Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026

James Thompson

The AR-15’s Real Ballistics: What the Numbers Actually Say

They toss around AR-15 “ballistics” as though it is one, constant set of figures. Practically, the figures oscillate in all directions with length of barrel, shape of projectile and what the bullet strikes when it comes out of the muzzle. Next is a numbers-first examination of the real-world ballistics behavior...
Charles Mitchell

7 Hidden Variables That Make a Rifle Suddenly Shoot Worse

A rifle that had it yesterday and can not to-day remain with the usual company, is often not one that is ill in one explosive failure. It is more frequently a pile of little mechanical and maintenance variables which humbly sneak up through the paper until they are felt. The...
Charles Mitchell

Eight Hard Lessons the Abrams Is Teaching the Drone Battlefield

Can a 60-ton tank be relevant when threats come in terms of volume, cheaply, and above? The answer to this question has become an engineering problem: how to sustain a shielded direct-firing platform alive in a battlespace that has been flooded with FPV drones, loitering munitions, and around-the-clock visibility....