Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold The Secretary of the Army decided not to provide leadership, direction and decisiveness last week and therefore didn’t announce the Army’s selection of a new family of camouflage patterns – by the way, the selection has apparently been made and senior Army leaders have been...
Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold The first unit of the New Zealand Army has been issued its sets of the new Multi-Terrain Camouflage Uniform (MCU), and photos have been released today showing the new uniforms in use. Incorporating a camouflage pattern designed by Guy Cramer of HyperStealth Biotechnology Corporation, and...
Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold KITANICA is best known for robust, innovative, feature-loaded, ueber-cool tactical clothing. With their new Brush Pants they seem to have gone with a less-is-more approach, but still retained the innovative and cool styling that’s synonymous with their name. www.kitanica.net This entry was posted in...
Posted on 20/06/2013 by Strike-Hold Long known as a go-to source for a wide selection of semi-auto, military-style, sporting rifles, Atlantic Firearms have announced that they are also now stocking a variety of airsoft weapons suitable for training purposes. Atlantic Firearms has decided to carry a line of Airsoft weapons...
Posted on 17/06/2013 by Strike-Hold There was a time when a 40-round magazine seemed to be almost de rigueur for an automatic rifle, then they seemed to fall out of fashion. Now it looks as though where the iconic RPK led, MagPul follows. Today they announced their 40-round M3 PMAG,...
Posted on 17/06/2013 by Strike-Hold Availability of Legion Firearms rifles In 1914 Ernest Shackleton was recruiting for what would eventually be called the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. His pitch included the following statement: “Officers wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return...
Posted on 16/06/2013 by Strike-Hold Yes, that’s right – they are GIVING AWAY one of the most powerful rifles ever built on the AR platform. But wait, there’s more! In addition to the rifle the winner we get an all expenses paid trip out to NEMO Arms in Montana for...
Posted on 15/06/2013 by Strike-Hold Renowned Taiwanese AK-replicator LCT has announced three new AK based AEG’s. These are all Westernized / Tactical AK’s, fitted with accessory rails, flash-hiders, ergonomic pistol grips and Crane-type shoulder stocks. No details have been provided at this point, but based on looks alone my favourite...
Posted on 14/06/2013 by Strike-Hold Well, this has been an interesting week in the surreal universe of US military camouflage. First up this week was Soldier Systems Daily reporting that, contrary to the rumor that was generally agreed to be true, the Secretary of the Army would NOT be announcing...
Posted on June 14, 2013 by Strike-Hold With today being the US Army’s 238th birthday, it seemed especially appropo to have been invited to phone in for the PEO Soldier Media De-Brief on the, now concluded, Improved Carbine Competition. I’m not going to go into the full back-ground to the...
