Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026
The U.S. Army’s Sidearm Switches That Quietly Changed Modern Combat
The U.S. Army has never had a pistol as the center of attention, but it has often been the equipment that allows the rest of the rig to function. Sidearm modifications are usually administrative on paper new caliber, new manual of arms, new contract but the trickle-down impact is...
The FBI Gel Test Trap: Why “Stops Threats” Claims Collapse Fast
Surety sells ballistic gel. A clean healing cut, a found mushroomed bullet, and a clean figure in inches can be taken to pass as evidence that a load hales threats.
The issue is that gel is a scale, rather than a conviction. As soon as gel deliverables are extrapolated into...
The Army’s Next Sidearm Problem: Why Handgun Design Hit a Wall
It is no new in over a hundred years that service pistols have promised the same fate: a small gadget, which operates in dirty environments, hangs on the body, and remains manageable in adrenaline-filled hands. The problem of the engineering is that almost all major gains compete with the...
