In recognition of the increasing number of women in combat roles in the U.S. Military, the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting puts out a TV ad that features a female Marine leading her men into battle. "Battle Up" features Marine Capt. Erin Demchko as the female officer... "The fighting spirit lives within all Marines. It conquers fear. Doubt. Weakness. It drives us to serve our country and our communities. It makes us who we are: Marines."

You can pre-order this PDI Custom S&T M40A3 Sniper Rifle at a reduced price at Evike.com which are expecting this to be available in June 2017... "The S&T M40A3 is a collaboration between S&T and PDI Japan with a goal to create the highest value and performance on an Airsoft sniper rifle.

A review of the USMC H&K M27 IAR from Elite Force/Umarex by Jonathan Higgs of Airsoftology... "Jonathan takes a look at the M27 IAR from Elite Force/Umarex to see if this really is the outdoor game powerhouse it appears to be. Plus, we show you what's new under the hood for the 2015 model, and why it matters."

For those who are waiting for this rifle, time to start placing orders as WGC Shop announced that they are taking pre-orders for the VFC USMC M40A5 Gas Sniper Deluxe Limited Edition. Set for release by the end of this month, this has a CNC'd Steel Muzzle Break, Aluminium Machined Tapered Barrel, fires at around 1.7joules, and comes a 14 round magazine. Price for this airsoft sniper rifle? It's US$420.00.

Vega Force Company (VFC) posted at their Facebook Page earlier today posters about their December 2013 release of their USMC M40A3 Air Cocking Sniper Rifle which is under license from McMillan and Action Sport Games (ASG). No pricing details yet but this is a finely made airsoft sniper rifle given VFC's reputation at detailed replication of the original.

As unabashed fans of the Colt 1911 pistol, there is one pistol based on the 1911 that we want produced for the airsoft market as soon as possible --- the Colt USMC M45A1 CQBP. The Military Arms Channel (MAC) reviews the pistol... "The Colt M45A1 is the new USMC service pistol.

A heads-up from Vega Force Company as they sent in an update about the upcoming VFC/Elite Force HK-USMC M27 IAR AEG version. The product will be released this week  is already released in Asia and above is the initial portrait image. According to Shen, a full 5-page product brochure will be be available for download when the product is being delivered to all the distributors.

With the recent news about the US Marine Corps banning the use of Polymer magazines as they see compatibity issues with the new USMC M27 IAR, we were expecting a reaction from Magpul as their PMAGs and EMAGs will be directly affected by this decision. Here's the statement from Magpul as issued by the founder himself who was an active USMC Recon, about this:

An interesting limited edition USMC M1911A Gas Blowback Pistol is now available at Future Energy. It has an exquisit carved USMC commemorative pattern amd real wood pistol grip cover. Only 500 pieces are available worldwide and for bulk orders (10 pieces and over) you can get it at US$200.00. Below than order, the pricing will be at a regular price of US$300.00.

Now, that didn't take long after announcing pre-orders of this anticipated GBB being made by Vega Force Company for Umarex. The Umarex HK416/M27 IAR Gas Blowback Rifle is now available for your purchase at WGC Shop for US$443.00 so better whip out your wallets and pull out that credit card if you want to be one for the first to have this. Nice thing is, it also comes with its own case.