is that Magpul are not sitting on their laurels. Their latest version of the PMAG can survive a drop from 5 feet onto concrete feed lip first, fully loaded in -30 F. See this video shot with a high speed camera:
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2012年03月26日
1,000-Meter Night Sniper
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KAC’s NEW Sniper Night Sight denies INSURGENTS the cover of darkness!
KAC NVG is also used by LE, as seen here with the Orlando Police Department S.W.A.T. team, who appreciate the ability to see clearly no matter what the lighting conditionshappen to be.
In the middle of night at a restricted shooting range, a seasoned Navy SEAL clipped a KAC UNS (Universal Night Sight) on the forward Picatinny rail of a 7.62mm NATO weapon, similar to the NV unit on the cover, and took aim. I couldn’t see the trigger-puller several feet away, let alone the 6-inch steel discs several hundred meters distant on the almost moonless night in Florida. Every shot that was fired was followed by a steel clang. In disbelief, I asked to try and was amazed how the targets were readily visible with the UNS placed in front of the pre-registered telescopic sight. At that distance, with almost no moon and no artificial light, I got a hit every time I pulled the trigger! The current record for a nighttime engagement with the UNS is a successful hit at 1,340 meters by a Marine in Afghanistan. Wow, I thought, how can this be?
Knight’s Armament Company (KAC) has a long history of recognizing, developing and producing just exactly what American warfighters need. As an example of Reed Knight seeing solutions before others see the problem, when he saw coverage of American warfighters engaged in combat in the Caribbean in the ’80s, Reed was appalled to see that soldiers had to tape flashlights to the forends of their weapons to fight at night. From that observation, he developed his KAC RAS (Rail Adapter System) that is on just about every M4 today.
That simple solution helped extend the M16/M4 as an effective battle rifle well into the 21st century, and has been so successful that the Pentagon has included similar rails for sighting optics and night vision gear on most handheld weapons in this country’s military. Reed also saw that darkness should help—not challenge—our warriors, so he began developing a family of outstanding night vision gear. As a result, Reed has the UNS series now type-classified to KAC as the AN/PVS-22, AN/PVS-26 and the new AN/PVS-30. This has ensured that American trigger-pullers maintain undisputed superiority in their ability to conduct day or night operations and place precise shots that are limited only by the ballistics of their weapons. The ability to deny the cloak of darkness to terrorists—who once felt safe moving, striking or placing deadly IEDs at night—has saved many American and western troops from injury or death.
The SNS is descended from the KAC AN/PVS-26, which has been used for years by Spec Ops warfighters.
By Andre M. Dall'au
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