The 5.11 Store in Virginia Beach is holding a one day sale, this Saturday, October 22nd from 9 AM until 4 PM with 20% off everything. While you’re there enjoy legendary wings from the world famous Lendy’s.
See you there!
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Friday, October 21st, 2011Army Combat Pant in OCP
Friday, October 21st, 2011Here is an example of the Army Combat Pant in the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (MultiCam). New readers should check out the article we posted earlier this month on the Propper variant of the ACP.
As you can see they integrate the patented Crye Precision knee pad. Crye has this IP locked up pretty tight with not only the knee pad but also how it integrates into the trouser.
Australian AMP Update
Thursday, October 20th, 2011Security Scholar, an Australian defense blog has been keeping tabs on the Australian adoption of Crye Precision’s technology in the form of uniform designs (Operational Combat Uniform) and the adaption of the MultiCam pattern for their use in a similar fashion to the British Multi Terrain Pattern. As you will recall, MTP is a melding of Crye’s technology with the long-serving Woodland Disruptive Pattern Material design.
Photo: Commonwealth of Australia, 1st Joint Public Affairs Unit, PO Damian Pawlenko
We can verify that the new Australian MultiCam Pattern will, just like the original use 7 layers of color and that Black is not one of them. Testing has shown these colors to work well in the homeland.
Last month, the Crye issue became politicized in Australia when the opposition party tried to make so much hay out of reports from troops deployed in Afghanistan that their OCUs were falling apart. One politico even went so far as to make the outrageous claim that if the uniforms had been manufactured by an Australian company rather than an American one they would not have been “shoddy.” While the intent was ridiculous, he may have been right considering that, previous uniforms were not FR at all. Now, for the first time, Australian ground troops have FR protection with the Crye uniforms and are better protected. Unfortunately, that is also the culprit behind the prematurely worn uniforms. It seems, the Australians specified an older blend of TenCate’s Defender-M fabric. A newer version with twice the tear strength has been in use by the US Marine Corps for well over a year and for the last few months by the US Army. Hopefully, the Australians will transition to the new fabric. However, according to the Security Scholar report, “Army Headquarters has tasked the Defence Science and Technology Organisation to analyse the use of flame retardant materials in combat uniforms to determine if there is an operational need for these types of fabrics.” At this point, the Australians aren’t even sure if they want their troops to have FR protection.
Read the securityscholar.wordpress.com report to learn more.
New A-TACS Products from Propper
Thursday, October 20th, 2011Predator BDU has just added several new products from Propper International in the popular A-TACS camouflage pattern. Shipping in November, the new items include a patrol cap, shorts, and the traditional BDU design – a 4 Pocket Coat and 6 pocket Pants.
Available for pre-order now from www.predatorbdu.com.
Canada Goose
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Canada Goose took their popular softshell Tremblant Jacket which features their Red/White/Blue Arctic Disc logo and reflective tape and modified it for LE use by removing these items. It gives it a lower profile and blends in for street use.
Manufactured from Polartec Powershield, the Tremblant features an athletic cut and is available in XS-2XL.
GSS Gear is Canada Goose’s Authorized Law Enforcement & Military Distributor for the US.
MiliPol – PenCott in Paris
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
If you’re attending the MiliPol 2011 Exhibition in Paris this week, make sure you visit the booth of Slovenian clothing company Uni & Forma to check out their Sniper Garment System in Hyde Definition’s PenCott-GreenZone camouflage. Uni & Forma produce clothing solutions for the Slovenian military, police, border guard and customs forces – as well as a growing number of European customers – and can be found at stand # 1G 140. More details of their 3-layer Sniper Garment System can be found on their website at: www.ufpro.si.
USMC Purchase Additional 8750 Extreme Cold Weather Systems
Monday, October 17th, 2011PrimaLoft® Insulation Technology™, announced that the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has purchased 8,750 additional sets of the USMC Extreme Cold Weather System, which consist of parkas, trousers and booties insulated with PrimaLoft®.
The USMC Extreme Cold Weather System (ECWS) is currently used by thousands of Marines stationed in the coldest areas of Afghanistan and across the globe. This new purchase brings the total number of ECWS currently fielded by the Marines to 58,750.
Developed to allow Marines to maintain the tactical edge during challenging high altitude, cold, and wet weather conditions, ECWS includes a parka, trouser and booties insulated with PrimaLoft®. As you know from previous coverage, PrimaLoft® is packable, lightweight, weather resistant, and very warm.
“PrimaLoft® takes great pride in our work to provide the best possible insulation technology to meet the U.S. Marine Corps mission readiness needs,†said PrimaLoft® Vice President and General Manager Joe Rumiesz in a press release. “We began working with the DoD 25 years ago, and we continue to advance our unique technology to address the specialized gear needs of our men and women in uniform.â€
PrimaLoft® was originally developed at the request of the US Army by Albany International Corp as a water resistant synthetic alternative to down. Now known as PrimaLoft® it is used by the United States Army, Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces.
Viper Headwear
Friday, October 14th, 2011Viper Headwear was founded by an Army SF veteran. Here, Viper introduces their new cap, the “Quiet Professional” – “A fitted MultiCam cap for Operators.”
Interestingly, the Quiet Professional is constructed from Cordura’s 50/50 Nylon/Cotton material which is a pretty lightweight fabric with No Melt No Drip properties. Natuarrly it’s Multicam and features a 2″x3″ Velcro loop on the front for rank insignia, flags, team/unit patches, or your favorite morale patch and 1″x4″ Velcro loop on the back for nametapes.
According to Viper, they also have Khaki, Digital Desert, and Digital Woodland patterns coming soon. Made in USA!
