WASHINGTON — The Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program, now redesignated as the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, announced June 26 that a contract for prototypes will be awarded to two vendors: General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. and American Rheinmetall Vehicles LLC. The two vendors will prepare prototypes of a vehicle to replace the...
Rheinmetall Presents Mobile Smart Factory for Mobile Production of Spare Parts for Battle Damage Repair At an event organised by the European Defence Agency (EDA), Rheinmetall presented a new solution for the mobile production of spare parts for military vehicles.  Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH, an OEM for tactical and logistic tracked and wheeled vehicles, presented the...
MDM 23 – Marathon Targets It’s been quite awhile since we’ve mentioned Marathon’s autonomous targets. In addition to their individual robots, they’ve also introduced a vehicle. Shaped like a light pickup, it can be engaged with small arms fire to stop the vehicle. This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 at 20:30 and is filed under...
MDM 23 – Streamlight Introduces Two New Sidewinder Mounts Streamlight has introduced two new mounts for their Sidewinder light series. Above is the Hook and Loop Plate and below is the Contour ARC Rail Mount. Currently available in Coyote with Black coming later. Available now. This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 at 19:00 and is filed...
MDM 23 – Massif Revives Marine PMI Shooting Jacket The Marines haven’t procured the tried and true Primary Marksmanship Instructor Jacket in years. Massif stepped up and recreated the classic design for the Marines. The jacket retains the bellowed back cape, shortened sleeves, and left or right shoulder pads in the old green fatigue...