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Now That’s One Tough Dude

Monday, August 13th, 2012

The other day the SOCOM PAO ran a story about Army MSG Mike Morton, an ultramarathoner who won the Badwater Run. This guy is amazing. He is 5’4″ and weighs a buck-thirty. According to SOCOM the “Badwater Ultramarathon – a 135-mile race from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney in California. This was his first Badwater, and he completed the course in 22 hours, 52 minutes, 55 seconds, a time that was just shy of the 22:51:29 course record. The Badwater Ultramarathon starts off at 280 feet below sea level, and ends at an approximate altitude of 8,300 feet.”

I don’t want to steal their thunder, but rather alert you to this amazing story, so go read it here.

Some Amplification on Info Regarding the Baseplate for the Upcoming M3 PMAG from Magpul

Monday, August 13th, 2012

Last week I published an article with lots of great info on Magpul’s upcoming M3 PMAG. Originally, Magpul had planned on offering a standard baseplate (or floorplate) as well as an accessory ‘slimline’ baseplate. However, they’ve abandoned this approach and gone with an all new, single design.

Here you can see the original design.

And the new style. Notice the improved interface between baseplate and magazine body.

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I’ve had a couple of offline discussions about the new baseplate design and I keep hearing people use the term “compromise” when they ask me about it. Well, I’m going to throw that word right out of the window because to me, “compromise” means they gave something up. From my perspective, that isn’t the case at all. Rather, they looked at both variants they had developed prior to SHOT Show and in testing over the past few months, developed a new baseplate for the magazine. For one thing, this baseplate slides on from the rear. It’s also a low profile design but you can still get a grip on it and the design offers a slight rand all around the base of the magazine but it’s not so pronounced that it causes issues with mag pouches.

www.Magpul.com

SOTech Exhibiting at Military Health Systems Research Symposium

Monday, August 13th, 2012

SOTech will be at Military Health Systems Research Symposium (MHSRS) this week displaying new innovations to their medical panels and packs making the pouches interchangeable and quick disconnect for grab-and-go medicine. SOTech’s Rapid Access Modular Medical Panel (RAMMP) and Sliver Panel (ISMB) are standard issue and found on the walls of hospitals and medical vehicles throughout the DOD. Following the SOTech Mission Pack modularity concept, SOTech presented the SOTech Medical System Total Battle Space Solution where packs and panels from the medic to the ground vehicle to the water craft to the aircraft and into the hospital have interchangeable modular medical pouches using interchangeable high visibility labels. This promotes continuity of care, identification, and supply. The quick disconnect features follow SOTech’s go bag concept promoting leaving bulky items on the vehicles and sending runners back to grab and go specialty and resupply items from organizer panels and drop them into go bags for return into the fight. These panels interact with the other SOTech medical packs, IFAKs, and kits that are issue items of the Special Operations Forces Medical Equipment Sets (SOF-MES) which are standard issue to deploying 18 Deltas, and other SOF medical operators and now are seen issued through DLA to medical units throughout the military.

SOLAR modules, cable release pouches, tools organizers, pill dispensers, small organizer pouches and vinyl windowed pouches are also being added to SOTech’s offerings. Ironically, SOTech’s original RAMMP panels integrated vinyl windows, but the Army nixed the idea for fear of drying and cracking. But now because of demand from other branches of service, SOTech is reintroducing the windows as an option.

Also in production are series of MOLLE/PALS panels custom cut to fit the special vehicle walls. You can see SOTech tags on these panels mounted in some MRAP vehicles, Navy SBT water craft, Coast Guard helicopters, and other platforms. These pouches disconnect adapters and label systems interconnect and promote continuity across all of these platforms.

Check out SOTech in booth #84 at Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) this week in Fort Lauderdale. For information on designing panels to mount to your vehicles systems, contact clark@specopstech.com.

www.SpecOpsTech.com

Sneak Peek – Warrior Assault Systems in A-TACS FG

Monday, August 13th, 2012

Warrior Assault Systems will soon be introducing even more kit in the A-TACS FG pattern from Digital Concealment Systems.

warriorassaultsystems.com

OTG Introduces New Retention Option

Monday, August 13th, 2012

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Off The Grid Concepts LLC has introduced a new, removable retention option. The design will help keep your pistol in place no matter what type of ninja acrobatic stuff you’re up to.

www.offthegridconcepts.com

37 PSR Shooting Range

Sunday, August 12th, 2012

There are numerous ranges around the Fayetteville/Ft Bragg area. 37 PSR Shooting Range is one you might want to consider. Commonly known as Range 37, it’s owned by ret SGM Frankie McRae and is a low restriction, membership shooting range.

www.range37.com

Panteao Productions Releases New Puzikas Trailer

Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Panteao Productions has released a new trailer for their upcoming video release featuring Russian Spetznaz veteran Saulius “Sonny” Puzikas.

In “Fighting with the AK” Sonny covers the Kalashnikov from a perspective that no one else can, as a fighter who was issued the weapon and used it in a variety of scenarios to keep himself alive.

www.panteaoproductions.com

Small Wars Journal – Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A “Vision” of the Future

Sunday, August 12th, 2012

The very well respected Small Wars Journal recently published an article by COL Kevin Benson (USA, Ret) and Dr Jennifer Weber (Civil War expert) entitled Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A “Vision” of the Future.

It’s caused quite a stir all over the Internet, even spawning an editorial in the Washington Times, “The Civil War of 2016.”

You need to read both of these pieces. Then, we can discuss. No tinfoil hat stuff, those are the limits. This is serious and I’d like to see the discussion progress beyond the obviously controversial scenario. It’s quite unfortunate that they chose to demonize a right wing political faction to make their point. But, our point is considering the implications and likelihood of such a scenario coming to pass by any means.