Posted on 11/05/2011 by Strike-Hold Our friends at Military Times have published a rather interesting extract from their current issue about how the peaceful English countryside was transformed by anti-glider defences in the summer of 1940. http://www.military-times.co.uk/articles/how-to-stop-nazi-a-glider-1940s-pamphlet.htm?newsletter=email&dm_i=6NM,EQY0,2OW6U9,16KGL,1For more on Operation Sealion, the Nazi invasion that never was, read the latest issue of Military Times magazine. […]
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Tactical Tailor Fight Light Preview
Posted on 06/05/2011 by Strike-Hold Our friends at Soldier Systems Daily have posted a preview of Tactical Tailor’s new “Fight Light” series. First out of the blocks is this great looking “Battle Belt”.Get the gouge here. This entry was posted in Individual Equipment. Bookmark the permalink. ← Friday Foto Royal Navy clears Libyan mine → […]
Royal Navy clears Libyan mine
Posted on 06/05/2011 by Strike-Hold HMS Brocklesby, one of the Royal Navy’s mine countermeasures vessels, has destroyed a mine laid by pro-Gaddafi forces in the port of Misurata on the Libyan coast.Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi have made repeated attempts to close down the port to limit the flow of humanitarian assistance to the population […]
Top 10 Special Operations Raids
Posted on 05/05/2011 by Strikehold Nice piece on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13287133What you nominate for your Top 10 (successful) special operations raids / assaults of modern times?Off the cuff, mine would be:WWII1. Eben Emael2. Bruneval3. The SAS airfield raids during North African campaign 4. Gran Sasso5. Pegasus BridgePost-WWII1. Brazzaville2. Kolwezi3. Entebbe4. Mogadishu (GSG9 – not “Black […]
The Blackest of Black Ops Black Hawks?
Posted on 05/05/2011 by Strikehold The internet has been ablaze with speculation, rumour, innuendo and sheer fantasy following the publishing of this photo of part of the wreckage of the helicopter that was deliberately destroyed following its crash-landing on the Bin Laden raid.Well, it seems that it is in fact a secret “stealth” version of […]
MTP mania in Combat&Survival May issue
Posted on 22/04/2011 by Strikehold Out now, in both hardcopy and digital formats, the May issue of Combat & Survival magazine has extensive coverage of the UK’s new Multi-Terrain Pattern camouflage (MTP). As you’ll remember, MTP is a derivative of MultiCam that was developed by Crye Precision under license to the UK Ministry of Defence – the […]
What’s really going on in Libya?
Posted on 21/04/2011 by Strike-Hold Only one way to really find out – read C.J. Chivers Blog.http://cjchivers.com/post/4776811390/guns-consequences-in-libya-ii This entry was posted in Hotspots, Libya. Bookmark the permalink. ← PenCott™ Multi-Environment Camouflage is in production Female officer died defusing daisy-chain of bombs → Comments are closed. Search for: Recent Posts UF PRO P-40 Camou Pants reviewed […]
PenCott™ Multi-Environment Camouflage is in production
Posted on 21/04/2011 by Strike-Hold PenCott Multi-Environment Camouflage is Hyde Definition’s stunning, hybrid pattern that is already receiving a high level of interest from military and law enforcement special operations forces – as well as private consumers – in North America, Europe and the Middle East. To meet this high demand the following PenCott colourways are […]
Female officer died defusing daisy-chain of bombs
Posted on 21/04/2011 by Strike-Hold Captain Lisa Jane Head – KIA Afghanistan The irony of course is that she died in the process of doing a job that saves other people’s lives. Take a moment to reflect upon that…Read the full story here, and also check out the other links on that page reflecting the […]
South African Air Force ceremonially receives Rooivalk helicopter
Posted on 04/04/2011 by Strikehold The South African Air Force (SAAF) on Friday took ceremonial delivery of its first Denel Aviation CSH2A Rooivalk Mk I Block 1F combat support helicopters. In development since March 1984, the rotorcraft, the first of 11, is of the operational baseline and marks the end of the long-running Project Impose.Denel […]
