Why? Just becuase I like it.  smooth-bore semi-automatic shotgun 24″ (61cm) barrel length SVDS-type fixed alloy buttstock W/ cheek pad automatic last round bolt hold-open tactical pistol grip siderail and Picatinny (Weaver) rail scope mounts AK-type open sights flash hider magwell & two 8-round magazines full & half chokes cleaning...

I first learned of this new digital camouflage pattern and BDU combo from Russian firm Survival Corps a few months ago. However, my interest was renewed a couple of days ago when I discovered that FSU Connections Ltd. (www.rusmilitary.com) here in the UK has some stuff in this pattern for sale.  Survival...

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Strike-Hold Source: FN HerstalFN has received notification from the USSOCOM Program Executive Office-SOF Warrior (PEO-SW) that the SCAR Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) was approved and signed on April 14, 2010. This decision authorizes the production and deployment of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Assault Rifle...

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Strike-Hold Sources:  Associated Press and Ria NovostiRussian special forces rappelled onto a disabled oil tanker taken over by Somali pirates and freed 23 Russian sailors early Thursday, the commander of the EU Naval Force said. Ten pirates were arrested and one was killed.The raid...

Much has already been written about the improvements and benefits offered by digital patterns over traditional or “analogue” patterns. Besides the enhanced disruption and dithering effects offered by digital (especially pixelated) patterns, the ability to use sophisticated graphics software and pattern-generating algorithms also means that patterns can be created and...

By MC2 David Quillen, USNNATO Training Mission-AfghanistanThe Afghan National Army Air Corps transported Afghan commandos into Logar Province for an air assault mission against insurgents in the largest air assault mission yet into the outer regions of Kabul on April 2.The assault was a joint effort between an Air Corps...

I had quite honestly begun to feel a bit hum-drum about developments in the tactical clothing market lately.  I was really beginning to think that maybe there was no room for further innovation, that maybe Crye Precision had changed the game and wiped out the competition with their designs.  Apart...

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Strike-Hold Venom Industries is the sister company of Bulldog Equipment, and has been specifically set up to address the needs of the commercial and private security markets.  Venom say that they take pride in producing world-class products with a lifetime guarantee against manufacturer’s defects.  All Venom...

BBC1’s “The ONE Show” on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 featured a segment at the end of the show about the British Army’s new Multi-Terrain Pattern camouflage clothing. Note: the clothing featured in the show were the prototype garments produced in the current Soldier 2000 style, not the style of clothing that...

It seems that the notion of sticking a stock on a pistol is an idea that just won’t go away.  First there were the simple detachable wooden stocks that got stuck on to Borchardt C-93s, Mauser C-96s, Luger P-08s, and Browning Hi-Powers in the latter part of the 19th century and first...