Posted on 02/04/2012 by Strike-Hold You’ve seen it featured recently on “Triggers”, “Top Guns” and “Sons of Guns” – now’s your chance to get the low-down on one of the 20th Century’s most iconic and hard-hitting battle rifles. Due out this month in Osprey Publishing’s excellent WEAPON Series is “The Browning Automatic Rifle”. For nearly […]
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Are you getting enough?
Posted on 01/04/2012 by Strike-Hold Strike-Hold! that is… What did you think I meant? If you haven’t checked out, and “Liked”, our Facebook page then the answer is definitely “NO!” We’ve leveraged the power and functionality of Facebook in order to bring you even more up-to-the-minute breaking news, links and “shares” to stuff of interest, […]
SABRE® Introduces PenCott Camouflage Clothing and Gear
SABRE® is the tactical clothing and equipment line brand from renowned German defence and law enforcement solution provider, JK Defence & Security Products GmbH. The SABRE brand offers military and law enforcement customers a full range of operationally-proven products for all climates, environments, and duties. For the past several months, JK Defence has been offering […]
British and Afghan troops launch dawn raid in Helmand
A dawn raid by British and Afghan troops in Helmand province has struck a blow at the insurgency in Afghanistan. The elite Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) joined forces with the Warthog Group to strike at an insurgent headquarters in the north of Task Force Helmand’s area of operations. A number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), […]
Introducing the 2-zip Fleece from KITANICA
Posted on March 16, 2012 by Strikehold I had a chance to pre-view this, and other new products from KITANICA, at the SHOT Show – and I thought it was pretty cool. Check it out (click on the image to go to KITANICA’s web site)… This entry was posted in Clothing. Bookmark the permalink. ← […]
Royal Navy gets a new working-duty uniform
A new duty uniform for the Royal Navy is being trialled by HMS Daring while on counter-piracy operations in the Gulf. Sailors on board the new Type 45 destroyer are now wearing a specially-designed dark blue kit in place of the Royal Navy’s traditional light blue outfit known as the Number 4 dress. This is […]
US Army / USMC Enhanced Combat Helmet authorized for production
Posted on 15/03/2012 by Strike-Hold The Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) is a program to replace the combat helmets of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marines using thermoplastics instead of the ballistic fibers used on the current generation combat helmets. The ECH’s profile is very similar to the Advanced Combat Helmet but is thicker. The helmet’s […]
US Army Camouflage Improvement Initiative – part 2
Posted on 06/03/2012 by Strikehold In other news, Army Times posted a “SitRep” video earlier today that appears to contain the first views we’ve seen of the submissions from Brookwoods Company. However, if you blinked you might have missed them, so I did a tricky screen-grab to get a still image of each of the […]
The US Army Camouflage Improvement Initiative – curiouser and curiouser…
Posted on 06/03/2012 by Strike-Hold “’Curiouser and curiouser!’ Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).” – ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Lewis Caroll. Trying to follow the twists and turns of the US Army Camouflage Improvement Initiative, and sometimes sporadic information published about it, does […]
Tongan Prime Minister visits his troops in Afghanistan
Posted on March 5, 2012 by Strikehold His Excellency Lord Tu’ivakano, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tonga, met senior US and UK commanders before spending time with troops to learn about the contribution his nation is making to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission. The Tonga Defence Services has served as part […]
