Posted on October 20, 2011 by Strike-Hold A dhow pirate mother ship involved in attacks on merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean has been stopped and boarded by ships from the Royal Navy operating in the Indian Ocean. This action followed on from the successful rescue of the Italian merchant ship MV Montecristo on 11 […]
Month: November 2017
US and Afghan airmen perform first joint operational air-assault mission
Posted on October 18, 2011 by Strike-Hold Members of the Kandahar Air Wing and U.S. Army Task Force Thunder conducted their first joint air-assault mission, “Operation Sand Hill Crane,” together recently. Officials explained the goal of Sand Hill Crane was to insert specialized teams into strategic locations where reintegration leaflets would target Taliban fighters making […]
Osprey Publishing’s October Promotion 25% off!
Posted on 07/10/2011 by Strike-Hold Osprey’s New Vanguard series deals with tanks, AFVs and ships. The books feature specially commissioned full colour artwork, including exploded and cutaway diagrams, and are illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and diagrams. In the Weapon series Osprey looks at important, famous and infamous weapons using a combination of […]
Afghan Police conduct their first air assault in Helmand
Posted on August 22, 2011 by Strike-Hold The Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) took part in their first helicopter assault operation in Helmand province on 15 August 2011, alongside soldiers from 1st Battalion The Rifles (1 RIFLES). The operation, codenamed ZANGAL HAF (Zangal Hope) after the village close to where the operation would take place, was […]
SVD Chest Rigs from Beez Combat Systems
Posted on August 10, 2011 by Strike-Hold Our friends from Beez Combat Systems recently sent us an update with some photos of prototype chest rigs they’re working on for SVD operators. They’ve been working closely with Marco from Behind Lines training and his group to develop these rigs. One is a low profile rig which […]
Spies in disguise – sort of…
Posted on August 5, 2011 by Strike-Hold Here’s an interesting little story that my wife brought to my attention. Learn how to be incognito, thanks to these training photos from the East German Stasi… http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2022401/Fashion-secrets-Stasi-revealed-new-exhibition-Berlin.html This entry was posted in History, Training, Tactics and Doctrine. Bookmark the permalink. ← Sunday Snapshot Friday Foto → Comments […]
Saturday Snapshot
Members of the Lithuanian Special Forces Brigade took part in exercise “Autumn Thunder 10″ – the biggest tactical field exercise of surveillance units of the Lithuanian Land Force- October 20-24 2010 at the Motorised Infantry Brigade (MIB) „Iron Wolf“ (Rukla, Jonava Region). […]
“Improved Combat Uniform” for Canadian Forces
You might have already seen this news on Soldier Systems Daily, but you know we wouldn’t let something like this slip past without us doing our own take on it. It might also have already occurred to you that the “ICU” acronym for the name of the uniform is hilariously close to the “I See […]
New camouflage uniform for Dutch troops
We can add The Netherlands to the list of countries that are changing the camouflage pattern and the style of the field / combat uniform worn by their troops – but at least this one isn’t MultiCam (or a derivative of it)… The new camouflage pattern will replace the Dutch version of DPM and appears […]
We’ve moved!
As you can see, we’ve now taken up residence at a different address – and you’ll see that things look a little bit different… The biggest thing you’ll probably notice is that we can now host advertising. This won’t compromise our content or indpendence in any way, but it does mean that we’ll be able […]
