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Introducing The Griff Pack From Grey Ghost Gear

Press release from Grey Ghost Gear Yes, we are usually irreverent and often sarcastic but this isn’t the time for it. This is about the Griff Pack, which was named for one of our friends. He was killed in Tal Afar, Iraq in 2005. Griff was a truly professional, legitimate...

PenCott™ camo BDUs and Boonie Hats from SEALS Action Gear

SEALS Action Gear was one of the first companies other than Crye Precision to offer tactical clothing in MultiCam camouflage, now they’ve released some sneak peak photos of their signature Tactical Field Shirt and Tactical Field Pants in PenCott GreenZone™ and BadLands™. This is great news for all the folks in...

UF PRO ‘Striker XT’ BDU coming soon in Bundeswehr Flecktarn!

UF PRO’s excellent Striker XT BDU will soon also be available in authentic “5 Farben Flecktarn” PES/Cotton camouflage fabric. The following Striker XT products will be available in Flecktarn: Striker XT Camo Combat Pants 169.00 € Striker XT Camo Combat Shirt 95.00 € Boonie Hat 24.50 € The Flecktarn Striker XT BDU items...

SCDTV do ‘once upon a midnight clear…’

Our friends at SCDTV came up with a novel way to work off the Christmas feasting – they got all geared up and did a midnight photo shoot in the snow.  The results are pretty impressive… Check out the full album, and kit list, here.

Direct Action® release 2nd video

Look closely and you’ll see lots of cool new kit that’s coming from Direct Action that will be revealed at EnforceTac / IWA in March 2015… Infil, GO LOUD!, exfil… www.directactiongear.com

Helikon-Tex: PCS smock in PenCott™ camouflage

Helikon-Tex announced today that their PCS-style smock will be available in PenCott-GreenZone™ and PenCott-SnowDrift™ camouflage from January 2015. Based on the design of the British Army’s ‘Personal Clothing System’ Smock, Helikon’s PCS Smock is constructed from milspec-grade 50/50 Nylon-Cotton ripstop fabric.  It features 10 spacious pockets for personal equipment,  a...

Zombie Zone and SCDTV Christmas Stocking Competition

This Christmas, the Elves from Zombie Zone have joined forces with the Elves from SCDTV – and those from the far north – and have prepared something very special for you… First a little back-story…  Last Christmas Eve, Santa Claus received many disturbing signals that bad green lizard-goblins were trying to destroy Christmas.  There were...

German LRRPs conduct freefall training in Tennessee

Soldiers of Fernspählehrkompanie 200 (long range reconnaissance training company) visited Tennessee recently to practice their skills in military free-fall operations with full equipment. The company belongs to the German Army’s special operations division and provides the division’s organic long range reconnaissance capabilities. Click on the picture above to jump to the video –...