First Gates, Now McCain Rips Army Handgun Program
Last week, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates ripped into the U.S. Army’s program to buy a new handgun for soldiers. Now, Sen. John McCain is blasting the service’s acquisition program known as the...
View ArticleLet Soldiers Buy Pistols Like Shades: Lawmaker
Sen. John McCain, a longtime congressional critic of the Pentagon’s troubled acquisition programs, is turning his scrutiny to the Army’s effort to find a replacement for the Beretta M9. The senator...
View ArticleBeretta Marketing M9A3 to Military and LE Units
Beretta Defense Technologies recently announced that the Beretta Model M9A3 9mm pistol is now shipping to law enforcement dealers, law enforcement agencies and is now being offered to military...
View ArticleArmy Taps Aviator to Oversee Soldier Small Arms
The U.S. Army Project Manager Soldier Weapons has a new leader. Col. Brian C. Stehle, a career Army aviator, assumed command of PMSW from Col. Scott C. Armstrong, in August, but for some reason,...
View ArticleSurefire Boosts Power on Its X300 Ultra-B Weapon Light
Surefire’s X300 Ultra-B model weapon light is now more powerful. “With its new and improved T-slot mounting system, our new X300 Ultra quickly and securely attaches to more rail-equipped handgun makes...
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SPARtool Chops, Digs, Saws, Pries and Hammers
An outdoorsman from Salt Lake City, Utah has designed a multi-use survival tool for heavy use in the wild. The SPARtool, a Halligan-style tool that combines a shovel, ax, saw, pry bar, pick and hammer...
View ArticleKinetic Concealment’s New Weapon Light/Laser Combo
Kinetic Concealment is showing off its new LC-01 Laser Light Combo just in time for SHOT Show 2016 later this month. LC-01 comes standard with a 200 lumens LED flashlight with high, low and strobe...
View ArticleHalo Optics’ New Hand-Held Range Finder
Halo Optics has a new, hand-held ranger finder designed for accurate readings out to 1,000 yards. I’ve never used one of these, but Halo products receive mostly good reviews on the web. “Delivering...
View ArticleComing Soon: Kit Up Goes to SHOT Show
If you can’t make it to Las Vegas next week for this year’s SHOT Show, don’t worry: Your friends here at Kit Up and Military.com have you covered. It wasn’t a tough decision. SHOT — for shooting,...
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Benchmade’s Amicus Stands out Among 2016 Designs
Benchmade’s new assisted-opening 490 Amicus sticks out among the knife company’s new products for 2016. (Note: if you are only interested in posts about inexpensive knives, then read no further.) The...
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Microtech Knives Unveils Its New Stormtrooper Auto
Microtech Knives is offering a limited-edition Stormtrooper version of its Ultratech Auto knife for all you Stars Wars geeks out there. It features a 3.46-inch white-finished Elmax blade and white...
View ArticleSurefire’s Sidekick Puts 300 Lumens on Your Key Ring
Surefire’s new Sidekick key ring light looks really handy. It’s got a 300-lumen beam as well as a 60 and a 5-lumen setting. “The rechargeable Sidekick was designed to attach to keys so it’s always...
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Knife Porn: IWI US Offers Tavor Tactical Folder
IWI US, Inc. just announced the release of its expensive new IWI Tavor Tactical Combat Folding Knife. This exclusive design is produced from the “finest CPM-154 steel and is set into a textured G-10...
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Knife Porn: Fox Knives Modras Dagger
Italian knife maker Fox Knives Military Division has a wicked new pig sticker. The Modras dagger features a tan-coated, 7-inch N690Co stainless steel blade with a hardness of 58-60. It has a full-tang...
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KitUp!’s Holiday Gift Guide
The shopping days before Christmas are slipping away. Maybe you finished all your shopping before Halloween. Or maybe you are like me and still agonizing about what to get the gift-worthy gearheads in...
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TOPS Knives New Tex Creek Folder
LAS VEGAS – TOPS Knives will soon be selling a folder version of its popular Tex Creek fixed blade. The Tex Creek is one of my favorite TOPS designs, but I have no need for a fixed blade. Leo...
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Nice Deal on Cold Steel’s New AK47 Fixed-Blade Knife
Knifecenter is offering 40-percent price reduction on Cold Steel’s AK47 Field Knife. Cold Steel came out with this fixed-blade version of its AK47 folding series earlier this year. “When we decided to...
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TOPS Knives Releases the SXB
TOPS Knives has released a new knife called Skullcrusher’s Extreme Blade. The name’s a little too moto for us but there will be some who like it (and names, like appearance, usually have very little...
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Knife Porn: Benchmade’s 757 Vicar
Benchmade knives has a nice design in its 757 Vicar. It was on display at Modern Day Marine 2015. The Shane Sibert design is Benchmade’s first knife to feature stacked G10 handle scales, resulting in...
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Raven Concealment’s New Vickers Signature Holsters
Raven Concealment Systems just unveiled its new Vickers Signature Series of holsters and magazine carriers. These sets are based on the legendary RCS Phantom Modular Holster, but with some significant...
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