Posted on 14/10/2009 by Strike-Hold source: UK MODSoldiers from the Household Cavalry, who are normally based at Windsor, took to the spectacular Braunton Burrows 900-acre sand dune system near Barnstaple this week.They put their Jackal vehicles through their paces in tough and demanding sandy conditions which are similar in many ways to the conditions they […]
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Beryl gets a facelift – wz.96 Beryl assault rifle that is
Posted on 11/10/2009 by Strike-Hold The kbs wz. 1996 “Beryl” is a Polish 5.56mm assault rifle, designed and produced by the Łucznik Arms Factory that replaced the 7.62x39mm AKM and 5.45x39mm “Tantal” used in the Polish Armed Forces. The Beryl was officially adopted in 1997 as the 5,56 mm karabinek szturmowy wz. 1996 (“assault carbine model […]
Dutch Paras nab quad bike thief in UK
Posted on October 10, 2009 by Strike-Hold Here’s a nice little “human interest story” from The Daily Mail:A quad bike thief who was trying to make a speedy getaway took an unlucky turn – into the path of a crack squad of airborne* soldiers.The Dutch paratroopers caught the suspect, who was being chased by an […]
UCP-Delta: Did Kazakhstan get there first?
Posted on October 8, 2009 by Strike-Hold The general public “know” Kazakhstan from the comic Borat character of TV and film fame (or infamy, depending on how you look at it). But of course the reality is very different, for one thing, Kazakstan is the birthplace of the famous Kazakh horesmen – more commonly known […]
UK’s 19 Light Brigade Reconnaissance Force in Afghanistan
Posted on October 6, 2009 by Strike-Hold source: UK MoDSoldiers of 19 Light Brigade’s elite Reconnaissance Force have recently undertaken one of their biggest deployments to date – and have had to draw on all their training and determination to get the job done.For some the thought of being ambushed, rocketed, shot at and trapped […]
Exercise Jackal Stone 2009
Posted on October 4, 2009 by Strike-Hold Exercise “Jackal Stone 09″ – hosted by Croatia from September 10 to 29 – brought together more than 1 thousand special operations forces personnel. The tradition began with the „Shamrock Key 06″ exercise for special operations forces that were held in Lithuania in 2006. The Jackal Stone exercise is […]
Latest News from BE-X:”OPFOR”camo suit, plus new”EPHOD”colours
Posted on October 3, 2009 by Strike-Hold OPFORThe OPFOR suit could be just the thing for airsoft or paintball players (or theatre and film crews) looking for a different, or African colonial-wars, look. The camouflage pattern was inspired by the the classic Rhodesian camo, but isn’t intended as a faithful reproduction of it. The trousers feature a classic […]
Royal Marines Reserves train for mountain warfare
Posted on August 4, 2009 by Strike-Hold A group of 80 Royal Marines Reservists has just completed ‘Commando Strike 09′, a demanding two-week high-altitude mountain training exercise in the Sierra Nevada mountains in northern California.The Royal Marines are the UK’s mountain warfare specialists, a skill they were called upon to use on their first foray […]
“Mirage”camo uniforms from Bulldog Equipment
Creating a camouflage that can be worn in any environment, regardless of location, is considered to be the “Holy Grail” of camouflage design – but many people are of the opinion that it as a fantasy. As an illustration of this view, any pattern which works well in the desert is clearly not going to work as […]
PenCott camo featuring in James Cameron’s”AVATAR”?
If you’re a bit of a sci-fi, video game, or camo geek – then you’ll probably find this interesting.The latest issue of Empire magazine features a visit to the set of James Cameron’s ground-breaking new 3D, live-action/CGI, sci-fi film, AVATAR. One photo in particular in the article seems to have set certain forums and blogs […]