Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense recently showcased a commercial truck mounted to fire a pair of Hellfire Missiles. The Taiwanese development is reminiscent of the commercial vans equipped with Hellfire-derived Brimstone missiles we've seen in Ukraine.

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Troops from Ukraine's 28th Mechanized Brigade have shared photos of a unmanned ground vehicle (drone) with a shoulder-fired Igla-1 MANPADS mounted on it.

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There are a lot of different types of general purpose machine guns in use in Ukraine and one of the most surprising to appear so far is the M60.

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On 24 July the ongoing border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand flared into a 4 day armed conflict. Imagery from the brief conflict featured an interesting mix of small arms which I thought would be a good topic for a video.

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While pistols may not feature heavily on combat footage from the ongoing war in Ukraine, sidearms continue to be a key piece of equipment for many combatants. Germany has provided Ukraine with some 3,500 pistols, from the available visual evidence these have been distributed to some of Ukraine Sp...

In this video we'll explore the development and evolution of what I'm calling RPG-UGVs - ground drones armed with rocket propelled grenade launchers!

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In recent weeks Russia has begun deploying North Korean-manufactured 107mm multiple rocket launch systems. These small rocket launchers are the latest of the North Korean weapon systems to enter Russian service.

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This video represents about 18 months of tracking and research and months of collating and writing. It is a comprehensive look at the development of commercially available 'hoverboards' being turned into unmanned ground vehicles. In this video we'll examine the emergence and evolution of the conc...

A recent report by The Times looking at the UK-led Operation Interflex, an international effort training Ukrainian personnel in the UK, featured a plethora of new photos that suggest the UK has now procured IWI Galil Ace Rifles to aid in the training of Ukrainian troops.

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It's rare we see modern Western service rifles transferred direct from donor countries' stocks but in recent months a small not noteworthy number of Dutch C7NLDs have appeared in Ukraine.

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At the end of April, Ukraine announced the setting up of a marketplace for military technology and equipment - the Brave1 Market. Unsurprisingly the new initiative has quickly garnered comparisons with commercial sites like Amazon and eBay. Let's take a look at what's available on the new site.

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In the summer of 2022 the UK began developing a mobile air defence system for Ukraine using the ASRAAM air-to-air missile, the result was the Raven. In this video we take a look at the system and all available visual evidence of its use in Ukraine.

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Earlier this year I had the pleasure of visiting my friends at the Cody Firearms Museum and while having a look through their collection we came across a really interesting rifle. A Winchester prototype developed at the turn of the 20th century which had a T-shaped charging handle, something whic...

From imagery shared by Ukrainian armed forces personnel over recent months it appears that Italy has provided an unconfirmed number of Beretta SC70/90 5.56x45mm rifles. The SC70/90 is part of the AR70/90 family of rifles which has been in service since the 1990s.

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Ukraine's United Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine of the Special Purpose Police Department - the “Lyut” Brigade appear to have been equipped with Turkish-made KaleKalip KMG556 FN Minimi clones.

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Since our last video on gun-armed drone both sides have continued to develop the technology. Numerous Ukrainian teams have developed recoilless 'shotgun' drones designed to hunt other drones as well as developing and fielding an AK-armed FPV and a fixed wing gun drone. The Russians too have retur...

The UK’s Royal Marines have confirmed that some units of the UK Commando Force are now equipped with the SIG Sauer MCX.

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3D printing has become a key element in so many aspects of the ongoing war so it was inevitable that it would be leveraged in making this ad-hoc anti-drone ammunition. The 'buckshot' AK rounds we examined in December 2024 have evolved to incorporate 3D printed sabots to hold the shot.

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Development of gun-armed drones is moving rapidly in Ukraine. In this video we're going to take a look at the latest development: a gun-armed fixed wing UAV, the ZigZag from Ukrainian manufacturer Sky Defenders.

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The S8 is an 80mm family of unguided solid-fuel rockets which are typically fired from aircraft such as Mi-8 and Su-25s. This week, however, a video of an improvised launcher developed to be fired from the shoulder emerged, seemingly developed by Russian personnel.

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While the Mk19 40×53 mm automatic grenade launcher has become increasingly ubiquitous in Ukraine, alongside familiar Soviet-era AGLs like the AGS-17, but there are other automatic grenade launchers in use. In this video we'll look at the use of the comparatively rare Heckler & Koch GMG.

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On 23 December 2024 the German government confirmed that 200 Heckler & Koch MG4 5.56x45mm machine guns had been delivered as aid to Ukraine. In this video we'll examine some of the first sightings of the guns and share some of the opinions of the combatants using them.

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On the 27 December, a Ukrainian fundraising charity posted a series of short videos featuring a drone with a pair of gun barrels. The video showed the drone successfully shooting down several Russian drones.

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In this special episode Matt has the privilege of field stripping a Heckler & Koch G11. He strips the rifle down into its major assemblies and then explains how the 'space magic' works!

Matt explains how the recoil management system, that compensated for the recoil of firing a 3-round burst at ...