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...

Krytac’s TRIDENT LMG Enhanced launches this month! The LMG Enhanced features the newly designed keymod hand guard for additional customizability and versatility. Preorders are available at select KRYTAC Dealers, for a list of Authorize KRYTAC Resellers visit the Dealer Locator at www.krytac.com Stay up to date with the latest KRYTAC product...

With the release of the new OCP camo ACUs available for sale as of 1 July 2015, troops are also looking for Coyote Brown boots to replace their current Desert Tan footwear (Coyote Brown is the new official boot color to go with OCP ACUs). TacticalGear.com has just launched several...

PDW is one year old!  Happy 1st birthday to Patrick, Chris and all the rest of the crew!

ClawGear has released the latest version of their popular RAIDER Pant.  The Raider MK.IV is a lighweight and versatile “mission” pant design with improved fit and comfort. Designed to be simple and lightweight – yet still packing useful features and extras with the greatest comfort – the MK.IV version includes...