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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨 In the past six months, however, there have been a number of sightings of much more complex Chinese weapons; FN-series man portable air defence systems, in this video I take a look at the sightings! (Link 👇) #UkraineWar #SALW #MANPADS

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨 The F1 is a fragmentation grenade, adopted by the Australian Army in the late 1990s, it began to appear in the hands of Ukrainian forces in 2023. Link to video, below! 👇 armourersbench.com/2026/05/17/a... #UkraineWar #Grenades #SALW #UkraineRussiaWar

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 It is 58 years since the US Army adopted a new offensive grenade, the new M111 Offensive Hand Grenade is intended to provide enhanced capability in confined spaces and augment the M67 frag grenade. Full vid & article linked below 👇

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨 While the US Army is SIG Sauer's most prominent customer a number of other countries have now begun to procure SIG's belt-fed machine guns. In this video we run down open-source sightings of SIG machine guns around the world. 1/

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

📢 NEW VIDEO Recently, I was lucky enough to have the chance to handle General Norman Schwarzkopf's General Officer Beretta M9, which he carried during the #GulfWar. Massive thanks to Rock Island Auction Co. Video and some photos, linked in the post below👇

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

📢 NEW VIDEO📢 Really pleased to share this exclusive interview with Murdoch & Co. at SHOT Show 2026 where we discuss their project to recreate the SA80/L85 for the civilian market! Link in the post below 👇 #SHOTShow2026 #SA80

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Switzerland Chooses the SIG Sauer P320 – Here’s Every Military Using It Now With the news Switzerland has selected the P320, I thought it was time for a thorough breakdown of all the major military procurements of the pistol. Read the article/watch the video 👇

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Love this photo of every generation of Glock 17. 1982-2025. #Glock #GlockGen6

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Vintage Weapons in a Modern War: Browning Hi-Power In Ukraine Promised by the Canadian government last year, the 80 year old surplus Inglis Hi-Powers, currently being replaced by the SIG P320, have been sighted in #Ukraine. Find out more at the link in the post 👇

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

📢NEW VIDEO📢 This week I'm taking a look at Chinese W85 heavy machine guns in #Ukraine. While somewhat rare they've been seen regularly since 2022. Watch the video & read the article, linked below 👇 #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar️ #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 A little time traveling this week taking a look at some classic firearms brochures. Link in the tweet below! 👇 #History #GunHistory #SIGSauer #OldAds

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 APILAS in Ukraine In this video I take a look at the rare sightings of APILAS in #Ukraine and hear from some of the operators who have used it in the field. APILAS is perhaps one of the rarest shoulder-fired anti-armour weapon systems to appear in Ukraine. 1/

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨 At DSEI 2025 I had the chance to handle SIG Sauer's product improved M7, this video gives an overview of the changes made to the rifle and runs down some of the information SIG shared with me. Link to video below 👇 #SigSauer #M7 #NGSW #M7PI #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Taiwan's Hellfire Truck Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense recently showcased a commercial truck mounted to fire a pair of Hellfire Missiles. Video and article linked in the post below! 👇

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Rare M60 Appearances in Ukraine There are a lot of different types of general purpose machine guns in use in Ukraine and one of the most surprising to appear so far is the M60. Link to the vide in the post below! 👇 #UkraineWar #Ukraine #SALW #UkraineRussiaWar

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 A dive into some of the small arms and light weapons used by both sides during the Thai-Cambodian border clashes! A lot of interesting weapons! Find the link in the post below 👇 #SALW #ThailandCambodia #ThailandCambodiaConflict

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GAU @deaidua.org · 03/08/2025

The very knowledgeable @matthewmoss.bsky.social has published a new video which I want to make you aware of. This time it's about SFP9 pistols, of which Germany has delivered 3,500 to Ukraine. Interesting video with some nice footage, so feel free to have a look! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqsu...

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Ukrainian Special Forces Get Heckler & Koch SFP9 / VP9 Pistols

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 The German govt. has provided Ukraine with a confirmed 3500 HK SFP9s, in this video we look at the various variants which are in Ukrainian use and the units using them. Link to vid/article below 👇 #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Pistols #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 RPG-UGVs In this article & video we'll explore the development and evolution of what I'm calling RPG-UGVs - ground drones armed with rocket propelled grenade launchers! Link in the post below 👇 #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UGV #Drones

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 In recent weeks Russia has begun deploying North Korean-manufactured 107mm multiple rocket launch systems. In this week's video we take a look at the Type 75 and how its being used! Link in the post below 👇 #Ukraine #UkraineWar #NorthKorea #MLRS #SALW #Artillery

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 This video represents about 18 months of tracking & research & months of collating & writing. It is a comprehensive look at the development of commercially available 'hoverboards' being turned into unmanned ground vehicles. LINK IN POST BELOW 👇 #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UGV #GroundDrones

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO 🚨 Ukraine’s FORT 230 Submachine Gun In this week's vid I take a look at Ukraine's 'MP7 at home', the FORT-230 9mm submachine gun. Link in the post below 👇 #Ukraine #UkraineWar #SMG #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWeapons

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

📢NEW VIDEO 📢 Recent imagery suggests the UK has procured IWI Galil ACE rifles for training Ukrainian troops as part of #OpInterflex. Article/video linked below 👇 #Ukraine️ #UkraineWar #BritishArmy #UkraineRussiaWar #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

📢NEW VIDEO📢 It's somewhat rare we see modern Western service rifles transferred direct from donor countries' stocks but in recent months a small not noteworthy number of Dutch C7NLDs have appeared in #Ukraine. Link in post below! 👇 #UkraineWar #SALW #UkraineRussiaWar

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 In the summer of 2022 the UK began developing a mobile air defence system for Ukraine using the ASRAAM air-to-air missile, the result was the Raven. In this video we take a look at the system and all available visual evidence of its use in #Ukraine. Link below👇

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Off to the post office to post some merch orders and Patreon perks, I always forget to post about this. If you 'd like to support my work or get some cool custom merch I've made over the years then check out the links 👇 armourersbench.com/patreon/ & armourersbench.com/shop/

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Had the chance to visit my great friends at the Cody Firearms Museum earlier this year and this is one of the amazing Winchester prototypes they let me pull from the vault to take a look at. Please check out the video & article, 👇 armourersbench.com/2025/04/27/w... #History

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨 Italian Beretta SC70/90s in Ukraine Italy's 5.56mm rifles have appeared with a number of units over the last few months, largely observed in training roles so far. Link in next post 👇 #UkraineWar #Ukraine #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 This week I'm looking at Turkish KaleKalip KMG556, FN Minimi clones, in service with #Ukraine's Lyut police brigade. Link in the next post (please share with anyone who may be interested - it helps!) #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #SALW #LMG

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 New video looking at the new SIG Sauer carbines adopted by elements of the UK Commando Force. Watch here - armourersbench.com/2025/03/28/u...

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 This week I take an in-depth look at how 3D printing has evolved the design of Russia's DIY anti-drone rounds which enable AK74s to fire BBs at #drones Link to article/video in next post 👇 #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #SALW #UkraineWar #AntiDroneWeapons

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Ukraine's Fixed Wing Gun Drone Development of gun-armed #drones is moving rapidly in #Ukraine. In this video we take a look at the latest development: a gun-armed fixed wing UAV, the ZigZag from Ukrainian manufacturer Sky Defenders. Link 👇 #UkraineRussiaWar #UAV

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 The Panzerschrek at home. A look at a Russian attempt to create a shoulder-fired rocket launcher which uses 80mm S8 rockets, normally fired from aircraft. armourersbench.com/2025/02/23/i... #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #SALW #DIYRocketLauncher #S8RocketLauncher

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Mk19s and So it AGLs like the AGS-17 are much more common but in this video we’ll look at the use of the comparatively rare Heckler & Koch GMG. Link in the next post 👇 #UkraineWar #Ukraine #SALW #GMG #UkraineRussiaWar

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 HK MG4 in Ukraine 200 MG4 have been delivered as aid to #Ukraine. In this video I examine some of the 1st sightings of the guns & share some of the opinions of the combatants using them. Article and video - armourersbench.com/2025/01/19/h... #HKMG4 #UkraineWar #LMG #salw

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

A North Korean Type 73 GPMG mounted on a Russian motorbike & sidecar. No North Korean's in view. Interesting. More on the Type 73 in #Ukraine here: armourersbench.com/2024/11/17/i... #UkraineRussiaWar #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

RoboCopDog. A robot dog with what appears to be a thermal camera with the Rapid Operational Response Unit (KORD) of the Ukrainian National Police. More on these robot dogs in #Ukraine here: armourersbench.com/2024/08/16/w...

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

A Ukrainian SSO member with an FN FN40GL in the standalone configuration along with the ubiquitous Daniel Defense rifle. More on the FN40GL here: armourersbench.com/2023/08/13/f... #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine️ #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A member of the 115th TDF Brigade firing a infrequently seen Ukrainian UAG-40 automatic grenade launcher. Posted 10/12/24. #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #SALW

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

🚨NEW VIDEO🚨 Ukrainian ‘Shotgun’ Drones Shoot Down Russian Drones Watch here: armourersbench.com/2025/01/05/u... A Ukrainian fundraising charity posted a series of short videos featuring a drone with a pair of gun barrels which successfully shot down several #drones. #UkraineRussiaWar️️ #UkraineWar

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

This bad boy and a full disassembly video and an original capability demo from 1990 all in one special video? Why yes, Kraut Space Magic special up on the TAB YouTube now! Enjoy! ...and happy new year!

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

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Matthew Moss - Armourer's Bench @matthewmoss.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

'Mass' production of Russian 5.45x39mm 'buckshot' rounds. More on these DIY rounds here: armourersbench.com/2024/12/08/r... #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar️️ #SALW

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