During the recent 5th Annual Alberta Tactical Officers Association Competition, Drop Zone Tactical unveiled their Ops Pant, Hybrid Shirt, Recce Smock and Stubby Boonie Hat in PenCott-GreenZone camouflage. Drop Zone Tactical also confirmed that they will be stocking these items in PenCott-Badlands as well in addition to introducing matching tactical gear in PenCott patterns.
In concert with Kwikpoint, makers of waterproof basic language guides currently in use in theater, ADS is offering a pocket users guide describing PCU components, environmental conditions and a wheel to help the user correlate components with conditions. Although the aide memoire depicts the Block 1 version of PCU the garments of Block 2 are quite similar and function in the same way. In fact, it is a must for users of any multi-component environmental clothing system.
215 Gear has just introduced a variety of IR reflective patches.
Note: These are ITAR restricted items and can only be shipped to US addresses.
215gearstore.com/infraredpatches
When FirstSpear showed me photos of their new kit just prior to SHOT Show, there was this cool gun belt in the mix. I was like, “I want that. All of this cool guy nylon is awesome but I wear pants everyday.”
Turns out, it is made from BioThane, an Urethane impregnated Nylon webbing, originally developed for horse tack that won’t rot and won’t stretch. It looks like leather, right down to the grain, but it isn’t. Plenty stiff for keeping your pants up and holding your shootin’ iron, it’s got that gunfighter leather belt look to it. Sure, it doesn’t have any fancy stitching, but it has been tooled a little bit, including the FirstSpear logo embossed fittingly, at the tip. There are also two lines grooved into the BioThane for style as well as an antiqued buckle. It’s a good looking belt.
Available in Black or Coyote in sizes Small – XLarge.
The NRAstore and Vertx have announced the availability of NRA Phantom LT pants through the NRAstore catalog and NRAstore.com starting in June 2012.
Phantom LTs are lightweight, discreet and extremely durable tactical pants that will hold and protect your equipment. Featuring a total of nine pockets – including a knife clip notch – the pant shows only two pockets from the outside for a covert appearance.
“The functionally advanced Vertx Phantom LT pants are unlike any others in the tactical arena,” said Dirk Grove, NRAstore Sales Manager. “Boasting absolutely no Velcro, they’re the quietest pants around. A gusseted crotch and subtly articulated knees provide range of motion no other pants can match.”
Exclusive Intelli-Dry technology provides liquid repellency and stain resistance on the outside plus moisture wicking on the inside for added comfort.
“That’s a first for a tactical pant,” said Bob Getto, CEO of Fechheimer and the Vertx brand. “The brand promise of Vertx is original and authentic, and that describes the NRA Phantom LTs.”
Wild Things Tactical, which holds something like 30 contracts with the military supplying inclement weather gear like the Marine Corps Happy Suits to extreme cold weather kit for PJs in Alaska (and is approved for the Military Free Fall School), is conducting a ‘Gear Upgrade Sale’ through 31 May.
All WT Tactical and Wild Things gear (military, LE and commercial) is 15% and 25% off, respectively. This price is adjusted on their site, you don’t need a coupon code.
We’ve covered WT Tactical many times before, if you want to do some reading.
In this final installment of our series on Arc’teryx LEAF’s softshell tech, we are giving one lucky reader a chance to win a set of Drac Jacket and Pant manufactured from Burly Double Weave.
The Drac Jacket is a welcome addition to the LEAF line. It features pit zips and two bicep pockets with Velcro fields for IFF as well as two zippered hand warmer pockets mounted low on the jacket in the traditional fashion. Additionally, the cuffs incorporate die-cut laminated Velcro adjusters.
Burly Double Weave is made for cold weather so you’re getting wind and water resistance along with a generous 4-way stretch. The Drac jacket combines combat jacket styling with a generous cut. The same can be said of the pant. If you’re on the edge between sizes, go down rather than up.
The Drac Pant features an interesting combination of styling and features. It’s as if the Combat Pant and Sphinx Pant had a baby. All of the features of the Sphinx with the stretchy goodness of Burly Double Weave.
You get:
-Two slash hand pockets
-Two rear pockets with angled access
-Two tool pockets with Cordura reinforcement
-Two calf pockets with flaps
-Two cargo pockets with flaps that fit standard rifle magazines and are easy to access from a seated position
-Built-in gaiters
-Ingenious webbing covered kneepad pockets with access points for straps
Both the Drac Jacket and Pant are available in Crocodile as well as Wolf sizes Small – XXLarge.
At the request of Arc’teryx, this giveaway is restricted to MIL/LEO. For your chance to win, in the comments section of this posting on SSD, tell us how you learned about Arc’teryx LEAF and how long you’ve known about the LEAF program. Use your real email address to enter because that is how you will be contacted in case you win. You may use a civilian email address to enter but official email addresses are preferred. The winning email address is the only one that will be shared and that is with Arc’teryx to arrange for your prize. If you use a civilian email address it will certainly delay your prize due to verification and if you cannot be satisfactorily verified we will choose another winner. Your posting may have to be approved so be patient of it doesn’t show right up. Only one entry per person. The contest closes at 0001 GMT, 2 June, 2012. At that point, SSD will randomly draw a winner from the entries. We will then pass the name and email address of the winner to the Arc’teryx LEAF team and they will contact the winner and arrange shipment.
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