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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The G28 DMR enters service with the Bundeswehr
The G28 Designated Marksman Rifle has entered service with the Bundeswehr to replace the interim G3-based solution. Officially designated the ZF G28 – short for Zielfernrohrgewehr 28, or telescopic scoped rifle 28 – the Bundeswehr’s new Designated Marksman Rifle is a semi-automatic, gas operated, 7.62x51mm, magazine fed rifle with a rotating-bolt locking mechanism. The rifle […]
GHK Airsoft: G5 Gas Blowback Airsoft Rifle
Posted on September 14, 2012 by Strike-Hold GHK Airsoft from Taiwan have announced a new in-house designed GBBR called the “G5″ that they describe as being loosely based, aesthetically at least, on the Czech CZ Evo 3 Scorpion sub-machine gun. Not many details have been released so far, only some CAD drawings, photos of a […]
RECOIL magazine – the backblast continues…
Posted on 13/09/2012 by Strike-Hold Our friends at Soldier Systems Daily and Kit-Up! have been keeping a close watch on the continuing soap-opera that is RECOIL’s incredibly clumsy handling of a situation that’s gone from bad to worse. Grab a bowl of popcorn and follow the link to read this interesting (and maybe even entertaining) […]