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GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — The 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment will have a powerful new weapon when it deploys to Afghanistan next summer. On Thursday, 2nd Cav soldiers put the M1128 Mobile Gun System vehicle to the test at Grafenwöhr Training Area, firing rounds into range targets representing Taliban compounds. The MGS — as it’s known — can fire four types of ammunition, depending on the situation, to take out walls, bunkers, vehicles or enemy ground forces. In combat, the MGS is part of a platoon with three ordinary Strykers carrying infantry soldiers. The MGS sits back, keeping a lookout for enemy...

Friday Night Gun Porn I hadn't thought of this in years till tonight, so google comes to the rescue. The TOUGHEST DAMN SPORT IN THE WORLD!!! The real Top Guns: Never mind health and safety - the world's most dangerous sport is back... the Royal Navy's field gun competition I had watched this several times on tv back in the 80's/90's and I remember watching this one iirc on ESPN... Royal Naval field Gun Competition 1999 this was their 108th and final Royal year...command' competition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32s4qCCFnmk&feature=player_embedded

Lockheed Martin successfully fired a U.S. Army Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket 92 kilometers in a recent test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The flawless test highlighted recent product improvements of this battle-proven system to give it a longer reach, maintaining its accuracy and effectiveness while minimizing potential collateral damage. Firing crews for the launch were from the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery from Fort Lewis, WA. This test firing of a unitary GMLRS met all mission objectives, which included: + Verify production of GMLRS and HIMARS production lines; + Validating rocket and launcher reliability; + Proving...

Deck Guns Gain Range Nov 4, 2009 Andy Nativi/Genoa The demand for naval guns is driven by two requirements, each at the extreme end of the performance spectrum. One is for artillery whose ranges go well beyond those of the big guns used in World War II. The average range of naval guns then was 35-40 km. (22-25 mi.), with the 18-in. (46-cm.) guns of Japan's Yamato-class battleships capable of firing 1,460-kg. (3,218-lb.) projectiles 26 mi. The other requirement is for small-caliber weapons to defend against airborne and asymmetric threats and for use in missions where navies confront pirates and...

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Oct. 23, 2009 – Army Sgt. Carlos Medina is relaxing in his room at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam here when his radio breaks the silence. Medina and his unit are needed to provide field artillery support. Soldiers fire an M-198 155 mm howitzer at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam in Lagham province, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2009. The artillerymen help support forward maneuvering elements. U.S Army photo by Spc. Derek L. Kuhn   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Medina leaps into action. “Fire mission!” he yells to the other artillerymen who live in the rooms adjacent...

Raytheon fired nine Excalibur Ia-1 precision-guided projectiles from a Paladin gun system. The test validates the increased reliability of the projectile's new Atlantic Inertial Systems inertial measurement unit (AIS IMU). Using the new IMU, Raytheon achieved a 100 percent success rate. "Excalibur Ia-1 is an extraordinarily capable weapon," said Steve Bennett, Raytheon's Excalibur program director. "In an effort to provide ever-increasing performance and to meet changing operational requirements, we needed an IMU that met Excalibur's stringent standards." Excalibur Ia-1 tests using the new AIS IMU began 10 months ago and have consistently demonstrated increased precision with an average impact distance...

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2009 – A 46-pound artillery round explodes into the hills surrounding Forward Operating Base Kalagush here as Afghan National Army forward observers watch patiently, consulting their maps. An Afghan soldier covers his ears as a fellow soldier fires a D-30 122 mm howitzer artillery cannon during a live-fire exercise at Forward Operating Base Kalagush in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, Aug. 2, 2009. The training marked the first time 4th Kandak forward observers called in an artillery strike for Afghan artillerymen. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. After an adjustment,...

NURESTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 17, 2009 – When there’s an attack on Forward Operating Base Kalagush here, someone must be on hand to react and fire back. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cory J. Cummings, a gunnery sergeant, looks through the scope of a mortar tube to check the azimuth during daily operations at Forward Operating Base Kalagush in Afghanistan’s Nurestan province, July 5, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Raney  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. That’s the job of Army Staff Sgt. Cory J. Cummings, the gunnery sergeant for Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, Task...

THOMASVILLE, N.C. - An Archdale man was seriously injured Saturday when a cannon went off while he was preparing to fire it to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, according to officials in the Davidson County Sheriff's Office. Kevin Scott Hankins, of 2205 Lockwood Circle, was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center shortly after 10 p.m. with serious injuries to his arms and hands as well as lacerations and burning to his torso, waist, neck, head and arms, deputies said. Investigators said Hankins was standing in front of the cannon, packing gun powder in it after a misfire...

A Minnesota couple's home came under fire, sort of. On April 7, a 102-pound artillery shell flew over Rich and Kelly Nelson's home and landed on their 80-acre property on April 7. They live four miles south of Pillager, near Camp Ripley, which is where the shell originated. Capt. Ross Nieber told the Brainerd Dispatch BAE Systems, a defense company, was testing weapons. The company fired eight inert rounds. Nieber said one flew 800 meters off Camp Ripley property onto the Nelson's property. As it skidded along the ground, it damaged trees and finally came to rest about 400 meters...

BARROW, UK: BAE Systems workers today celebrated delivery of the 500th M777 howitzer to the US military. Weighing in at less than 4200kg, the revolutionary M777 is the world's first artillery weapon to make widespread use of titanium and aluminum alloys, resulting in a howitzer which is half the weight of conventional 155mm systems. BAE Systems Global Combat Systems' facility at Barrow-in- Furness is responsible for the prime contract management of the M777 programme, including direct customer liaison and acceptance of the weapon system in the US, control of the UK and US supply chain, engineering design authority and manufacturing...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 23, 2009 – Artillerymen from France and the United States teamed up to teach their Afghan counterparts how to operate American artillery weapons March 14 at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan. Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, and French soldiers from the 35th Airborne Artillery taught the course. “Our mission was to bring the ANA over with the French and to show them our indirect field artillery piece,” said Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Fluharty, platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, 4-25 FA. “It is very important that they learn this because...

N.Korea Fires Artillery Near Border North Korean artillery forces staged an intensive firing exercise on Tuesday near the Northern Limit Line, the de-facto border in the West Sea, putting South Korean military authorities on high alert. According to the Defense Ministry, North Korean artillery batteries deployed in Haeju and on the Ongjin Peninsula fired dozens of shells into the West Sea in the morning and afternoon. Some residents on Yeonpyeong Island reported hearing the report of guns several times between 9 to 10 a.m. The ministry said the firing seems to be part of "routine winter exercises" and should not...

The North deploys artillery on coast of the Yellow Sea Seoul developing countermeasures to contend with the potential new threat February 14, 2009 South Korea’s military has recently upgraded its manuals to counter increased threats by North Korea’s coastal artillery systems on the western side of the peninsula, military sources said yesterday. “Coastal artillery pieces are normally hidden in caves, but the North’s military has recently brought them outside along the western coastal line,” a South Korean military source said. Although Park Sung-woo, public affairs chief of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said such activity could prove to be...

A decommissioned French warship built with 700 tonnes of asbestos-­contaminated material was tugged into the mouth of the river Tees to be broken up today amid fears for the health of Hartlepool residents. The Clemenceau, a 32,780-tonne aircraft carrier which was once the pride of the French navy and operated in the first Gulf war, arrived from Brest in Brittany. The 51-year-old vessel, now known as Q790, is considered so toxic it has already been turned away from shipyards in India, Turkey and Greece.

U.S. defense officials say a Navy vessel that is part of the new piracy task force intercepted and searched an Iranian-owned ship that officials feared was carrying arms to Hamas. It's unclear whether those suspicions were founded. Two defense officials say the Cypriot-flagged commercial vessel was tracked by a U.S. Navy ship in the Red Sea over the weekend. One official says it was boarded with the consent of the vessel's crew on Monday and Tuesday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The search turned up ammunition that included artillery...

The most significant deficiency of the Iraqi Security Forces is its missing artillery. Artillery is called the "King of the Battlefield" because it is the single largest casualty maker in conventional war. Currently, The Iraqi Army's largest indirect fires is its company's 60mm mortar sections. While the current emphasis has been on fielding more infantry to the detriment of supporting elements, the Iraqi Army plans to fill out the artillery component from 2009 through 2011. Until that is complete, US forces will have to remain to provide support and training to Iraqi forces.

Army News video: Quebec reservists train to deploy with artilleryValcartier, QC – 5 RALC teaches recruits about equipment, tactics for future Afghanistan missions.

Soldiers from the 10th Iraqi Army Special Operations unit, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division, and the 341st Romanian Infantry Bn. prepare to conduct indirect fire observation training in the Dhi Qar province, Nov. 25. Photo by Maj. Chad Carroll. CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER — The Iraqi Army conducted indirect fire training in the Dhi Qar province, Nov. 25, with U.S. and Romanian counterparts. The 10th Iraqi Army Special Operations unit teamed with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and the 341st Romanian Infantry Battalion to develop their artillery and mortar capabilities. The troops fired rocket-assisted projectile...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2008 – From a distance the barrels of the howitzers can be seen above the barriers surrounding Forward Operating Base Kala Gush. The weapons are ready to fire at a second’s notice, providing fire support to the immediate area. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Valdez, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, gun line NCO in charge, gets mission information from the Joint Operations Center on the radio, at Forward Operating Base Kala Gush, Afghanistan, July 30, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adora Medina, 3rd Brigade Combat...

CAMP TAJI, Iraq, July 28, 2008 – The rank insignia of a noncommissioned officer gives the wearer a title as well as the power to accomplish certain tasks and objectives, but the rank alone doesn’t always make a leader. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Lowers, a Sunrise, Fla., native, and platoon chief, 1st Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad, poses next to an M777 Howitzer at Camp Taji, Iraq, July 21, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lyndsey R. Dransfield, Multinational Division Baghdad  (Click photo for...

An AS90 returning fire on Tallil's insurgents. Photoby Cpl. Rob Nyffenegger, Australian Defence Force.An AS90 returning fire on Tallil's insurgents. Photoby Cpl. Rob Nyffenegger, Australian Defence Force. BASRA — When Coalition forces came under heavy attacks from insurgents in Iraq, the flames of the British Army gunners' 155mm AS90s proved to be the showstopper. Packed off from the gun lines on the Contingency Operating Base (COB) in Basra, a team from D Battery, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, deployed north to Tallil. As well as delivering munitions back at the insurgents' door, the Gunners' 155mm self-propelled weapon,capable of firing 96lb...

American and Canadian troops have begun using the Excalibur shell in Afghanistan earlier this year. A year ago, American troops began using Excalibur in Iraq. This was just timely, because Islamic warriors tend to use civilians as human shields, and that means you have to be precise when you go after the bad guys with artillery. A typical situation has enemy gunmen holding out in one building of a walled compound or village. In nearby buildings, there are women and children. While killing the enemy is good, killing the civilians can be a very bad thing. Smart bombs should be...

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - In South Jersey, the discovery of unexploded artillery shells from World War II has stalled plans to develop a new expo center. The sheer number of artillery shells staggered the mayor. It was found at the now closed Palmyra Drive-In Theater on Route 73. "We were hoping, hoping to only find one or two or three maybe. We're now up to nearly 200, or 181 as reported to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, but there's since been another 20," Palmyra Mayor John Gural, Jr. said. The Army was anxious to develop new anti-tank rounds...

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2008 – Army Spc. Pastor Paul Durano, originally from the Philippines, joined the ranks of his comrades and became an American citizen during a naturalization ceremony here earlier this month. Army Spc. Pastor Paul Durano became an American Citizen in Baghdad’s Al Faw Palace on April 12, 2008. Durano, a native of Cubu City, Philippines, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, participated in a naturalization ceremony for 259 deployed soldiers. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Durano, a member of 10th Mountain Division’s Headquarters and Headquarter Battery, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, participated...

Jefferson Township, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A piece of artillery that was apparently misfired by the military crashed through the roof of a home miles away Friday and injured a young girl's cat, which had to be euthanized, officials said. No people were injured when the 2-pound piece hit the Jefferson Township home about 2 1/2 miles from the Picatinny Arsenal and landed in the girl's bed, said Peter Rowland, arsenal spokesman. She wasn't home, but her cat was sleeping on the bed. Excerpt

An M109A6 Paladin fires its 155mm Howitzer from Badoush prison, just outside Mosul, Iraq, in support of ground forces in Mosul, Iraq, on March 29. The Howitzer, belonging to Howitzer Battery, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment from Fort Hood, Texas, is firing illumination rounds to expose enemy movement in Mosul. Photo by Spc. John Crosby. MOSUL — The urban terrain of Operation Iraqi Freedom limits the use of large cannons and field artillery units. The days of all out destruction and artillery raining down from the skies seem to be over. But there are still uses for these Soldiers and instances...

OTTAWA — Canadian army gunners in Afghanistan are now cleared to fire GPS-guided artillery shells at Taliban militants - at the cost of $150,000 a round. The Excalibur shell could very well be the most expensive conventional ammunition ever fired by the military. Supporters argue that the weapon, which has the ability to correct itself in flight, has pinpoint accuracy. They predict that will cut down on the mounting civilian death toll from air strikes in a war-torn region, where insurgents often hide among the population. "It lands exactly where you want it to land," said Lt.-Col. Jim Willis, a...

"Use simulated velocity and elevation controls to destroy enemy targets with indirect fire"

Light Weight Towed Howitzer (LWTH) 155mm M777A1 — MERX LOI NoticeA request for Letters of Interest has been issued for the planned procurement of 34 new 155mm howitzers. The new artillery pieces would not be ordered until after the current Afghan deployment. Deliveries of the new guns would not commence until 2012. As expected, this LOI was written around the in-service M777 howitzer. Despite mentioning the in-service M777, the LOI does not specifically require that the winning bid be for that BAE Systems gun. However, the winning LWTH must closely match the M777’ characteristics, accept its targeting system, and match...

India invites proposals for 2.5 billion-dollar artillery contract (AFP) 14 January 2008 NEW DELHI - India on Monday said it had invited proposals from global weapons manufacturers for the purchase of 140 medium calibre artillery guns worth 2.5 billion dollars. ‘The RFP (request for proposals) for the procurement of 140 ultra-light howitzer guns has been issued,’ Indian army chief Deepak Kapoor told reporters on the sidelines of a military function. ‘The army will issue global tenders shortly for the procurement of the 155-millimetre (six-inch) howitzers,’ he said and added a separate bid for 155 ‘advanced guns’—or heavy weaponry—would be also...

The M777A2 Light Weight 155 mm Howitzer made its debut at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 2. The Soldiers from Battery B "Banditos," 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, first Army unit to field and fire the cannon system in Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christina Bhatti. CAMP TAJI -- The Soldiers from Battery B, “Banditos,� 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, “Warrior,� 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, made history, Jan. 2, when they were the first Army unit to...

QALAT, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2008 – A smiling jester grins down from their ballcaps, but the soldiers who wear them are all business. And when they go looking for a fight in Afghanistan’s Zabul province, the big guns that cover them are no joke either. Sgt. Roholluh, from the 4th Kandak of the Afghan National Army’s 205th Corps, sights a D-30 howitzer. The howitzer is part of a three-gun battery on forward operating base Wolverine, which supports Afghan National Army and coalition military operations against insurgents in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M....

BAGHDAD — When one thinks of a police force, he may think of a two-man team, patrolling through a neighborhood in their white-Chevy Monte Carlo, with blue and red lights, and the word “police” written on the side. They move throughout talking with local citizens at the diner, coffee shop, or on the streets corners. No matter what community, country or religious sect, policemen are there to “protect and serve.” Take away the type of vehicle, re-write it in Arabic, from right to left, and an average policemen in Iraq is no different. One of the biggest areas of focus...

LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA — Every military operation begins with security. The 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery (FA) is charged with terrain denial, which is an essential piece of this mission. The villages and farms surrounding Logistics Support Area Anaconda were at one time home to countless insurgents, and the townspeople and farmers were either powerless or too frightened to do anything about it. The result was frequent and well aimed indirect fire attacks which earned the camp its infamous nickname “Mortaritaville.” In order to disrupt these attacks it is necessary to find out the location where the mortars are...

Analysis: China artillery force seeks to strike aircraft carriers HONG KONG, Sep. 21 ANDREI CHANG Column: Military Might In the event of conflict in the Taiwan Strait, if the United States were to send an aircraft carrier to the scene, it would likely remain in an area 800-1,000 kilometers from the spot of engagement. This is what happened in 1999 when China sent a series of air sorties over the island and the United States sent two aircraft carriers to the area as a warning. This distance poses very complicated and difficult challenges for detecting, positioning and tracking the target...

Army News video: RCA training for gun line defence SHILO, Manitoba - Royal Canadian Artillery provides fire support and defence from advancing enemy.

WASHINGTON - A Raytheon Co. satellite-guided artillery shell, the first weapon of its kind, killed a top al- Qaeda leader in Iraq, the U.S. military said. The firing of two new 155mm “Excalibur” shells was part of a combined Army and Air Force assault July 14 on a meeting house in Arab Jabour south of Baghdad directed against the leader, Abu Jurah, and 14 associates, U.S. forces said today. Raytheon, the world’s biggest missile maker and Southern Arizona’s largest employer, developed the Excalibur with Bofors Defence of Sweden. The statement e-mailed from Baghdad said Abu Jurah was “the top target”...

UK and Afghan artillery units are working closely together to deter attacks by the Taliban on NATO units in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Artillery gunners from the Afghan National Army are providing vital support to Afghan and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers from their desert operating base near Garmsir, Helmand Province. The 4th Combat Support Artillery Kandak plays a key role in helping the troops manning the bases in and around Garmsir to defeat the regular attacks mounted on them by the Taliban. Living and working in the hot, windswept and dusty conditions, the Afghan National Army soldiers are mentored...

India’s big-bang shopping gun booms SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, April 4: India has reopened an artillery competition for global armament manufacturers for an order that could be worth more than Rs 15,000 crore. The defence ministry has re-floated two global tenders — called Requests for Proposals (RFP) — inviting bids from 12 makers of 155mm/52 calibre self-propelled guns, a source told The Telegraph here today. This signals the beginning of a fresh round of big-ticket defence procurements for Indian military orders running into billions of dollars. An RFP for 126 multi-role combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force (for an...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE UNION III, Iraq, April 3, 2007 — Since arriving in Iraq, the soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, have demonstrated their wide-ranging abilities by taking on missions atypical for field artillery. Until recently, the majority of the battalion’s soldiers have been responsible for providing VIP escorts for officials around Baghdad. Now the battalion is taking on a new mission and their own area-of-operations -- an area of Baghdad known as Qadisiyh. “We’re just going to try to give them some of the things that we sometimes take for...

Sgt Albert Cook runs out of a M109A6 Paladin, a Self-Propelled Howitzer, to retrieve canisters for indirect fire missions at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, in the Diyala Province of Iraq. The artillery Soldier is a member of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. BAQUBAH --If any one knows what it means to adjust fire, it is the Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Instead of sending rounds down range, these Fort Hood Soldiers served as infantrymen, and even called for fire support during...

Park to limit howitzer use during winter By MIKE STARK Of The Gazette Staff Controlled avalanches along Yellowstone National Park's Sylvan Pass will be triggered more from helicopters this year than by shooting the aging 105mm howitzer on the hill. Park officials for years have been looking to reduce their reliance on the howitzer because it's unsafe for employees and has a long record of shooting duds that could later detonate. "If this was an easy problem to be solved, it would've been solved a decade ago," said Steve Swanke, Yellowstone's acting health and safety manager, who has been involved...

On Dec. 4, 1983, 28 aircraft from the USS Independence Carrier Battle Group attacked Hezbollah and Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Two U.S. Navy A-7s were lost on the mission and a third aircraft was damaged. One of the downed pilots died of wounds in captivity and the other, Lt. Robert Goodman, was taken prisoner and paraded before the cameras. Though Lt. Goodman was eventually released, the U.S. Navy had learned a hard lesson. Ten days later, U.S. reconnaissance flights were fired on again -- but this time the response was different. Instead of launching air strikes, the...

Smerch: an heir to Katyusha 22:38 | 06/ 09/ 2006 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Viktor Litovkin) - Multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRSs) stand out among the weapons and military equipment produced by the Russian defense industry. The 300mm Smerch, which is sometimes called an heir to the Katyusha, is the most powerful of them all, and this is not some journalistic exaggeration. Russia has pioneered these launchers. The first patent, numbered 3603 and dated April 9, 1939, for "The Mechanized Unit for Firing Rocket Projectiles of Different Calibers" was granted to Soviet inventors Andrei Kostikov, Ivan Gvai and Vasily Aborenkov....

PARIS, July 21, 2006 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has ordered 76 artillery howitzers from the French armaments manufacturer Giat Industries, sources close to the purchase told AFP Friday. Giat Industries announced a sale of its 155-millimetre Caesar artillery systems but did not give the name of the client nor the amount of money to change hands. The order came as Saudi Arabia's defence minister Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz was in France on a two-day visit. He saw President Jacques Chirac on Thursday and was to hold talks with his counterpart Michele Alliot-Marie later Friday.

Current ABC news web site has photo of large Israeli field artillery piece firing. (Be patient, picture set rolls.) In foreground there are two pallets of either 155mm 175mm or 203mm (8 inch) rounds. One set is a typical olive drab/green. Assume they are HE projectiles. Other are a very bright neon green, like safety green. Very diferent from the OD. What does the bright neon green color on projos signify these days?

Thanks for nothing Bill Clinton!

While sticking to its demand for the establishment of an independent inquiry into a blast on a Gaza beach 10 days ago that killed seven Palestinian civilians, the Human Rights Watch conceded Monday night for the first time since the incident that it could not contradict the IDF's exonerating findings. On Monday, Maj.-Gen. Meir Klifi - head of the IDF inquiry commission that cleared the IDF of responsibility for the blast - met with Marc Garlasco, a military expert from the HRW who had last week claimed that the blast was caused by an IDF artillery shell. Following the three-hour...

MINNEAPOLIS, June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK - News) announced today that it successfully tested its advanced, 155mm precision projectile -- Saber. Saber offers the U.S. Army a design capability and a low per unit cost for the Block 1B upgrade to the Excalibur program. Saber was fired from a 155mm cannon, using a Zone-5 charge, the most powerful charge configuration used by U.S. forces. Saber will give artillery batteries a precision-fire capability with significantly more stand-off range than current 155mm artillery. It is designed for compatibility with all existing and future 155mm cannons. "The relatively simple design...