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Ural Motorcycles Introduces Dual-Sidecar Model

While many companies hunker down amid global recession concerns, Ural Motorcycles has announced that they are planning to tap into the 4-wheeler market with a new dual-sidecar model.  When asked for further clarification, company officials simply replied; "Because two sidecars are better than one." Visit Ural Motorcycles on the worldwide...

Arktis Introduces M90 Hot Pink

After many years of research & development Arktis is pleased to finally announce their latest camouflage innovation - M90 HOT PINK! An incredible development designed especially for Disco Night… Ops. With direct input and feedback from leading professionals. M90 HOT PINK is fully neon light treated with an anti-glitter coating....

Pine Survey and Tacticaltrim enter the camouflage market

Leading German fabric and materials supplier Tacticaltrim and Austrian camouflage expert Pine Survey have joined up to introduce a new line of camouflage patterns to the military and law enforcement market. “For several years now, Pine Survey has been known for its camouflage field tests and reviews. This long lasting...

UF PRO Introduces Revolutionary New Payment System

UF PRO to Begin Accepting Toilet Paper in Place of Currency; Customers Can Soon Pay for Purchases in Rolls or Sheets Cutting-edge maker of tactical clothing UF PRO today announced that it will soon allow customers the option of paying for their purchases in toilet paper! “Toilet Paper Pay represents...

Velcro Tactical T-Shirt from Helikon-Tex

Attention Patch whores! Do you find it hard to decide which patch to wear, does it change from day-to-day? Do you wish you could show off your collection when you go out? The Helikon-Tex Velcro Tactical T-Shirt, made of 100% soft velcro fabric, is the answer to your needs! Check out...

UF PRO’s Guide to Tactical Gear

Next to "operator", "tactical" is without a doubt one of the most overused words around these days. Everyone who wants to be cool or sound cool slaps the word on their product or their blog. In their latest Blog post, UF PRO breaks it down, keeps it real, and fills...

Operation Varsity 75th Anniversary

Operation Varsity - also known as The Crossing of The Rhine - took place on the 24th of March 1945. Although the airborne component of Operation Market-Garden involved more troops and drops, Varsity was the largest airborne operation of WWII that took place in one location and on a single...

Friday Foto

A well-known propaganda photo of German Fallschirmjäger charging from a DFS 230 glider upon landing. The DFS 230 was a Luftwaffe assault glider, developed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight). Hans Jacobs was the lead designer. It was intended for paratrooper assault operations, carrying ten...

H&K’s Cold War Light Machine Guns – the SAW that could have been

We've been looking at HK's 5.56mm rifles and submachine guns lately, but let's now turn our attention to the heavy-hitters of the family, the 10- and 20-series light machine guns.   [caption id="attachment_7200" align="aligncenter" width="640"] HK's Jim Schatz demonstrating the dependability of the HK21's belt-fed system. The HK21 is the...

Sunday Gunday: Larry Vickers on the Heckler & Koch HK53

We hope you're enjoying our little trip down Memory Lane with a look back at HK's 5.56mm weapons platforms from the 1960's up to the 1980's. Today we're going to take a closer look at the baby of the family at that time - the short barrelled HK53 "submachine gun"....