Vietnam, 1969 - members of a U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division LRRP team prepare for a patrol. Photo credit: unknown
As we are all painfully aware, everything has been a bit discombobulated since the pandemic hit us. One of the areas that has been particularly impacted are the usual in-person trade fairs - most of which have either been cancelled, postponed, or forced to go virtual. The IWA trade show...
A while back we shared with you a photo series that the Old Time Design Company did in commemoration of the British paratroopers at Arnhem during Operation Market-Garden. Recently they turned their attention to a study of the formation and equipping of Britain parachute troops during the early years of...
We've been very excited about this release ever since we first heard of it a couple of months ago. Samples are hard to come by though, so we're grateful to our friends from Airsoft & MilSim News Blog for sharing a new video from Evike as Matt takes a close-up...
Estonian Special Operations Forces (ESTSOF) on patrol in Mali with local militia. Photo credit: Estonian Ministry of Defence.
Our friends at UF PRO posted a blog article recently that give a great overview of how and why they have developed their flagship combat uniform, the Striker BDU, into what it is today. Since its first public unveiling at the IWA trade show in March 2013, UF PRO's STRIKER...
As reported this morning by several European defence industry publications and blogs, the saga of the German Armed Forces search for a new rifle to replace their G-36s appears to have come to a final conclusion - in favor of Heckler & Koch. But you may be surprised to see...
A Portuguese paratrooper poses for a photo demonstrating their new modular load carriage and armor protection system, the M18 camouflage uniform ('multifleck') introduced last year, and an FN SCAR-L assault rifle. The FN SCAR was adopted by the Portuguese Army last year as well. Members of Portugal's Special Operations Forces...
Airborne Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, recently completed almost two weeks of field testing the Army’s newest leader radio (LR) communications systems. [caption id="attachment_9020" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] A Team Leader with 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), directs movements of his team...
One of my favorite winter Olympic sport is biathlon - the combination of cross-country skiing and target shooting. Like several other Olympic sports, biathlon had its origins in martial sports - synchronized swimming isn't one of them however. It won't come as any surprise of course that some European Armies...
