This KCRF patch turned up on the Hodge Defense Systems production line as they start to roll out their first run of AU-Mod 1s. Better get one before they are gone.
Archive for 2013
You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up
Monday, July 22nd, 2013In Class With Orion Applications Training Division
Monday, July 22nd, 2013Daniel Defense recently sponsored a three-day event for the firearms press that included a course by Orion Applications Training Division. You may recognize the name ODG from their camouflage patterns we’ve covered here on SSD in the past. Turns out, they apply their knowledge in other ways as well. I was the only web-based writer invited to this event so it was a great opportunity for me to meet some of the guys in the gun press, familiarize myself with different Daniel Defense firearms and get a first hand look at training from ODG.
Day 1 was administrative in nature and consisted of travel, a tour of the Daniel Defense factory and an icebreaker dinner with the other participants. We hit the hay having no idea what an exciting two days we had ahead of us.
Kayrank Helmet Rank System Now Available
Monday, July 22nd, 2013It was just in January that we told you about the crowd funding campaign to produce the Kayrank Helmet Rank System. While it stirred quite a bit of debate among SSD readers, and although it wasn’t funded, the creator went ahead and raised the money himself. Now, it’s available for order.
Essentially, the Kayrank Helmet Rank System consists of polymer plates, sized to fit a NVG mount that are engraved with military rank insignia. Before everyone was issued NVGs we used to sew our rank on the front of our helmets just like on our patrol caps. When night vision became more common and almost every helmet now sports a VAS shroud of one sort or another, there is no place to attach the rank. This subdued device can be worn in the mount during the day and removed and stored when NODs are worn. Of course, I’m retired, so I’m not threatened in the least but by the Kayrank. But, it does have merits for folks in those units that want you to display your rank on your helmet.
Maybe they’d be more interesting if they displayed morale images rather than rank. I wonder if I could get one with the SSD logo?
Forces Focus – SADM
Sunday, July 21st, 2013Special Atomic Demolition Munitions, or SADM were a class of man portable nuclear weapons developed during the Cold War. They were intended to be hand emplaned and used to deny, block and canalize the enemy. Deployed primarily in Western Europe, the thinking was that they could be used to cut off high speed avenues of approach for Warsaw Pact forces. The US Army created an MOS 12E (SADM Specialist) that’s sole function was to employ those devices along with an associated maintenance MOS 55G. 12E which was an Engineer MOS was eliminated in 1986 and the Soldiers reclassified into new MOSs as the devices were removed from service. I attended DLI with quite a few of these NCOs.
Additionally, both Navy SEAL and Army Special Forces teams were trained in their emplacement in denied areas although particulars of these mission sets remain sensitive. However, there is this declassified film featuring NSW personnel which features Para-SCUBA operations.
Factors that Affect Law Enforcement Officers’ Use of Body Armor
Sunday, July 21st, 2013The National Institute of Justice has launched a page on the website entitled, “Factors that Affect Officers’ Use of Body Armor.” It is meant to aggregate any studies that they have conducted relative to the use of body armor by law enforcement officers.
Currently, there are two topics with supporting documentation: Agency Policies Promote Use of Body Armor and Comfort of Body Armor. One interesting role NIJ has taken in the improvement of body armor comfort is in the realm of fit. They have worked with the American Society of Testing and Materials to develop standards for fitting armor so that industry and consumers alike will work from a common point of view for sizing.
This is a great resource.
www.nij.gov/nij/topics/technology/body-armor/use
Sneak Peek- Snake Hound Machine “Loudener”
Sunday, July 21st, 2013Recently, when speaking with some friends in the suppressor business I said that if silencers were removed from NFA and made mandatory someone would be upset because the Government wouldn’t let them shoot loud guns. Well, suppressors aren’t mandatory equipment (yet) but some one has stepped up to make your guns louder. Snake Hound Machine’s new “Loudener” a concussion enhancing muzzle device, certainly turns your rifle up to 11.
Introducing the most obnoxious, ear-shattering, explosive muzzle device you can put on a gun. The “Loudener” is a specially designed single chamber brake that is made to allow the burning gases to expand before hitting the baffle causing the maximum pressure wave scaring dogs and children everywhere. Will be available in 5.56, AK, and 308.
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