Posted on 04/10/2012 by Strike-Hold This is big news. 5.11 Tactical is a huge global brand, and Beyond Clothing is a highly respected specialist brand, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. But one thing is definitely certain – it has the potential to develop into something very cool indeed. […]
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The Agilite Longtail Advanced Ammo Pouch
Posted on 03/10/2012 by Strike-Hold If there is anything Scott Bain likes more than flashlights and knives, its pouches! So when he got a chance to fondle the Longtail Advanced Ammo Pouch he was, well, let’s just say “excited”… The Longtail is an awesome piece of kit made by the relatively new Israeli / American […]
Gerber De Facto Knife – Tactical Version
Posted on 03/10/2012 by Strike-Hold According my psychological profile I’m not allowed to use anything sharper than safety scissors*, so when we needed to check out the Tactical Version of Gerber’s De Facto Knife I had to let Scott “Slasher” Bain take matters in hand. There have been a lot of great products that have […]
Bayonet Charge Foils Enemy Ambush
Posted on October 3, 2012 by Strike-Hold We featured this modern-day “They don’t like it up ‘em!” Corporal Jones on our Facebook page a few days ago, now here’s the full story from the Ministry of Defence, Defence News… A soldier who led a bayonet charge over 80 metres of open ground through enemy fire […]
Is it hip and/or cool to wear camo?
Posted on September 28, 2012 by Strike-Hold Eric at Soldier Systems Daily was feeling all nostalgic for US Woodland camo yesterday – maybe because he’d come across the Woodland camo FR Combat Shirt and Trousers from DRIFIRE at the Modern Day Marine exhibition. And for us old-timers who were issued Woodland camo BDUs, its hard […]
WEAPON Series from Osprey Publishing
Osprey continues to roll out new titles in their excellent WEAPON Series of soft-cover books. Each book in the series provides an in-depth history of a famous weapon, using a combination of authoritatively researched text, photos and commissioned artwork. As September is the time of year when we remember and commemorate the courageous exploits and […]
UK Naval Forces Gear Up for Cougar 12
More than 3,000 sailors and marines are gearing up for a three-month training deployment to the Mediterranean – this year’s key workout of the UK’s high-readiness task force. The deployment, known as Cougar 12, will see Royal Navy warships, Royal Marines commandos and naval airpower, which make up the Response Force Task Group (RFTG), train […]
IN THE FIGHT: Qatar Internal Security Forces Special Operations Group
“The Lekhwiya Force” is the official nickname of Qatar’s Internal Security Forces. Lekhwiya (also sometimes written as Lakhwiya) is a Qatari word that is roughly the equivalent of brothers-in-arms and was originally used to refer to the tribesmen who traditionally provided law and order. The modern Qatari Internal Security Force (ISF) was established in 2004 […]
RAF Force Protection Wing defends Camp Bastion during Taliban attack
Posted on September 19, 2012 by Strike-Hold Members of No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing, working alongside the US Marine Corps (USMC), have spoken about quickly regaining control of Camp Bastion Airfield following an insurgent attack on Friday 14 September, killing 14 and capturing one of the enemy. Fifteen heavily-armed insurgents dressed in US Army […]
In The Fight – Unit Profiles
Posted on September 19, 2012 by Strike-Hold We’re introducing a new section called “In The Fight”, in which we will profile particular elite and special operations units from all around the world. As a brief sneaky-peaky intro we posted a video on our Facebook page this morning about these guys – the Qatar Internal Security […]
