If you have been following the latest developments in military hardware, you would have heard about the new howitzer the U.S. Army has been developing. What you see here is the new Army howitzer that has been development under its Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program and it is now officially designated M1299. M1299 is […]
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Meet Arquus Scarabee, The First Natively Hybrid Military Vehicle
It’s not like the military never thought of going electric (think diesel electric submarine), but the Arquus Scarabee Hybrid Armored 4×4 is the first natively hybrid military vehicle any government’s money can buy, or will be able to buy once it gets past its prototype stage. Developed by French defense contractor, Arquus, Arquus Scarabee Hybrid […]
Empty Shell’s Suitcase-sized Minigun Looks Strangely Adorable
I know what you are thinking: this multi-barrel machine gun looks kind of cute. I also know that it is totally odd, or even out of place, to refer to a deathbringer as “cute.” It is adorable because, the XM556, as it is known, is just half the size of an M134 Minigun (you know, […]
China Has A Humvee-like Military Vehicle That Launches Suicide Drones
China is surely ramping up its military capability and with it, sprawling an industry that rapidly introduced rather disturbing military hardware, like the unmanned amphibious vehicle that could stay dormant for months before call to action and weird drone that is designed to drop precision bombs, for examples. The latest to surface is this armored […]
BAE Systems MAGMA UAV Maneuvers By Puffing Air Instead Of Using Flaps
How aircraft takes off, flies and land hasn’t change a lot since its invention. They uses a combination of ailerons, elevators and rudders (otherwise known as control surfaces) to do so. Even rotary wing aircraft uses the same principle, except that in helicopters, it is maneuvered by manipulating the main and tail rotors via cyclic […]
DroneBullet is A “Missile Drone” That Will Knock Drones Out Of The Sky
It looks like the Russian homing rocket that is designed to knock out drones isn’t alone. A Canadian company, AerialX, also has a similar anti-drone drone that does the same and it is called DroneBullet – a name no doubt inspired by the shape of the drone and also what it is designed to do. […]
This Homing Rocket Is Designed To Knock Out Drones Out Of The Sky
We have seen enough counter-drone measures here. From drone-snagging eagle to bazooka that fires a net to all sort of electronic rifles, we have seen it all, but this anti-drone from Russia is different. This unnamed anti-drone weapon, as demonstrated in a video, can precisely homed into a rogue drone and knock it out of […]
China Revealed The World’s First Combat Amphibious Drone
You have seen and read about the military’s seafaring drones, AKA unmanned sea vehicles or USV, and I am sure most of us are aware of land-roaming drones. Now, meet one that is both an unmanned sea vehicle and a land combat drone from China called Marine Lizard. It is a full-fledged drone outfitted with […]
For $45, You Can Protect Your Nether Region From Blast With “Blast Shorts”
Are your eyebrows raised already? Mine certainly did when I first saw this bizarre-to-regular-beings product. OK. Officially it is not called British Military Surplus Bulletproof Men’s Underwear; the official name as listed on Sportsman’s Guide is “British Military Surplus Blast Shorts with Kevlar, Like New.” Now. First thing first. There’s a huge difference between ’bulletproof’ […]
MD Helicopters’ Enhanced MD 696 Can Launch A Bunch Of Drones In The Air
American helicopter maker MD Helicopters may have just changed the face of close air support with the enhanced MD 969 Twin Attack Helicopter. First unveiled at the HAI Heli-Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, last month, MD Helicopters also took to the 2019 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit at Nashville, Tennessee, to show off the light […]