We recently told you about CORTAC and Survival Armor teaming up to integrate Cooling and Trauma Attenuating Vest (CTAV) panels into Survival Armor’s products.
In the previous article the photo we showed depicted the Generation I CTAV panels. Here, you can see the Gen II panels.
This post originated on Beach Bang Clear.
Risk, Maneuver and Positional Warfare
by Peter Nealan
“Shoot, Move, Communicate.” That’s been the mantra for the infantryman for years. So how come we do so little of the second one?
I’ve been in several firefights downrange. In every one, we held our position and shot back at an enemy that maneuvered freely around us. On the first day on the ground in Helmand, we were actually taking fire from three directions, and were effectively pinned for several hours. During a firefight in open country in Zaidon, Iraq, we were actually told by our commander to stay put, rather than try to close with the enemy.
Marines of 2ND Recon at night near Zaidon, Iraq – infantrymen today are as much beast of burden as they are grunt.
To read the rest, visit www.breachbangclear.com/site/10-blog/306-we-shoot-and-communicate-but-dont-move-so-much.
Get your “C’est L’Afrique” patch, developed for some contractors working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Predator Armament.
Idaho-based Grey Ghost Gear told us that they are launching a civilian pack line called G3. They will start out with three pack: Large 2218 cubic inches, Medium 1345 cubic inches and Small 375 cubic inches. These bags will be manufactured in the same factory that Karrimor uses so we are looking at great quality. In case you’re wondering, these will be made overseas, for the civilian market just like all of the other packs on the civilian side.
“Everyone argues who makes the best rifle and how the best rifles are built but there is little argument about what constitutes a good quality AR series firearm. These are the things that I’m convinced make a truly accurate and reliable AR series rifle:
1. A premium-quality barrel
2. A properly head-spaced quality bolt/bolt carrier group
3. A properly installed quality free-float tube
4. A proper combination of buffer weight and spring tension matched to the gas system.
After that it’s all personal preference: sights, lights, lasers, trigger, pistol-grip, sling etc. Don’t get too caught up in the cosmetics. The guts are what make a rifle run accurate and reliable. If you don’t know, find someone that is a proven authority and ask them directly before you invest in a rifle. It’ll be well worth the extra effort.”
-Mike Pannone
Mike Pannone retired from the Army’s premier assault force (1st SFOD-D) after an explosive breaching injury. A year after his retirement America was attacked on 9/11 and he returned to help serve his country as the head marksmanship instructor at the Federal Air Marshals training course and then moved to help stand up the FAMS Seattle field office. In 2003 he left the FAMS to serve as a PSD detail member and then a detail leader for the State Department during 2003 and 2004 in Baghdad and Tikrit.
In 2005 he served as a ground combat advisor of the Joint Counter IED Task Force and participated on combat operations with various units in Al Anbar province. Upon returning he gave IED awareness briefings to departing units and helped stand up a pre-Iraq surge rifle course with the Asymmetric Warfare Group as a lead instructor. With that experience as well as a career of special operations service in Marine Reconnaissance, Army Special Forces and JSOC to draw from he moved to the private sector teaching planning, leadership, marksmanship and tactics as well as authoring and co-authoring several books such as The M4 Handbook, AK Handbook and Tactical Pistol shooting. Mike also consults for several major rifle and accessory manufacturers to help them field the best possible equipment to the warfighter, law enforcement officer and upstanding civilian end user. He is considered a subject matter expert on the AR based Stoner platform in all its derivatives.
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Earlier today, LaRue Tactical issued this press release.
NEWS RELEASE:
02/08/2013 LEANDER, TX.
Updated Policy for State and Local Agency Law Enforcement Sales:
Due to the recent and numerous new Anti-gun/Anti-2nd Amendment laws passed and/or pending across our country, LaRue Tactical has been forced to reconsider how we provide products to state and local agencies.
Effective today, in an effort to see that no legal mistakes are made by LaRue Tactical and/or its employees, we will apply all current State and Local Laws (as applied to civilians) to state and local law enforcement / government agencies. In other words, LaRue Tactical will limit all sales to what law-abiding citizens residing in their districts can purchase or possess.
State and local laws have always been a serious focus of this firm, and we are now dovetailing that focus with the constitutional rights of the residents covered in their different areas by the old and new regulations.
We realize this effort will have an impact on this firm’s sales – and have decided the lost sales are less danger to this firm than potential lawsuits from erroneous shipments generated by something as simple as human error.
Thanks in advance for your understanding.
Mark LaRue
* * This policy does not apply to Military / Federal Agencies * *
Right on the heels of another body worn camera mount, comes another Kickstarter project, the POV / Action Camera Backpack Mount for GoPro, Contour, others by Rodger Dean.
The key is the VuPackPole from VuVantage that attaches to your pack and places your camera in a 3rd person Point of View.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/vuvantage/pov-action-camera-pack-mount-for-gopro-contour-oth
