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Friday Foto
“You have reached your destination.” Philippine Marines secure a beach landing after inserting from a UH-60 Blackhawk during a bilateral amphibious landing during Balikatan 22 at Claveria, Philippines, March 31, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation […]
Action Sport Games 2022
Denmark’s Action Sport Games (ASG) can always be counted on to bring out interesting new, fully-licensed and 100% accurate airsoft replicas. A couple of the new models they showed at last month’s IWA particularly caught my eye… First up is their replica of the B&T APC556. The Brügger & Thomet APC556 (Advanced Police Carbine) is […]
New Product Spotlight: MCDU Pants from Helikon-Tex
Unveiled at the IWA 2022 trade show last month, the Modern Combat Dress Uniform Pants from Helikon-Tex are designed to the compliment the MCDU Shirt already on the market. These pants really caught my eye as something quite new and innovative – and in a world full of Crye copy-cats, its great to a company […]
European Combat Uniform Programs
Its been a while since we’ve written about new developments on the combat uniforms front in Europe, and a few interesting things have been going on in recent months and weeks… Nordic Combat Uniform Project The NCU project has been a joint effort by Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland to develop a common full spectrum […]
IWI Launches 7.62X51mm ACE Sniper S.A Rifle
IWI – Israel Weapon Industry – a member of the SK Group and a worldwide leader in combat-proven small arms – announces the launch of the Ace Sniper S.A Rifle. Based on the reliable, proven platform of the known Galil-Ace, the semi-automatic rifle with its advanced ergonomics design provides the user with the greatest accuracy […]
Saturday Snapshot
US Special Operations Forces in Europe training with members of Italy’s ‘Folgore’ parachute regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Whitney Hughes […]
Next Generation Squad Weapons Program and True Velocity
The US Army’s “Next Generation Squad Weapons” (NGSW) Program has certainly been an interesting project to watch, and despite the delays in publishing the promised final announcements, it has also progressed much quicker than many expected. Of course, many (including myself to be honest) were rather skeptical to begin with that the program would in […]
SIG SAUER Releases P210 CARRY
SIG SAUER recently announced the latest release in their line of historic P210 pistols – the P210 CARRY. This pistol combines the historic lineage of its iconic Swiss predecessor with the ideal characteristics and necessities the consumer expects in a modern carry pistol. “The SIG P210 is regarded as one of the most legendary, reliable, […]
Terrain 365 Releases the P38-AT
Terrain 365™ has released their P38-AT manual liner lock model. This is the compact, bolstered manual opening version of their previous double action variant, and features their proprietary, corrosion-proof, edge holding, Terravantium™ blade alloy. This precision-made liner lock features a two-tone blade finish, bolstered construction with hand fitted carbon fiber scales in a contoured handle […]