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The parent company of the German-based Heckler & Koch Group on Tuesday announced a shake up in the gun maker’s top leadership.

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Heckler & Koch wants to settle out of court in a case over failed delivery of a shoulder-fired 25mm airburst grenade system to Orbital ATK and the U.S. Army.

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Author of the infamous Anarchist Cookbook, William Powell, died of a heart attack last July at the age of 66, but the news went largely unreported until a new documentary, American Anarchist, noted his death at the end of the film.

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“What’s better than shooting a multi-shot grenade launcher? Shooting it with The Gunny, of course,” Weiss said prior to a meeting at the range.

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After federal agents arrested a Detroit man on explosives charges, a search of his house turned up “an arsenal of weapons, ammunition, tactical gear and tactical training materials."

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Although admitting to changing his profile picture to one with him holding "Pebbles and Bam-Bam" in an effort to scare co-workers, authorities gave the man a mulligan since he deleted the images.

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If you have ever watched an action movie set after 1960, you have seen one. Heck, if you have ever been to a sandbox, you have encountered one. Its very abbreviation has become synonymous with an entire class of weapons. It is the humble RPG-7, and it’s simple, effective, and cheap. Why was it developed? […]

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There’s a cathartic feeling associated with the sudden desire for a bigger gun; like for instance, if you found yourself alone in a back alley in Badguyville with only a pocket pistol and your mitts. Its in these quiet moments that you may find yourself praying for something a little over the top like a lightweight 40 mm six-shot grenade launcher that is both easily portable and capable of laying waste to entire city blocks. Well, such a weapon exists and its called the Mikor MGL.

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One of oddest weapons ever carried by the US military looked like a massive sawn-off shotgun. With the improbable nickname of the ‘bloop gun’ this handy little grenade launcher has had an impressively long life.

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An independent Arizona filmmaker was convicted on child endangerment charges Monday after he wrapped his nephew in a sheet, handed him a fake grenade launcher and had him walk through the streets of Phoenix.

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A Jordanian-Russian joint venture to produce RPG-32 portable rocket-propelled grenade launchers in Jordan has been confirmed by the Russian arms manufacturer, Russian Technologies, less than 100 miles from the Syrian border.

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The Army’s experimental XM25 grenade launcher has been removed from service after a soldier was injured during a training exercise in Afghanistan. His injuries were minor and the XM25 will likely return shortly.

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