So, it appears that the US Army’s PEO Soldier office is still working on trying to nail down their requirements and specifications for the “Family of Camouflage” research programme… Meanwhile, over on Kit-Up!, Christian Lowe has been musing on how the US Marines (and their Royal Marine cousins from the UK) have been mixing-and-matching their […]
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KOMMANDO, Issue 15
Posted on 27/01/2011 by Strike-Hold If you’ve got time to read at the moment – I don’t! – then you should definitely pick up the latest copy of KOMMANDO. Of course, if you can’t read German then I guess you won’t exactly be “reading” it – but its always worth it just for the photographs […]
Iraqi Navy steps forward
Posted on 24/01/2011 by Strike-Hold British-trained members of the Iraqi Navy have conducted their first patrol of Iraqi territorial waters surrounding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) in their new Swift patrol boat.The Royal Navy has been training the Iraqi Navy in Umm Qasr as part of a coalition training team since 2004. Most recently […]
S. Korea Military Rescues Hijacked Ship Off African Coast
Posted on 21/01/2011 by Strike-Hold South Korean commandos have rescued the crew of a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea, killing eight Somali pirates. South Koreans watch breaking news about South Korean operation against Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The ship was heading to Sri Lanka from the United Arab Emirates when it was […]
Piracy at record levels in 2010
Posted on 19/01/2011 by Strikehold Pirates murdered eight seafarers and seized a record 1181 hostages as well 53 ships last year, according to figures released by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its annual piracy report. Four ships have been hijacked this year already, all off the coast of Somalia.Pottengul Mukundan, director of the IMB’s […]
‘Private Navy’ Is Close To Kick-Off
Posted on 08/01/2011 by Strikehold An insurance broker’s plan to create a “private navy” to combat Somali piracy is close to being launched.Ship-owners could be asked to back the project as early as late January or February with private military-escort vessels sailing alongside merchant ships by mid-2011.A reputable flag state prepared to register the 18 […]
Woodland and Desert MultiCam?
Posted on 30/12/2010 by Strikehold An article published yesterday on Kit-Up! about how badly UCP has performed in several tests that the US Army has already run, will also no doubt get tongues wagging and fingers tapping for another reason.Why? Becuase the article mentions that the US Army has previously tested both a woodland and desert version of “Scorpion” […]
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick Special Operations Brigade
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick Special Operations Brigade is an airsoft team that was originally founded in November of 2009. The concept is based upon a fictitious unit from a ficticious country. Whilst it pays homage to NATO special operations units, the over-arching national context borrows from the books “The Mouse That Roared” and “The Prisoner of Zenda“. By combining modern camouflage uniforms, individual […]
AirTac Bazaar number 1
Posted on December 17, 2010 by Strike-Hold We had the distinct pleasure of co-sponsoring the first UK AirTac Bazaar held by BadgerTac last Saturday (11 December) at their base near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.Considering that only about 6 weeks elapsed from coming up with the idea to putting on the event, the guys at BadgerTac did a sterling job […]
Announcing the winner of free book contest
Posted on 27/11/2010 by Strikehold We’re happy today to announce the winner of our competition to receive a free copy of Sniper Rifles from Osprey Publishing’s new WEAPON series.And the winner is………………………………….Mr. Andrei Saftescu from Sibiu, Romania.On being informed of the news, Andrei responded:“I can’t believe I actually won. It’s quite difficult to buy books […]