More than 3,000 sailors and marines are gearing up for a three-month training deployment to the Mediterranean – this year’s key workout of the UK’s high-readiness task force. The deployment, known as Cougar 12, will see Royal Navy warships, Royal Marines commandos and naval airpower, which make up the Response...
“The Lekhwiya Force” is the official nickname of Qatar’s Internal Security Forces. Lekhwiya (also sometimes written as Lakhwiya) is a Qatari word that is roughly the equivalent of brothers-in-arms and was originally used to refer to the tribesmen who traditionally provided law and order. The modern Qatari Internal Security Force...
Posted on September 19, 2012 by Strike-Hold Members of No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing, working alongside the US Marine Corps (USMC), have spoken about quickly regaining control of Camp Bastion Airfield following an insurgent attack on Friday 14 September, killing 14 and capturing one of the enemy. Fifteen heavily-armed...
Posted on September 19, 2012 by Strike-Hold We’re introducing a new section called “In The Fight”, in which we will profile particular elite and special operations units from all around the world. As a brief sneaky-peaky intro we posted a video on our Facebook page this morning about these guys...
The G28 Designated Marksman Rifle has entered service with the Bundeswehr to replace the interim G3-based solution. Officially designated the ZF G28 – short for Zielfernrohrgewehr 28, or telescopic scoped rifle 28 – the Bundeswehr’s new Designated Marksman Rifle is a semi-automatic, gas operated, 7.62x51mm, magazine fed rifle with a...
Posted on September 14, 2012 by Strike-Hold GHK Airsoft from Taiwan have announced a new in-house designed GBBR called the “G5″ that they describe as being loosely based, aesthetically at least, on the Czech CZ Evo 3 Scorpion sub-machine gun. Not many details have been released so far, only some...
Posted on 13/09/2012 by Strike-Hold Our friends at Soldier Systems Daily and Kit-Up! have been keeping a close watch on the continuing soap-opera that is RECOIL’s incredibly clumsy handling of a situation that’s gone from bad to worse. Grab a bowl of popcorn and follow the link to read this...
Posted on 13/09/2012 by Strike-Hold Hyde Definition announces that their PenCott-Snowdrift camouflage pattern is now available to order on the first of three planned fabric types. The current fabric is a lightweight, packable, quick-drying and water-resistant 100% polyester shell fabric. This is the same fabric, with the same finish and...
Posted on 11/09/2012 by Strike-Hold On this date 11 years ago 2,977 innocent people from more than 90 countries perished in the terrorist attacks now known forever as “9/11″. Many other people who were in the areas in the aftermath of the attacks, particularly First Responders and rescue and...
Posted on September 10, 2012 by Strike-Hold For what its worth, here’s my take on the controversy regarding comments about the HK MP7A1 in RECOIL magazine Issue #4: Having worked on magazines and other professional publishing projects, I know very well the challenges of meeting deadlines, of writing clearly, of...
