DefenceTalkIndia will buy more than 160,000 guns worth $553 million for troops on its disputed, high-altitude borders, the defence ministry said Tuesday. The defence acquisition council cleared the purchase of 72,400 assault rifles and 93,895 carbines for 35 billion rupees ($553 million) in a meeting chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The weapons will be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-buy-guns-worth-553-mn-for-border-troops-71084/

DefenceTalkThe 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is the first unit to receive the Army’s new Modular Handgun System that began fielding the M17 and M18 pistols, Nov 28. “This is another 101st first,” said Maj. Gen. Andrew P. Poppas, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) commander. “Our 75-year legacy is full of landmark moments like this.” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/101st-airborne-division-fields-us-armys-new-modular-handgun-system-70895/

DefenceTalkEstonia has said that it will join Finland to purchase heavy artillery from South Korea. Finland is expected to spend at least 100 million euros in the joint deal. Finnish Defence Forces have been working on a major procurement deal involving self-propelled howitzer artillery for some years now. The military wants to replace currently-used Soviet-built […]https://www.defencetalk.com/estonia-to-team-up-with-finland-for-joint-arms-deal-69060/

DefenceTalkGermany’s biggest small arms maker is bidding for the contract to supply the German army’s standard assault rifle. But Heckler & Koch’s HK433 would only replace the firm’s own scandal-ridden G36. The Bundeswehr is in the market for a new assault rifle, and all of Germany’s major gun-makers have now thrown their bids in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/heckler-koch-bids-to-replace-its-own-tarnished-gun-69008/

DefenceTalkFor most of its history, Rock Island Arsenal was a center for the production, overhaul, repair, inspection, testing and management of small arms for the U.S. Army. These days, RIA’s once-thriving small arms mission is mostly a thing of the past, with the last vestiges departing in recent years in the wake of a 2005 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/at-rock-island-arsenal-small-arms-are-a-big-deal-68997/

DefenceTalkSIG SAUER, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Army has selected the SIG SAUER Model P320 to replace the M9 service pistol currently in use since the mid-1980’s. Released in 2014, the P320 is a polymer striker-fired pistol that has proven itself in both the United States and worldwide markets. The P320 is the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sig-sauer-awarded-the-us-army-contract-for-its-new-modular-handgun-system-mhs-68863/

DefenceTalkChina has offered the Philippines guns and equipment worth $14 million to wage its war on drugs and combat terrorism, Manila’s defence minister said Tuesday, as ties improve under President Rodrigo Duterte. Beijing has publicly backed the controversial campaign, which has left 5,300 people dead in less than six months and drawn criticism from the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-offers-guns-worth-14-mn-for-drug-war-philippines-68704/

DefenceTalkGun manufacturers Heckler & Koch scored a legal victory against the Defense Ministry on Friday, when a court ruled they were not liable for damages over faulty assault rifles. Berlin had argued that the company’s G36 rifle was unable to shoot straight in hot weather or when it becomes overheated from constant firing. The court […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-military-loses-legal-battle-with-heckler-koch-68100/

DefenceTalkM+M listened to us and their customers and made some changes to the M10X Elite for 2016. The rifle will now feature a feature a folding stock mechanism, an internal dust cover similar to the Sig 550 series rifles and a 5/8X24RH threaded muzzle for all standard .30 caliber muzzle devices and suppressors. These guys […]https://www.defencetalk.com/shot-show-2016-updated-mm-industries-m10x-elite-66487/

DefenceTalkWe had a chance to stop by and see what DDI was offering for 2016 and they have a very interesting shotgun coming out soon. These are the same guys that produce the high quality DDI AK-47s you have seen on the channel. The DDI-12 is an affordable shotgun that pretty much trumps what is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/shot-show-2016-ddi-12-ak-based-12ga-shotgun-66489/