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Titanium Cookware from Prometheus Design Werx

Prometheus Design Werx introduces their new collection of Ti-Line Cookware. Light, strong, durable and corrosion-proof, the first three pieces offered in their new cookware collection cover the baseline needs of the solo wilderness adventure and explorer. When it comes to durable performance cookware for the backcountry that will last a...

Top 10 Must-Have Airsoft Guns That Don’t Exist – Yet

SHOT Show and IWA are now well behind us and while there were some cool new airsoft replicas that broke cover this year, am I the only who thinks that airsoft manufacturers mostly just keep churning out yet-another-variation-of-the-same-things?  When the biggest news seems to be about a new line of...

ST Kinetics BR18: is this the ultimate bull-pup rifle?

Bullpup rifles - where the chamber, firing mechanism, and loading port / magazine are located behind the trigger and pistol grip - haven't always had a good reputation, or been well-received by users. And to be fair, there are certain inherent drawbacks to such a layout, but dramatic reduction in...

Friday Foto

Special Tactics Airmen and members of the Royal Thai Air Force leap from a U.S. Air Force C-130 over a water drop zone during Exercise Cobra Gold on Feb. 13, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo by First Lieutenant Renee Douglas)

New Canadian Camo Pattern Revealed – ‘CADPAT Intermediate’

While there has been some chatter over the past year or so about the Canadian's ditching their pixilated temperate woodland and arid region CADPAT camo patterns for MultiCam®, which is already in use with Canadian Special Operations Command soldiers, it now appears that there will be a new "intermediate" mash-up...

New Zealand Defence Force supports British counter-poaching operations

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are working alongside their British counterparts to counter the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade in Africa. Lance Corporal Jed Maskill (left) from 1 RNZIR teaches a tracking tactic to a British Army soldier in Malawi. Special Operations Component Commander Colonel Rian McKinstry said two soldiers — one from...

UF PRO® Striker X® Combat Shirt and Pants

UF PRO unveiled their new "STRIKER X" Combat Shirt and Pants at the IWA trade show in Nuremberg, Germany last month.  The "STRIKER X" line is an evolution of the well-known STRIKER BDU line, optimized for the extremely demanding requirements of military special units. Find out more in the two...

Helikon-Tex Introduces Modern Battle Dress Uniform® (MBDU®)

Modern operational and tactical situations can change rapidly and demand flexible gear and clothing solutions. Law Enforcement, Security and Military personnel may be called upon to perform normal duties in a low-threat environment and then quickly gear up and spring into action when the threat level escalates. Listening to end-user...

Modernized RK-62 Assault Rifles to be issued to Finnish Army Brigades

Over the past two years, the functionality of the Finnish-made assault rifle RK 62 has undergone modernisation for optimised utilisability. The new modernised versions of the assault rifle will now be fielded as part of conscript training provided in all Finnish Defence Forces’ brigade-level units. The RK 62 was designed...