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...
The M1956 LCE system was the first significant change and improvement of U.S. Army web gear since WWII – and also the first really user-friendly modular web gear. The image above is taken from the official “care and use” instructions from 1966, a copy of which can be found here: http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com/vn/m56-gear.htmlThe M1956...
Posted on 02/07/2010 by Strike-Hold source: UK MoDAs the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) celebrates 50 years of independence, the Stabilisation Unit’s John Myers is working with the UN peacekeeping mission to address continuing instability in the east of the country.Since mid-January John Myers has called Goma, in the...
Posted on July 1, 2010 by Strike-Hold Canada Day (Fête du Canada), formerly Dominion Day, is Canada’s national holiday, marking the establishment of Canada as new federation with its own constitution on July 1, 1867. It is a federal holiday generally celebrated on July 1 annually by all provincial governments...
Posted on June 23, 2010 by Strike-Hold Thanks to D. Matz of the International Camouflage Uniform Society, we’ve got some more photos of the new camouflage pattern of the Slovenian Army. As you can see, it looks a lot like it was inspired by MultiCam. Meanwhile, more countries continue to use...
Posted on June 22, 2010 by Strike-Hold The new British MTP camo uniforms are making their way in to the hands of the troops in Afghanistan, as are also the new “Afghan Forest” pixelated camo uniforms of the ANA. But at these recent photos illustrate, not everybody has them yet...
One of the things I love about living in the UK/Europe is that there is such a great variety of excellent airsoft sites. Well now, thanks to the German/European airsoft sites project “Airsoft Gelaende” (airsoft fields), I discovered this absolute jewel of an airsoft site – situated on the uninhabited island of...
Source: CNetby Jonathan E. SkillingsThe futuristic-looking XM-25 shoulder-fired grenade launcher will soon be getting its trial by combat.U.S. Special Forces soldiers will be trying out the XM-25 in Afghanistan this summer, according to a report Thursday at Military.com. It’s not clear how many of those weapons will be going, but...