Posted on February 11, 2013 by Strike-Hold The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces announced today that work is progressing on a new book about the iconic Denison Smock and other British Airborne Specialist clothing.  The book is being written by Bruce Wilson and photographer Ollie Lock. Many...

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Strike-Hold Continuing on our recent theme of French involvement in Africa, our interest was piqued recently when we saw this new -and unusual – morale patch design pop up. “C’est L’Afrique” is of course French for “This is Africa” – you might remember this...

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Strike-Hold As the AK has become more popular and common in the tactical arena as well as among civilian sport shooters there are a number of companies that are stepping up to the plate and providing easy-to-install, off-the-shelf solutions to a number of the...

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Strike-Hold British troops in Afghanistan are the first to use state-of-the-art handheld nano surveillance helicopters.  This revolutionary new system – the size of a child’s toy – is carried easily on patrol and is capable of performing in harsh environments and windy conditions. The...

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Strike-Hold I predict that we’re going to be seeing a lot more in the news about Western military, especially counter-insurgency, operations in Africa in the months ahead – as this continent appears most definitely to be the next front in the ongoing struggle against...

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Strike-Hold Here’s a great video I came across (thanks to Morrison Industries) that goes inside for an up-close-and-personal look at Russian jump school.  Its really interesting stuff – especially for us old-timers who grew up with the original “Red Dawn” and the potential scenario...

The Russian Defence Ministry has announced it will purchase new sniper rifles this year. Under the arms procurement program for 2013, Degtyarev 6S8-1 12.7mm rifles will be bought for the Russian Armed Forces.  The Degtyarev is pictured below on the right. From 2014 the ministry will start buying the latest...