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Sneak Peek – Arc’teryx Luggage

Saturday, June 9th, 2012

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Before I headed over to the Blade Show I stopped by Über Group. They are an Atlata-based rep group for several outdoor brands which includes Arc’teryx. Having recently returned from the Spring sales meeting their space had just transformed, showcasing the Spring 2013 collection. One thing immediately caught my eye, luggage. Offered in 3 sizes, Ci (70l), ICO (50l) and CO (40l), the Covert series is manufactured from a combination of 500D Cordura and Burly double weave.

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These are duffel-style bags with stowable shoulder straps for backpack carry. You may notice a green and a black variant. The actual color names are Utility Green and Carbon Copy. The Utility Green is more green than Crocodile.

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One of the coolest things about the Covert luggage series is the interior. It’s a light color in order to see what’s inside, but it also incorporates the iconic Arc’teryx logo.

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Coming Spring 2013 from Arc’teryx.

Chrome Custom Military Salvage Program

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

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Now through June 30th, Chrome honors US Military personnel by inviting Veterans and their families to bring their military duffles or fatigues to one of Chrome’s four HUB locations in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Portland. Chrome bag makers will use this material to create a Custom Citizen Messenger bag for the cost of a regular Citizen Messenger bag.

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This Custom Salvage Citizen was built last year for Army Veteran Jared Morford of Watertown, South Dakota from the duffle he carried to Iraq.

Hit up a HUB near you for more information:

San Francisco at SFHUB@chromebags.com
Portland at PDXHUB@chromebags.com
Chicago at CHIHUB@chromebags.com
New York City at NYCHUB@chromebags.com

www.chromebagsstore.com/customsalvage

TYR Tactical Zip On Back Panels

Friday, June 1st, 2012

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TYR Tactical has added 6 new Zip On Back Panels to their website. These are designed to work with the PICO plate carrier but due to the design, you can adapt them to most armor carriers. The adapters just MOLLE into place on the rear of the carrier.

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Options include a beaver tail model, PALS models with hydration pockets and admin variants with hydration pockets.

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Manufactured from PV, they are available in MultiCam, Coyote, Ranger Green and Black.

www.tyrtactical.com/products/list/accessories-PICO/pico-and-pico-mv-main/

Hardpoint Tactical Atlas Support Strip System

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Hardpoint Tactical was one of the finalists in 2011’s SPD 9 – Weight Redistribution Device, with their Atlas Support Strip System.

It is designed to work specifically with their Cingulum Battle Belt but will support many different armor systems.

www.hrdpnt.com

B-TEMIA Featured in Vanguard

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Canada’s Vanguard magazine featured B-TEMIA’s dermoskeleton.

www.b-temia.com

Russian Machine Gun Ammo Pack?

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

One of our astute readers ran across this Russian video of the Chechen War featuring a Soldier firing a PKM machine gun fed from a backpack. The scene depicted above is at 1:13 on this song video from the move, “Specnaz.”

Thank you LF.

IA Blast Belt

Friday, May 25th, 2012

UK’s Intelligent Armour offers this Multicam Blast Belt made from 500D Crye Multicam Cordura consisting of an inner, sized riggers belt and an external armored, load carrying belt. It uses Dyneema to offer a ballistic rating equivalent to NIJ IIIA. The size and shape of belted armor systems cannot be tested to NIJ standards so firms utilize packages that are certified but in the belt shape.

www.body-armour-protection.co.uk/IA-Multicam-Blast-Belt

TYR Tactical Gunfighter Belt Now for Sale

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

The new TYR Tactical Gunfighter Belt we wrote about recently is now available for sale. The Cobra buckle equipped belt features 2 rows of 1/2” webbing surrounding the exterior of the belt that accommodates PALS equipped pouches as well as a removable mesh padding panel. Available in MultiCam sizes Small – XLarge.

www.tyrtactical.com