Helikon-Tex began as an Army surplus dealer in Poland in 1983. Since 2000 however the company has been manufacturing their own lines of field clothing for military, milsim sports, hunters and outdoors recreational purposes. Today, Helikon-Tex is a manufacturer of field uniforms, waterproof and windproof sets, fleece jackets, underwear and...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...