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Pacific Safety Products – Always A Bridesmaid, Never a Bride

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

We’ve mentioned various takeovers concerning Canadian armor producer Pacific Safety Products in the past including their recent announcement of a reverse takeover bid for Armor Works Canada. Unfortunately, it looks like that one fell through as well according to a press release on PSP’s website. It states, “that the letter of intent with ArmorWorks Enterprises LLC to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of ArmorWorks Enterprises Canada, ULC in a reverse take-over transaction (the “Transaction”) has been terminated.” Additionally, the release says, “The board of directors of the Company has exercised its option to terminate the Company’s contract with its Executive Chairman, Daniel Marks, upon 30 day’s notice.” They are also working to “create a separation between the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer roles…”

Looks like PSP is getting their house in order.

Deceptex Up to 164 Patterns

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corporation’s print on demand camouflage service, Deceptex, is up to 164 available patterns.

We spoke with Hyperstealth at Warrior Expo West and Guy Cramer said that uniforms would be available in a field uniforms cut similar to the ACU as well as an Underway uniform cut.

Available this Summer from www.hyperstealth.com/deceptex.

Icebreaker T-shirt Sale at MRE

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Mission Ready Equipment worked with Icebreaker to import their popular Atlas baselayer T-shirt in the color Tan for use with military uniforms. It is made from genuine Merino wool which offers great thermal regulation properties and is inherently antimicrobial and FR (no melt-no drip). Now, they are on sale, at a substantial discount. Both long and short sleeved versions are on sale in single or three packs, sized Medium – XXLarge.

www.missionreadyequipment.com

Blast From The Past – SOD Boonie

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

This was one of the first articles we published; June 2008. SOD still makes a great boonie but they’ve really expanded their color selection.

This is the first in a series of articles on the SOD line of products. I recently received a full set of SOD’s clothing. I have already made mention of the attention to detail that the crew at SOD pays to their designs. For their boonie, they started with Crye’s already fantastic design and improved it even further.
SOD Boonie Hat
The design features a wide brim with multiple stitching reinforcements. It is a little wider than the Crye hat but not was stiff as the Crye. The pile tape and, nylon webbing camo band, and barrel lock are all treated with the Multicam pattern.
SOD Boonie Rear
The sweatband is terry cloth as used in the Australian boonie hat.
SOD Boonie Hat Interior
Additionally, where the Crye boonie has only one slash vent backed with mesh netting, the SOD features two.
SOD Boonie Side View

SOD is currently in negotiations with a US distributor. In the interim, you can see SOD’s website here.

Intelligent Armour UKSF Helmet Cover

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Intelligent Armour was approached by UKSF to develop a cover for the MICH helmet equipped with an Ops-Core VAS Shroud and Ops-Core ARC Rails. What they came up with looks fairly familiar. It is manufactured from a 2-Way stretch fabric and MultiCam mesh sides with printed Velcro loop on the top and rear.

www.body-armour-protection.co.uk/IA-UKSF-Multicam-Helmet-Cover

Coming Soon from Norrøna

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Coming in July 2012 from Norwegian manufacturer Norrøna is this hardshell parka and trousers featuring GORE-TEX construction. Developed in conjunction with Norwegian, Swedish and Danish Special Forces.

www.norrona.com/Concepts/recon

Australia – Soldier Combat Ensemble (SCE) – Load Carriage Elements

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

We’ve heard a lot of talk about the impending Australian Army’s Soldier Combat Ensemble (SCE). Well, here are the details of the gear. all 640 pages of it.

Australia – Soldier Combat Ensemble (SCE) – Load Carriage Elements

LandCamo by SSFN

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

This is the Australian Battle Dress/Woodland variant of LandCamo by Slovenian firm SSFN (School for Survival from Nature). This isn’t just another photoshop image but a real uniform that includes IRR treatment. SSFN has conducted some limited field trials of the pattern and will be making some slight shade adjustments in order to enhance performance.

Go visit their website for their full line of over 50 camouflage patterns. www.survival-nature.com