Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

The U.S. Army Contracting Command on Wednesday announced a contract award to Hecker & Koch worth over $33 million.

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On this episode of Select Fire, we trekked out to Gunship Helicopters in the Mojave Desert to hang out, shoot some cool stuff, and bask in some rotor wash. Established in 2015, Gunship Helicopters is based at their own helipad on a 71-acre private shooting range about a half-hour drive from Las Vegas. While in […]

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The U.S. Marine Corps this month selected Wixom, Michigan's Trijicon to supply their VCOG 1-8x28 as the service's new Squad Common Optic.

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Some 75 years ago today, 60,000 U.S. troops began a campaign to seize an eight square mile pork chop-shaped island none of them had likely heard of before-- Iwo Jima. Soon, they would never forget it. 

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The U.S. Air Force recently released some great images of their new GAU-5A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon in service.

The post The Air Force’s Neat-O GAU-5A: An M-4 Packed for Ejection Seats appeared first on Guns.com.

With 45 Presidents since 1789, many had a solid interest in fine firearms and often maintained and used extensive collections.

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South Carolina-based FN America beat out a crowd of other vendors to land a whale of a military contract for new M4s.

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South Carolina-based FN came to SHOT Show last week with several new additions to their 2020 catalog including a 6.5 Creedmoor SCAR.

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The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that Illinois-based Olin-Winchester picked up a huge contract for the production of small arms ammunition.

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A Mississippi munitions company got a $10 million nod last week from the Marines to supply an array of updated .50 caliber ammunition.

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Sig Sauer announced this week that the U.S. Special Operation Command has certified and taken delivery of the company's new MG 338 machine gun system.

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South Carolina-based FN America on Tuesday announced they were expanding caliber and color options for the popular SCAR 20S series. 

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