Posted on 05/08/2010 by Strike-Hold Our friends at ITS Tactical have done a superb job with the second installment of their great camouflage comparison photo-shoot.Check out all the action here. This entry was posted in Camouflage. Bookmark the permalink. ← More Afghan camo: new pixelated pattern for the Afghan Civil...
Posted on August 5, 2010 by Strike-Hold The first thing that struck me about this was that its ironic that the Afghan Army adopted a “woodland” coloured uniform, whilst the police adopted a “desert” coloured one.Then, taking a second look, I noticed that the uniform style appears to be the...
Posted on August 4, 2010 by Strike-Hold In other recent camouflage news, Russian company SSO / SPOSN has announced the availability of their a new family of digital camouflage patterns. According to the information we’ve received, there are summer woodland, autumn woodland and semi-arid versions; known as “Spectre”, “Spectre-Autumn” and “Spectre-S”...
Posted on August 3, 2010 by Strike-Hold Trolling through the ISAF Media Flickr account, I found some photos of the new Spanish desert camo pattern uniforms in use in Afghanistan. * UPDATE *Thanks to the link supplied by Zote, here are some additional, close-up photos of the uniform and camo...
Posted on August 3, 2010 by Strike-Hold press releaseThe EC665 Tiger HAP (combat support) helicopter received its operational certification from NATO for the Afghan theater of operations in August 2009, just seven months after the final operational standard qualification was issued by government agencies in December 2008.The fleet of three...
Posted on 28/07/2010 by Strikehold source: defpro.comWith the shocking impressions of the effects of terrorism on their own front porch still freshly in mind, the leaders of the African Union member states yesterday met in Kampala, to discuss the and agree on the future face of the AU Mission in...
Posted on 21/07/2010 by Strike-Hold Our friends over at ITS Tactical have been busy recently going out into the boonies to run their 2nd big camo comparison photo-study. They’ll have the photos processed and posted soon, but in the meantime they’ve posted a story about all the excitement, adventures, shenanigans...
Posted on 19/07/2010 by Strike-Hold In case you didn’t catch this on our Facebook page, here’s a second chance to get a free PDF copy of this fascinating story. This entry was posted in Elite Units, Iraq. Bookmark the permalink. ← Danger in the desert for Canadians in Afghanistan ITS...
Posted on 19/07/2010 by Strike-Hold By Mike Patterson (AFP)PANJWAYI DISTRICT, Afghanistan — A light armoured vehicle roars away into the night, kicking up choking clouds of desert dust on the trail of two men suspected of planting a bomb in the dirt road.Manning a surveillance position in Afghanistan’s troubled Kandahar...
As soon as I saw a sneak preview of this new poster from Advanced Armament Corporation I thought “BRILLIANT!”. Its a great twist on the old axiom of “sex sells” – and best of all, you can now buy your own copy as an 18″x24″ (45.72cm x 60.96cm) poster. To keep up...
