This article was in the May 2012 issue of SOF, and covered the inaugural Shooter's Cup. The Second Green Beret Shooters Cup is being held on 13 October, 2012. For more information, go to www.sfa78cup.com.

The First Green Beret Shooters Cup
Elite law enforcement officers from across Southern California quickly responded last year to an invitation to compete in a physically demanding pistol shoot that benefitted wounded-in-action Green Berets – the first Green Beret Shooters Cup.

The U.S. Army is preparing to conduct a second Forward Operational Assessment of its XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement airburst weapon system.

Program managers are seeking to expedite development of the system, refine and improve the technology, and ultimately begin formal production by the fall of 2014, service officials said during a roundtable, Sept. 20, at Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Ga.

Female Soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky., preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan are getting a chance to weigh in on the latest innovation in personal protective equipment: body armor designed specifically to fit them.

Any woman who has deployed to the combat zone can tell you what's wrong with wearing the improved outer tactical vest, or IOTV -- military-speak for body armor -- it's designed for a man's body.

Video by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

Asking the question, “What’s wrong with the GLOCK?” could bring answers ranging from “nothing,” to a number of suggestions that I’m sure would be interesting. At the outset, let’s clarify that we’re referring to GLOCK pistols prior to the current Gen. 4 series.

At the end of April, Anniston Army Depot began a new reset program for M777 medium, towed Howitzers with assistance from BAE Systems.

The M777 artillery system was created by BAE to replace the M198, an artillery system Anniston Army Depot has repaired and overhauled.

In 2011, the installation performed the first overhaul for the M777 and, in the process, learned not only to repair the Howitzer, but also gained the capability to weld with titanium.

The M777 system uses titanium in an effort to reduce weight, while maintaining weapon effectiveness.

A military utility assessment held at Fort Benning, Ga., in September 2011 has concluded that all participating Soldiers immediately noticed the reduced weight of a prototype light machine gun and most would prefer it to the current squad automatic weapon used in battle.

The light machine gun, known as the LMG, is part of the Lightweight Small Arms Technologies, or LSAT, program at the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal.

Here are some photos from LaRue Tactical's Machining Operating Tour!

The 2012 Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT) was held again in Las Vegas from Tuesday, 17 January, to Friday, 20 January. Over the last few years, it has become traditional to hold a “Range Day” at a local range where a number of SHOT venders make their products available to an ever growing number of journalists, self-styled and otherwise, to shoot free ammo and generally gaggle/babble about. More than a few of these boobs tend to wave muzzles around in the air, so I simply pass.