In honor of the 76th anniversary of "Operation Market-Garden" and the heroic action of the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem, our friends at the Old Time Design Company have published a fantastic recreation of how typical troopers would have been dressed and equipped for the drop. Part 1: Men...
In conjunction with the upcoming introduction of the new-style Nordic Combat Uniform, the Swedish Ministry of Defence has announced a new version of their tried-and-tested M90 pattern for camouflage clothing. [caption id="attachment_8121" align="alignnone" width="1501"] Swedish soldiers, assigned to the Air Defence Regiment, visit U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 7th Air...
The exercise "FALL WIND 2020" has mobilized nearly 500 Legionnaire paratroopers throughout Balagne for a week. The first phase involved dropping divers of the nautical company at sea from French Air Force helicopters to scout the enemy bastion of the Ile Rousse. After 36 hours of fierce fight in the...
Many people were surprised by the announcement earlier this week that the Bundeswehr has chosen the Haenel MK556 as its new assault rifle system - snubbing both the HK416 and the HK433 in the process. The stated reasoning was that the Haenel rifle, which is essentially a German rebrand of...
According to a breaking story by the German language defense publication 'Soldat & Technik', the MK556 from CG Haenel emerged as the winner of the German MOD’s competition for a new assault rifle to replace the current Heckler & Koch G-36. Official confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Defense is...
Last month we reported on the problems the Netherlands MOD was facing with its Defense Operational Clothing System (DOKS) procurement, and the interim solution that has been adopted in the interim. Today we can share with you some additional, highly-detailed publicity photos that the Netherlands MOD has just released. These...
Tribute in lights illuminate downtown in New York, NY. Photo by Jin Lee, 9/11 Memorial Sept. 11, 2016.
Team Wendy, a leading U.S. supplier of exceptional head protection systems for military, law enforcement, search and rescue, and adventure markets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Avon Rubber p.l.c.. Under the terms of the acquisition, Avon Protection Systems, Inc. will acquire Team Wendy...
In a world full of M4 and AK clones, stand out with an HK. And one of the absolutely best HK replicas available now is the stunning LK-33 series from LCTairsoft (HK-33 family). One of the things that's great about the LK-33 series is that LCT is offering a host...
On 4 September 2020, Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth (TX) was awarded a USD 272 million fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the production and delivery of eight UH-1Y Venom and four AH-1Z Viper helicopters to the government of Czechia. All work will be performed at Fort Worth (TX) and Amarillo (TX) and...