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SureFire Field Notes Ep 70: Driver Skills with Scott Brady
Thursday, June 9th, 2022US Army Awards SIG Contract for .300 NM and .338 NM Sniper Ammunition
Thursday, June 9th, 2022The US Army has made the following announcement for a contract award for ammunition to be used in the Advanced Sniper Rifle, based on the Barrett Firearms MRAD:
Sig Sauer Inc., Newington, New Hampshire, was awarded a $157,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of .300 Norma Magnum M1163 ball ammunition and .338 NM armor piercing M1162 cartridges. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 7, 2027. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-22-D-0019).
Sneak Peek – Spiritus Systems SPUD Pouch
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
Available for order June 17, 2022, the SPUD pouch is built hold pretty much anything. They’ve taken the traditional, open-top, general-purpose pouch and thoroughly re-worked it to give it a big bump in versatility.
The rim of the pouch is lined with an adjustable shock cord loop to keep the contents (no matter what its diameter) secure and slip free. The top of the pouch features both Velcro and pull tabs so you can choose between the included scrim cover or an adjustable shock cord flap. Both options are included with every SPUD pouch. The scrim cover, when pulled tight will wrap around any irregular shapes and keep your kit fully locked into the pouch while still maintaining full coverage.
The whole system takes up two columns of MOLLE and can be mounted pretty much anywhere. It will hold anything from a single 556 magazine, all the way up to two 7.62 magazines (and a lot of different stuff in between).
MATBOCK – Limited Edition Prints
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
LIMITED QUANTITY! We only have 250 of these bundles and they will go fast. Each bundle will come with 1 x serialized print (numbered 1 – 250) , 1 x sticker and 1 x patch. The blue area around the eyes on the patch will glow in the dark.
The proceeds will be donated to The Independence Fund in order to buy a Track Chair for a veteran.
www.matbock.com/products/night-ops-evolved-bundle
The back story is that late last year we had www.instagram.com/lefty_rios paint a canvas from this picture. The canvas painting will stay at our HQs.
Kitanica heads to Outdoor Retailer for the first time
Monday, June 6th, 2022
Kitanica is bringing its overbuilt line of gear to Outdoor Retailer in Denver June 9th-11th (Booth 35107 Upper Level). In these times of supply chain crisis, Kitanica has managed to pump up production and capabilities to support a new body of retailers and are launching a wholesale program of its U.S. Made and globally sourced products. For more information about becoming an authorized Kitanica retailer contact Chris Cronin at Chris@kitanica.net.
SCUBAPRO Sunday – Mulberry Harbors
Sunday, June 5th, 2022When you look at WWII, historians, and military people will say, this is what won the war, or that is the reason. Some people say it was the M2 .50 cal machine gun or the Jeep or the M1 Grand rifle. I think there is an excellent argument for all of those things and more. But there were also some fantastic feats of engineering. There were a couple of reasons that the Germans didn’t think that the Allies would land at Normandy. Some of it had to do with the deception plan the Allies used, like having Patton be in charge of a fake Army in the north of England. The other reasons was the fact that there was not a deep-water harbor close enough to make it worthwhile. But the Allies had a secret plan to build their own harbor. The Mulberry harbors were temporary mobile harbor developed during World War II for unloading troops and supplies during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
The British developed them from lessons learned during the ill-fated Dieppe raid two years prior. The Brits discovered that quickly capturing a well-defended port was impossible. They were formed in secret and sunk all over England so they wouldn’t be seen.
After the successful landing and the establishment of beachheads on D-Day, two Mulberry harbors’, previously constructed in secret at various sites across the UK, were taken in parts across the English Channel and reassembled off Omaha Beach and Gold Beach. Within 12 days of the invasion, the harbors were up and running. The Mulberry Harbor was broken down into three different areas, the Breakwater, the Pierheads, and the Roadways.
The Breakwaters were made from a combination of sinking 70 older merchant ships, steel, and concrete caissons, and concrete type crosses used to help keep it all in place. The breakwater was about 9.5 kilometers long(about 6 miles). In from that was the Pierhead that the ships could tie off to, the last part was the roadways that lead into the shore and was used for the offloading of the personal and supplies to the beach.
Along with the components of the mulberries, the harbors were protected from swell and waves by blockships deliberately sunk adjacent to the harbor. You can still see parts of the huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand, and more can be seen further out at sea. I have significantly simplified how they were made and what went into them. I am not an engineer and a hell of a lot more when into making the then I talked about.
The Mulberry harbors were intended to be used until a French port could be captured. It was not until six months after D-Day that the port of Antwerp in Belgium was captured. The Mulberry harbor at Omaha Beach was abandoned after it was damaged in a storm on the 19th of June 1944, but the harbor at Gold Beach continued at nearly full capacity for ten months after the invasion. The British Mulberry supported the Allied armies for ten months. Two and a half million men, a half-million vehicles, and four million tons of supplies landed in Europe through the artificial harbors at Arromanches.
Rheinmetall Supplies 35mm Ammunition to NATO Customers – Contract Value Around € 20 Million
Friday, June 3rd, 2022Rheinmetall has been contracted by several NATO customers to supply 35mm calibre ammunition. Deliveries will take place in 2023 and 2024 and the contract is worth a total of around €20 million. Between 2023 and 2024, Rheinmetall will supply the customer countries with various types of ammunition in 35mm x 228 calibre for infantry fighting vehicles. Rheinmetall works continuously with the user nations to further develop the combat capability of the system.
Against the background of changes in the security situation, many NATO and NATO partner countries have an increasing need for modern ammunition. Rheinmetall offers its customers an extensive portfolio in this regard and is adapting to the higher demand.
Rheinmetall provides a comprehensive medium-calibre ammunition portfolio for its own and other cannons. The portfolio covers a broad range of mission profiles and targets and allows minimizing the number of required ammunition types balancing performance with logistics.
The ammunition combines a high penetration performance, versatility, reliability, low dispersion and handling safety. Corresponding target practice and drill rounds complete the portfolio.
See Squatch Survival Gear at Eurosatory
Friday, June 3rd, 2022You’ll be able to check out three Squatch Survival Gear during the upcoming Eurosatory exposition in Paris, June 13-17, 2022. They’ll be in the US Chamber of Commerce booth.
These include the Yowie, Kakamora, and Mothman.
