Posted on 30/10/2008 by Strikehold How many of you knew that the distinguished British actor David Niven (the first to portray James Bond on screen as well) was a Commando during WWII? Or that a Canadian commando soldier had the dubious distinction of being the first victim of Hitler’s infamous...
Posted on October 16, 2008 by Strike-Hold Acquiring Israeli-made state-of-the-art rifles and under barrel grenade launchers (UBGL) has given the armed forces a lethal edge in the fight against militants in Jammu and Kashmir. And the Army’s Special Forces in Kashmir are the first to get their hands on the...
Posted on October 12, 2008 by Strike-Hold In this second installment of my two-part look at airsoft Galil replicas, I turn to the recently announced Galil SAR from King Arms. The most obvious differences between this one and the TSI Armories version previously reviewed are that the King Arms version...
Posted on October 6, 2008 by Strike-Hold This month marks the 35th Anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In honour of this anniversary (“YK35″), I’m going to be publishing a series of articles this month relating to Israeli kit and forces; starting with a 2-part mini-series looking at the...
Posted on 06/10/2008 by Strike-Hold 6 October 1973: The Yom Kippur War (also known as The October War) began as Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish year. All this month, in honour of the 35th Anniversary of this conflict, I will be posting a...
Helikon-Tex have sent out an open invitation for all to visit them at IWA 2014. Helikon-Tex will be introducing lots of new products this year, including their new Direct Action® line of professional products. Full details about this line will be revealed during the IWA, but for now, you can...
Well, this video should really be titled ‘Some of the Guns of Star Wars’, but its still good. As any serious fan knows, part of the reason why the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy had a certain realistic look in terms of it armory was because most (if not all) of...
New, state of the art MARS-L weapons system for NZDF personnel “The Minister has announced today that our Defence Force personnel will be getting a new, high-tech individual weapon fit for our modern Defence Force to replace our ageing Steyr rifles. This is a major step in ensuring our enhanced...
We’re back! After being unable to post any new content since August becuase of bandwidth and other technical issues, we are at long last back up and running! And since ‘winter is coming…’ we thought there would be no better to celebrate our return than by sharing this 1955 US...