In an apparent blow to SIG SAUER the US Coast Guard appears to have reversed its decision to adopt a variant of the SIG M18 adopted by the US Army, and has instead decided to field the Glock Gen 5 G19 MOS in 9x19mm caliber. The 9mm Gen 5 Glock 19 will replace the Coast Guard’s […]
In honor of the the heroic actions of the British 1st Airborne Division during “Operation Market-Garden” in September 1944, the Old Time Design Company have published a second part to their photo study of a typical British Paratrooper of the time… Upon landing, this Parachutist removes his parachute harness readies his equipment. He is an […]
The Army Film and Photographic Unit was a subdivision of the British armed forces set up on 24 October 1941, to record military events in which the British and Commonwealth armies was engaged. AFPU photographers and cameramen were recruited from all over the Army, with many of them having been press photographers or cameramen in […]
In honor of the 76th anniversary of “Operation Market-Garden” and the heroic action of the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem, our friends at the Old Time Design Company have published a fantastic recreation of how typical troopers would have been dressed and equipped for the drop. Part 1: Men of the XXI Independent Parachute […]
In conjunction with the upcoming introduction of the new-style Nordic Combat Uniform, the Swedish Ministry of Defence has announced a new version of their tried-and-tested M90 pattern for camouflage clothing. The original M90, aka Swedish Splinter, camo was first introduced for all branches of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1989, and was never copyright […]
The exercise “FALL WIND 2020” has mobilized nearly 500 Legionnaire paratroopers throughout Balagne for a week. The first phase involved dropping divers of the nautical company at sea from French Air Force helicopters to scout the enemy bastion of the Ile Rousse. After 36 hours of fierce fight in the maquis against opposing force, the […]
Many people were surprised by the announcement earlier this week that the Bundeswehr has chosen the Haenel MK556 as its new assault rifle system – snubbing both the HK416 and the HK433 in the process. The stated reasoning was that the Haenel rifle, which is essentially a German rebrand of a UAE clone of a […]
According to a breaking story by the German language defense publication ‘Soldat & Technik‘, the MK556 from CG Haenel emerged as the winner of the German MOD’s competition for a new assault rifle to replace the current Heckler & Koch G-36. Official confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Defense is apparently still pending, and it […]
Last month we reported on the problems the Netherlands MOD was facing with its Defense Operational Clothing System (DOKS) procurement, and the interim solution that has been adopted in the interim. Today we can share with you some additional, highly-detailed publicity photos that the Netherlands MOD has just released. These show in great detail the […]
On 4 September 2020, Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth (TX) was awarded a USD 272 million fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the production and delivery of eight UH-1Y Venom and four AH-1Z Viper helicopters to the government of Czechia. All work will be performed at Fort Worth (TX) and Amarillo (TX) and is expected to be completed […]