Haysville, OH – HOP Munitions, a veteran-operated ammunition manufacturer based in Ohio, is proud to announce its new partnership with ARK Protection Group, a premier security and executive protection firm. Through this partnership, HOP Munitions will serve as ARK’s official ammunition provider for both training and operational requirements. Several key factors contributed to this collaboration,…
When you combine low interest rates and slow growth, you come to find it is hard to get a good deal when buying a product. That is particularly true with guns and accessories where balancing features with price is a hard trick. One brand that has consistently exceeded expectations is Vortex. Eons ago, in my…
There’s an Atropia movie coming out, a military-centric film that promises to be a little more light-hearted than the recent Warfare…even though it looks like it reflects at least a little of the ridiculosity inherent in any large military/bureaucratic endeavor. Most of ya reading this don’t need a bunch of background on the failing nation-state…
An artist named Kerr Eby is the focus of this biographical homage by OG Breach-Bang-Clear writer/photographer Chris Hernandez. Eby witnessed a significant portion of the Pacific War, including the Battles of Tarawa and Guadalcanal. Some people (including Chris) say he’s responsible for an image that best exemplifies the spirit of the Marine Corps in WWII…maybe…
In June 1966, a significant portion of the 1st Marine Division’s Area of Operations (AO) included the provinces of Quang Ngai and Quang Tin, in the southern portion of the I Corps Military Region. Straddling the two are the hills of Que Son Valley, including Nui Vu: also known as Hill 488.. Reports of North Vietnamese forces moving…
Marines don’t like to be called soldiers – because they are “Marines” first, last and always – and these days it would be hard to confuse the two. On the battlefield, U.S. Marines don’t look like those serving in the U.S. Army because for nearly 20 years, the United States Marine Corps has been wearing…
There’s no more recognizable American knife than the USMC KaBar. The iconic Marine knife is it–nothing else comes close. It’s the knife equivalent of the 1911. The iconic Marine knife went to war in 1942 (specifically, the M1219C prototype did), and it hasn’t left the battlefield since. It needs little introduction for our readers, so…
Here we go. It’s the start of Gyrene Week. Or Marine Week, or Leatherneck Week, etc. Call it what you want, just don’t do it disrespectfully. One week from today marks 250 years of Marine Corps history. That’s right, it’s the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday, and you, oh lucky, lucky reader, are about to get…
Washington Irving is occasionally credited as America’s first historian. While his works generally played fast and loose with the facts, he never failed to capture the culture of the times. Perhaps his best and most famous work is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, first published in 1820. More than two hundred years later, this short…
The Wonder Nine dominated the 1980s. We know many of their names, among them being the Beretta 92, the Browning Hi Power, and the CZ 75. Spain’s Star 30M pistol is not likely to make the list. In service with Spain from 1981 to 1994 and exported in quantity to police forces in Chile, Peru,…