Kitanica gave us a heads up that they are giving their innovative design treatment to a shirt so you will now be able to wear a full set of Kitanicas. All that is missing now is a cap. Kitanica will have their new shirt on display with Voodoo Tactical in booth #20213.
We received this from SOTech and thought it would be good for our readers to see why they started the VIPER program.
The staff of SOTech want to take the opportunity of the coming of a New Year to mark the successful completion of a year’s work and hard fought establishment of its Veterans Industry Program for Employment Reintegration (VIPER) charity. The program started as a group of veterans in industry wanting to help out their less fortunate brethren. The Veterans Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles had over 1000 veterans with afflictions related to tours of duty from Vietnam to the current conflicts, stagnating in a domiciliary. In the name of SPC Clayton Taylor, a soldier who died by his own hand, Jim Cragg decided to start VIPER in order to provide support for returning vets and draw attention to their psychological needs.
Cragg is the CEO of SOTech / Special Operations Technologies Inc and was Taylor’s Officer in Charge prior to Taylor deploying to Afghanistan. About half of SOTech’s administrative staff are OEF and OIF Veterans. VIPER may have started as a good will effort, but it has grown into a program employing a significant number of patients, enabling them to move towards job proficiency and self reliance away from hospital grounds. These heroes work on SOTech projects manufacturing and assembling medical projects for units deploying into combat. These veteran warriors, many of whom felt a sense of abandonment after being injured and leaving government service, know that they are part of a team supporting our troops in the field and helping to bring them home alive. Expanding on the mission of service, VIPER vets are sewing recycled cloth shopping bags for local cities. They have also embarked on the Battle Bear program, assembling camouflage teddy bears that deployed soldiers can adorn with their patches and badges and send home bonding them with their families.
SOTech will be on booth #20113 for SHOT SHOW 2011
Polish brand SpecOps has been working with Australian camo developer ROGGENWOLF to introduce uniforms in the WARG pattern. The uniform design is the SpecOps MBS-1 type uniform cut, in both WARG-forest and WARG-desert camo versions.
This uniform will be run against A-TACS, MULTICAM, HYDE-DEFINITION and MIRAGE camo patterns for the upcoming Polish Army camo trials in 2011.
They won’t give us any details so we are just going to have to go and see for ourselves but Beyond Tactical let us know that they will be launching new styles of both technical as well as tactical garments at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in SLC next week. Visit booth #38127.
SKD has announced a great deal on the recently released Assault Panel Carrier (APC) from Mayflower Research and Consulting. For the next two weeks, SKD will offer the APC for $195 after which the price will rise to $210. As with all Mayflower products, the APC is designed based on real-world experience.
The upper front of the APC contains an integral admin pouch with internal elastic loops to retain pens, pencils, chemlites or similar items. Additionally, the front lower half of the APC has an integrated pouch sized to hold up to three M4 sized magazines. The shoulder pads are 3D mesh for comfort and feature a Velcro routing channel for cable and drinking tubes.
The APC is supplied with Mayflower’s standard PALS compatible cummerbund designed to accept 6″x 6″ hard armor plates or side soft armor. What makes the APC really interesting is that it is also compatible with Mayflower’s suite of modular cummerbunds. The APC is available in two sizes; S/M and L/XL with three cummerbund options. The S/M is available with either a small or medium cummerbund while the L/XL is available with either a medium or large cummerbund. The plate pockets are sized to accommodate stand alone or in-conjunction BALCs/ESAPI or Swimmer cut plates. The S/M APC will fit small, medium and 10″x12″ sized plates. The L/XL APC will fit large and extra-large plates. So, these options give the wearer a great deal of customization in regard to sizing.
Berry compliant and made from 500D Cordura, the APC is available in Black, Coyote, and MultiCam. To order, visit www.skdtac.com. Be sure to check out Military Morons’ review of the APC.
Mil-Spec Monkey has just updated his website with a couple of new patch designs including pinups from Martin Abel and Bawidamann. Naturally, the Monkey has also added a PVC version of the famous Monkey Head.
Check them out at milspecmonkey.com/store.
Ops-Core will be releasing a new helmet called the Sentry ACH. Based on the popular FAST ballistic helmet, the shape is a little different and designed to improve hearing attenuation. And, while it provides the same level of protection and coverage as an ACH, it is a full half pound lighter due to its composite construction. Visit them in booth #8111 which is adjacent to Crye Precision to learn more.
Tyr Tactical founder Jason Beck introduces their new lightweight PICO plate carrier. There are three different versions of the PICO based on the type of plate used. It is made from their PV material which helps mitigate weight. Additionally, you can get the PICO with two different face variations including slick or admin meaning you can choose one of six variants by choosing plate and face style. Finally, the PICO is available with a whole mess of accessories. Check it all out at SHOT Show booth #8008.
