Consider this an introduction to the new plates from ShotStop Ballistics. It's a line of extremely light ("ultra-light" according to the ShotStop) lineup of individual armor upgrades. The official name of this plate is the Level IV HA Armor Piercing Advanced Body Armor Plates. ShotStop, an Ohio-based ballistics company, has...
They might not be as sexy as new guns, or as controversial as new camouflage and uniforms, but these days batteries are just as much an essential part of a Warfighter's equipment as food, water, and ammunition. Carrying your body armor weight in spare batteries has also become the new...
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa move forward into a blocking position for Portuguese forces at Campo Militar de Santa Margarida, Portugal, July 1, 2016. The Portuguese military invited distinguished visitors from various countries for a demonstration from Portuguese and American forces to conclude Exercise Orion...
B&T is a small but well-respected company from Switzerland that has equipped numerous European police and military forces over the years. In the US they are probably best known for having won a (small-scale) contract in 2019 for their APC9K sub-machine gun to be used as the US Army's sub-compact...
Until the early years of the Global War on Terror, woodland camo (i.e. “M81 Woodland”) was by far the most commonly used camouflage pattern used by US military personnel during the Cold War. Head on over to House Morningwood to learn the story behind this iconic camouflage pattern, that is...
The Umarex/VFC partnership continues to set the highest standards in airsoft regarding attention to detail and build quality. Their latest replica of the famous Heckler & Koch MP5K sub-machine gun takes things to an even higher level thanks to its realistic blowback action mechanism. Originally developed in the early 1960's...
The UK Royal Marines’ recent Baltic deployment reached a dramatic climax with commando training raids along Lithuania’s coast and on a radar station inland. 45 Commando have been deployed since the start of May at the heart of the Littoral Response Group (North), a newly-formed task group designed to position...
Members of the Romanian Special Forces boards a vessel during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) evolution as a part of Trojan Footprint 21 off the coast of Mangalia, Romania on May 7th, 2021. Trojan Footprint 21 is Special Operations Command Europe's annual exercise to demonstrate proficiencies, assess the...
U.S. Army Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado, have optimized new marksman rifles - thanks to a team of small arms experts from manufacturer Heckler & Koch and the Army’s Project Manager Soldier Lethality from Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. The team spent June 15-16 at Fort...
Marine Raiders conducted operations during RAVEN unit readiness / certification exercises alongside Marines from across the Fleet Marine Force as well as U.S. Army Special Forces in Nashville, Tenn., Apr. 24-June 1, 2021. RAVEN is a training exercise held to evaluate all aspects of a Marine Special Operations Company prior...
