Posted on February 10, 2013 by Strike-Hold Continuing on our recent theme of French involvement in Africa, our interest was piqued recently when we saw this new -and unusual – morale patch design pop up. “C’est L’Afrique” is of course French for “This is Africa” – you might remember this saying from the movie “Blood […]
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Upgrading the AK platform
Posted on February 9, 2013 by Strike-Hold As the AK has become more popular and common in the tactical arena as well as among civilian sport shooters there are a number of companies that are stepping up to the plate and providing easy-to-install, off-the-shelf solutions to a number of the inherent issues with the controls […]
Montague “Paratrooper” and other militarized mountain bikes in use
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French Foreign Legion paratroopers conduct a Combat Parachute Assault in Mali
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Miniature surveillance helicopters in Afghanistan
Posted on February 4, 2013 by Strike-Hold British troops in Afghanistan are the first to use state-of-the-art handheld nano surveillance helicopters. This revolutionary new system – the size of a child’s toy – is carried easily on patrol and is capable of performing in harsh environments and windy conditions. The Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Air […]
Operation Serval – French intervention in Mali
Posted on February 1, 2013 by Strike-Hold I predict that we’re going to be seeing a lot more in the news about Western military, especially counter-insurgency, operations in Africa in the months ahead – as this continent appears most definitely to be the next front in the ongoing struggle against global Islamist extremism and terrorism. […]
The Proving Ground: Russian Paratroopers!
Posted on January 31, 2013 by Strike-Hold Here’s a great video I came across (thanks to Morrison Industries) that goes inside for an up-close-and-personal look at Russian jump school. Its really interesting stuff – especially for us old-timers who grew up with the original “Red Dawn” and the potential scenario of finding real Soviet Desantniki […]
“Ninja” Plate Carrier from Agilite Gear
Posted on January 29, 2013 by Strike-Hold New to the Agilite tactical line is the Agilite ‘Ninja’. Developed at the request of ‘Advanced Assault Gear’ in Tokyo, The Ninja is a micro-framed plate carrier designed for the smaller-framed warrior. The average height of males in Japan is just 172cm (5′ 7″) and, as most plate […]
Russian Army to get new sniper rifles
The Russian Defence Ministry has announced it will purchase new sniper rifles this year. Under the arms procurement program for 2013, Degtyarev 6S8-1 12.7mm rifles will be bought for the Russian Armed Forces. The Degtyarev is pictured below on the right. From 2014 the ministry will start buying the latest version of the Dragunov 7.62mm, […]
USMC RECON
Posted on January 28, 2013 by Strike-Hold The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly called Marine Division Recon) are the reconnaissance assets of Marine Air-Ground Task Force that provide division-level ground and amphibious reconnaissance to the Ground Combat Element within the United States Marine Corps. Division reconnaissance teams are employed to observe and […]