The Old Time Design Company have once again joined forces with the world’s leading military hat makers, Compton & Webb Ltd., in order to bring the highest-quality WWII style Commando Troops beret to the market. The Commandos were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Prime Minister Winston Churchill […]
Month: September 2019
SIG SAUER Academy Partners with FLIR Systems
SIG SAUER Academy, the leading provider of the highest quality firearms and tactical instruction in the world, is pleased to announce a partnership with FLIR Systems for the Night Vision Operator course, to include the addition of cutting-edge FLIR Night Vision and Thermal Imaging equipment. The SIG SAUER Academy Tactical Night Vision Operator Course is […]
Direct Action Releases VANGUARD Combat Trousers
Developed in close cooperation with experienced combat veterans and current Tier 1 Polish Special Forces, Direct Action recently released the first product in their long-awaited combat uniform line the VANGUARD Combat Trousers. Direct Action’s Vanguard® combat uniform is at the forefront of military garment design and specifically developed to interface as part of the systemic […]
SIG-SAUER Wins US Army Contract For Next Generation Squad Weapons to Replace M249 and M4
A lot of people have seen a headline like this recently and leapt to the conclusion that the US Army has already selected its Next Generation Squad Infantry Weapons, and awarded the contract for them to New Hampshire based SIG SAUER. However, as is so often the case in these days of soundbites, click-bait, and […]
Friday Foto
Robert Mugabe is dead at last! Let’s hope that the people of Zimbabwe can expunge his putrid legacy and restore their country to peace, justice, and prosperity. […]
On This Day In History: The Munich Massacre of 1972
At 4:30 a.m. local time on the 5th of September 1972 eight tracksuit-clad members of the ‘Black September’ Palestinian terrorist group – carrying duffel bags loaded with AKM assault rifles, Tokarev pistols, and grenades – scaled a two-meter chain-link fence leading into the Munich Olympic Village and took 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage. […]
Japanese vs. American Paratroops in the Philippines
The Imperial Japanese Army developed an airborne paratroop force in the late 1930s, but the program did not receive much attention by the Imperial General Headquarters until review of the success of similar German paratroop units during the Blitzkrieg of 1940 and the capture of Crete in 1941. Japanese Army paratroops were first deployed in […]