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UF PRO® Striker Combat Shirt – Silent Heroes Edition

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Strike-Hold This limited edition version of the UF PRO® Combat Shirt was designed and manufactured for the Silent Heroes Foundation’s Special Interdiction Unit rhino protection project. The shirt was specifically designed to provide excellent wearability, comfort and camouflage properties in the harsh South African...

New Malaysian Army digital camouflage?

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Strike-Hold During their recent 80th anniversary parade in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian Army paraded wearing a new “digital” camouflage pattern.  The pattern is reported to have been indigenously designed, and is allegedly a pixilation of the Malaysian Army’s current “Zebra Woodland” pattern. copyright Janes...

Helikon-Tex introduces MP-Camo® fleece jackets

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Strike-Hold Helikon-Tex have expanded their range of fleece jackets to include two models where the fleece material is printed with their MP-Camo® (a commercial design that’s compatible with UK issue MTP camo). The “Liberty” model is a heavy duty fleece jacket for cold environments. ...

Dutch Defence Forces Operational Clothing System

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Strike-Hold We’ve been following the development, trials (and tribulations) of the new  “Netherlands Fractal Material” camouflage pattern (in both a temperate and arid version).  The one thing we’ve not had so far was any kind of official clarification of when / if it was...

Announcing the Snake Hound Machine 308 Vepr Carbine

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Strike-Hold The SHM .308 Vepr Carbine is a semi-auto Kalashnikov rifle designed to have significantly reduced recoil, maximum reliability, and 1MOA accuracy at distance – whilst firing the legendary .308 (7.62x51mm) round. Designed to compete with other .308 semi-auto platforms on the market, the...

MasterPiece Arms MPAR 556 Sporting Rifle Now Shipping

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Strike-Hold The MPAR 556 is a stamped steel design that has been under development since 2012 and was first unveiled at the 2013 SHOT Show. It features a short stroke piston design and a lightweight, free floating, two piece hard-anodized aluminum handguard with user-locatable...

Operation Market-Garden official anniversary jump 2013

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Strike-Hold   This entry was posted in Airborne operations, History, Operations. Bookmark the permalink. ← Helikon-Tex video: PenCott-GreenZone™ in action Krebs Custom and Definitive Arms team up: The AK-15 → Leave a Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment....

Krebs Custom and Definitive Arms team up: The AK-15

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Strike-Hold The rifle is built on a Russian made Saiga 5.56mm AK. Using this as a base, Definitive Arms installs their revolutionary AR-15 mag well which allows the rifle to accept standard AR15 magazines. The Definitive Arms mag well also gives the rifle the...