The first RAF Merlin helicopter has arrived in Afghanistan as part of a move to boost air support on the front line. The full Merlin deployment to Afghanistan will be completed by the end of this year, providing a significant increase in UK military helicopters and flying hours available to commanders...
Although the US Army’s camouflage controversy is getting a lot of attention, discussion and development, the Americans aren’t the only ones who’ve been busy developing new camouflage patterns over the past few years.Besides the famous “Partizan” suits seen during the Beslan hostage crisis, or the copy of the “Yeger” pattern...
Last month we featured the news about Magpul PTS officially licensing A&K to produce a Sportsline airsoft version of the “Masada” (as opposed to their previous, unlicensed version). Well, more detailed photographs of this model have appeared – see below. The licensed A&K Sportsline Masada AEGs are currently available from ehobby Asia and Airsoft Global, and...
All the recent chatter around the US Army camo controversy got me to thinking of a couple of different approaches. I already laid out my intial thoughts on a common ground combat uniform – and seperate garrison uniform – a few weeks back. An alternative, and perhaps more cost-effective, approach is...
Posted on 13/11/2009 by Strike-Hold UK MoDA British sniper ended a Taliban attack on his colleagues conducting a patrol in an Afghan village with a single shot, it has been revealed today.The soldier, who can only be known as Corporal Danny for security reasons, shot at the feet of an...
Posted on 28/10/2009 by Strikehold UK MOD Defence NewsNow in its tenth year, Exercise Jebel Sahara continues to grow in size, scope and importance, offering British troops the chance to train in the kind of harsh conditions that they are facing on current operations.The exercise takes place in the desert...
Posted on 25/10/2009 by Strikehold Heckler & Koch “real-steel” HK33 and HK53 Basically a G3 scaled down to take the 5.56x45mm round, and designed for the export market, the HK33 came in several variants. The HK33A2 (fitted with a rigid synthetic stock), an accurized variant known as the HK33SG/1 (with a...
Posted on 24/10/2009 by Strikehold Source: Navy Times Amphibious ops to become default mode for MEUs By Gidget Fuentes – Staff writer Determined to get Marines directly involved with the fight against pirates and other threats at sea, the Corps is reinventing its seven expeditionary units.Major changes, some already underway,...
Posted on 23/10/2009 by Strike-Hold Soldiers from Alpha (Grenadier) Company of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS), have fought off Taliban attackers in order to facilitate the recovery of a US Army Chinook helicopter.When the helicopter of the US 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade suffered...
Posted on 22/10/2009 by Strike-Hold Training of the Iraqi Navy by the Royal Navy is expected to resume as soon as possible following consideration by the Iraqi Council of Representatives it was announced today.The Iraqi Government had requested that after the UK concluded combat operations in Iraq on 30 April 2009...
