STRIKE-HOLD BLOG - international military and tactical info

Montenegrin Navy ”MultiCam”

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Strike-Hold Just over 3 years ago, we posted details of the Montenegrin Army‘s interpretation / copy of MultiCam that was adopted in late 2009 / early 2010.  Today, we found some photos of what is apparently the Montenegrin Navy’s recently adopted “blue” version.* While...

French Lessons From Mali: Support Together, Fight Alone

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Strike-Hold This article was originally published on BreakingDefense.com – copyright 2013 Breaking Media, Inc.   Murielle Delaporte, a respected French military analyst, was embedded with French forces in Mali for 10 days in late April and offers this early look at lessons learned by...

Army Cuts 10 Combat Brigades — Or 11, Or 13 — And That’s Just The Beginning

Posted on 26/06/2013 by Strike-Hold “PENTAGON, June 26, 2013: The Army’s widely publicized decision to cut 10 brigade combat teams from bases in eight states is just part of the story of the incredible shrinking armed services. To start with, it’s not actually 10 brigades: It’s 11, the 10 announced...

AK receiver cover rail system from LCTairsoft

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Strike-Hold We recently showed you a bunch of juicy new tacticool AK’s coming soon from LCTairsoft.  Now they’ve announced the perfect railed upper receiver cover to go with them. www.lctairsoft.com   This entry was posted in Airsoft. Bookmark the permalink. ← U.S. and Indonesian...

Spot the camouflage that stands out

Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold The Secretary of the Army decided not to provide leadership, direction and decisiveness last week and therefore didn’t announce the Army’s selection of a new family of camouflage patterns – by the way, the selection has apparently been made and senior Army leaders have been...

New Zealand Defence Forces introduce new Multi-Terrain Camouflage Uniform

Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold The first unit of the New Zealand Army has been issued its sets of the new Multi-Terrain Camouflage Uniform (MCU), and photos have been released today showing the new uniforms in use. Incorporating a camouflage pattern designed by Guy Cramer of HyperStealth Biotechnology Corporation, and...

KITANICA introduces $99 Brush Pants

Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold KITANICA is best known for robust, innovative, feature-loaded, ueber-cool tactical clothing.  With their new Brush Pants they seem to have gone with a less-is-more approach, but still retained the innovative and cool styling that’s synonymous with their name. www.kitanica.net   This entry was posted in...

Atlantic Firearms now selling airsoft rifles

Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold Long known as a go-to source for a wide selection of semi-auto, military-style, sporting rifles, Atlantic Firearms have announced that they are also now stocking a variety of airsoft weapons suitable for training purposes. Atlantic Firearms has decided to carry a line of Airsoft weapons...

The return of the 40-round magazine

Posted on 17/06/2013 by Strike-Hold There was a time when a 40-round magazine seemed to be almost de rigueur for an automatic rifle, then they seemed to fall out of fashion. Now it looks as though where the iconic RPK led, MagPul follows.  Today they announced their 40-round M3 PMAG,...