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Ares Airsoft: Knight’s Armament Corporation – Stoner LMG

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Strike-Hold Eugene Stoner, the legendary designer of the AR10, AR15 / M16 and the Stoner 63 weapons family,  formed ARES Incorporated in 1972.  He left the company in 1989 after designing the ARES Light Machine Gun – also referred to as the Stoner 86...

The Socom Gear Vickers MOH 1911

Posted on 17/02/2013 by Strike-Hold Socom Gear is proud to present a gas-blowback powered airsoft replica of the Vickers MOH M1911 developed by legendary pistolsmith Larry A. Vickers, and featured in the Medal of Honor video game. In case you just got in from living on Mars for the past...

Agilite Gear President’s Day Sale

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Strike-Hold   This entry was posted in Individual Equipment. Bookmark the permalink. ← Strike-Hold’s Position on Gun Control The Socom Gear Vickers MOH 1911 → Comments are closed. Search for: Recent Posts Leo Koehler PenCott Tactical Combat Jacket review Friday Foto Silynx Communications introduces...

US Army Camouflage Improvement Initiative update

Posted on 15/02/2013 by Strike-Hold This news somehow passed us by this week, but our friends at Kit-Up!, Predator Intelligence and Soldier Systems Daily all covered it – so head over to see them to find out more. Kit-Up! – “Army to Make Camo Pitch to Uniform Board” Predator Intelligence...

Strike-Hold’s Position on Gun Control

Posted on 15/02/2013 by Strike-Hold Unless you’ve been on the dark side of the moon for the past month, you must be aware that there is a huge “gun control” propaganda war being waged in the US. So, let’s be clear about something right now – we at Strike-Hold! are...

New Zealand Defence Forces get new machine-guns

Posted on 13/02/2013 by Strike-Hold The New Zealand Defence Forces is replacing its inventory of FN MINIMI® 5.56 x 45mm NATO light machine guns with a new 7.62 x 51mm NATO Light Support Weapon – the FN Herstal 7.62 MINIMI® TR. Now being introduced into service, the 7.62 MINIMI replaces...

SPECOPS Combat Smock KBS-1

Posted on 12/02/2013 by Strike-Hold Polish tactical clothing and gear company SPECOPS announced their new KBS-1 Combat Smock today. The KBS-1 is a bit different from the traditional smock that we’re used to seeing – in fact, its more like a BDU blouse on steroids than a typical “smock”. It...

Denison Smock book coming this summer

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Strike-Hold The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces announced today that work is progressing on a new book about the iconic Denison Smock and other British Airborne Specialist clothing.  The book is being written by Bruce Wilson and photographer Ollie Lock. Many...

C’est L’Afrique

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Strike-Hold Continuing on our recent theme of French involvement in Africa, our interest was piqued recently when we saw this new -and unusual – morale patch design pop up. “C’est L’Afrique” is of course French for “This is Africa” – you might remember this...