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LCTairsoft SVD

Our friends at LCTairsoft helped us ring in the (Western) New Year with their first new product drop of 2022 - their stunning steel, wood, and polymer SVD AEG! The Soviet SVD-63 (Snáyperskaya Vintóvka sistém'y Dragunóva obraz'tsá 1963 goda) is probably the first modern example of a designated marksman rifle....

Friday Foto

The Strike-Hold! team wishes to apologize for the fact that things have been a bit quiet here lately. We've been doing some essential system maintenance, updating, and backing up and it took longer than expected. At any rate, its all done now and we'll be back after Christmas with more...

LCTairsoft Accessories for LC-3 / LK33 / LK53 Series

Update the classic designs of your LCT G3, HK33, or HK53 replica with 21st century accessories like optics rails and RIS handguards... Available now from your favorite LCT retailer - for more detailed information, visit LCTairsoft.com

Friday Foto

Special Tactics Airmen from the 320th STS along with the 33rd RQS and 7th Marine Communication Battalion worked together during RIDEX21 or Remote Island Disaster Exercise 2021 at Ukibaru Island, Japan. (USAF Photo by A1C Stephen Pulter)

Bundeswehr Exercise Deep Infil 2021

The free-fallers of Airland Brigade 1 of the German Bundeswehr have been in Portugal practicing tactical parachute jumping with combat equipment. Day and night, an A400M and two M28 Skytrucks have been bringing the soldiers of the the free-fallers of Airland Brigade 1 in Portugal are practicing tactical parachute jumping...

South African Pattern 83 Battle Jacket

The South African Defence Forces Pattern 83 Battle Jacket is one of the all time classic web gear designs of the 20th Century - and was in its day quite revolutionary too. Virtually all other individual load carrying rigs of the time were based on the same basic belt-and-braces approach...

Prometheus Design Werx CWO Full Zip Merino Cardigan

The stylish new CWO (Cold Weather Operations) Full Zip Cardigan from PDW is a robust, alpinist style sweater knit made from extra fine, premium, merino wool.  Taking cues from the British Commando Sweater of WWII, but updated and upgraded, the CWO is sure to become a modern classic. It is...

Saturday Snapshot

U.S. Marines with Company A., 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin dismount two MV-22B Ospreys during Exercise Koolendong at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 29, 2021. U.S. Marines and Australian Army soldiers worked together to conduct a simulated aerial assault during the exercise. Exercise...

Tasmanian Tiger 2022 Product Line Sneak Peak – Rucksacks

Hat tip to our friends at Airsoft & MilSim News Blog for the breaking news this morning with the first reveal of two great new products from Tasmanian Tiger for 2022.   First up is the Mil Ops Pack 80 + 24. As its name implies, this is a mid-...

Friday Foto

A patrol from the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) advance, using a drone quad 'copter on over watch during training on Shemya Island, Alaska during Exercise Noble Defender 2021. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) personnel taking part in the exercise practiced maritime infiltration, off-road mobility, special reconnaissance, remote communications,...