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New Armor Carriers From ArmorWorks

Monday, October 7th, 2013

When I visited the ArmorWorks booth at Modern Day Marine I ran into Steve Reichert who showed me a few new armor carrier designs that he had a hand in helping develop. In the photo below you can see all of the carriers.

(Photo: Steve Reichert)

And here are some additional shots:

This is a full on assault carrier in AOR 2.

This low viz model was intended to be worn under a shirt or jacket and has an interesting take on magazine carriage. As you can see it utilizes elastic pouches right into the vest. Additionally, they’ve developed a set of belt mounted mag carriers.

You may notice that these carriers also offer the capability to integrate chest rigs such as the D3 Chest Rig from Haley Strategic Partners.

As you can see, the simple, streamlined design of the concealable vest means that chest rigs can also be worn with their integral webbing.

Word is that these should hit the street this Fall.

Tags: ArmorWorks, Steve Reichert
Posted in Armor, MDM | 3 Comments »

Gerber MP1

Monday, October 7th, 2013

The new Gerber MP1 isn’t exactly a “tactical” model. But, it offers 12 professional-grade components that may just what you need for simple, maintenance related tasks. It incorporates a forged, spring-loaded, 6150 carbon jaws and G-10 handles. The blades are made from 420HC steel.

Components:
-Bottle opener
-Pry bar
-Butterfly spring-loaded jaws
-Large blade
-Wire stripper
-Diagonal cutters
-Magnetic bit driver with #2 Philips screwdriver
-Large fully-serrated blade
-Large flat driver
-Small flat driver
-Utility blade
-Scraper

Assembled in the USA. Yes, that means that the components were made overseas for the guys that need to have everything spelled out for them.

www.gerbergear.com

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MDM – Additional Photos of ArmorWorks Protective Combat Shirt Mod2

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

On Tuesday we showed you the new Protective Combat Shirt Mod2 from ArmorWorks but I wasn’t satisfied with the photos. I want you to see the various features of this innovative design. In particular, check out the shawl collar, ventilated torso and short sleeves. Many in the SOF community cut off their sleeves in the heat and ArmorWorks has acknowledged this by pairing it with an FR long sleeved undershirt.

This diamond shaped section is a jacquard mesh for ventilation.

The OD sections of the garment are a proprietary two-layer, double-sided Kevlar knit/jersey construction first used in the Protective Under Garment (PUG).

Tags: ArmorWorks
Posted in Clothing, FR, MDM | 5 Comments »

MDM – HonorPoint

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

HonorPoint USA displayed several products in the Darley Defense booth. Above you can see a suite of pouches designed for use by Medics assigned to Army SOF and below is the AN/PVS-14 pouch. Next week, we’ll show you the Evolution Bag featuring Zip Off Technology.

Tags: HonorPoint USA
Posted in Armor, Load Carrying, MDM, Medical | 1 Comment »

MDM – Expeditionary Hygiene System

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

The Expeditionary Hygiene System was designed for use by personnel who find themselves without readily available laundry services to do it for themselves. All too often in combat conditions, more personnel succumb to illness and other hygiene related injuries than enemy fire. Taking a look at this system you can tell that the inventor took a look at the various field expedient means deployed troops use to wash their clothing and adapted a product to these techniques.

It can be used as a Field Laundry System, Shower Bag and Waterproof Bag. Lets face it, it’s obvious this is a modified waterproof bag. In fact, it’s an 8 gal model and weighs in at 6.5 oz.

You can use it as a Field Shower by filling it with water, suspending it in the sun above head level to warm up and then using it. The pull valve can be used to control water flow. Sure, it’s not going to be a hot shower in a 5-star hotel but after a few days in the bush, it’s great to wash the dirt off.

Finally, the EHS can be used as a Field Laundry. The user places his clothing into the bag along with .5gal of water along with bio-degradable soap. After rolling the closure shut the clothing can be kneaded on a hard surface in order to dislodge dirt from the clothing. After a few minutes, the pull valve is removed and the dirty water allowed to drain. Next, the bag is swung windmill fashion to fully drain as much soap as possible. Finally, two rinse cycles with clean water are recommended. The EHS creator recommends that the user only wash underclothing and socks so as to conserve water and make the process quick.

Interested parties should contact Matt Grey at matt@xplore.is.

Tags: Xploration Holdings
Posted in MDM, Sustainment | 3 Comments »

MDM – Rite in the Rain

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

Rite in the Rain’s waterproof M4 /M16 zero target has been around for quite some time. One side features the 25m M4 zero target and the other side is for the M16A2/A4. The waterproof properties aren’t just great for those rainy days on the range. It also means that the targets won’t dry out in hot environments and disintegrate once you start shooting them.

What’s more, they have an NSN, 7530-01-544-9471.

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Posted in MDM, Training | 2 Comments »

MDM – Office of Naval Research

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

The Office of Naval Research displayed several technologies they are developing to help Lighten the Load of the US Marine. One of these projects is the Modular Personal Protection System.

It is intended as a means to investigate new materials, technologies, and techniques in order to make a leap ahead for personal protection by reducing parasitic weight in armor systems. As you can see, one way is to ditch traditional MOLLE designs.

Additionally, they have developed a new software tool called CPAT that models survivability based on armor placement and materials.

This work is helping armor developers in the difficult decision of trade off between coverage and mobility.

Tags: Office of Naval Research
Posted in Armor, MDM | 13 Comments »

MDM – Serket

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

Serket showed us their new Integrated Knee Pad developed in conjunction with Unequal Technologies. Serket relies smart engineering and solid partnerships with others industry to offer a better mousetrap but you may not have heard of Unequal Technologies. Their mission is to develop products to protect the human body from pain and injury by offering unique impact attenuation technologies originally developed to offer high-impact protection for those in the military. Interestingly, they were quickly adapted for innumerable sports applications. Today, you’re just as likely to find Unequal Technologies on a Soldier in theater as you are on an NFL quarterback.

Serket and Unequal joined forces to offer a state-of-the-art 3-Layer composite technology. The Serket-Unequal Integrated Knee Pad (IKP) system offers up improved comfort and performance over existing knee/extremity systems – including ballistic protection – an important feature that is missing from commercially available systems currently on the market. Additionally, that same Kevlar insert also resists punctures. Despite these advantages, the Serket-Unequal IKP is about the price as existing systems.

You can see the Kevlar layers embedded in this cross section of the IKP.

Serket-Unequal IKP spec details:
• Integrated ballistics available in two systems:
o 2 grain – 1,000 feet per second frag protection
o 17 grain – 1,150 feet per second frag protection
• Puncture resistance at least four-times higher than existing commercially available systems – including hard shell systems
• State-of-the-art plastomer material is comfortable, soft and pliable in a variety of temperatures, so it easily bends with the wearer’s knee
• Impact protection minimization of energy severity index and G force vs exiting commercially available systems
• Flame resistant
• Anti-microbial and anti-fungal
• One piece closed cell construction won’t absorb water/perspiration – avoiding weight gain and induction of bacterial/fungi
• Cost: comparable to other existing commercially available systems

The Serket-Unequal IKP will work in conjunction with traditional IKP-ready combat pants, and this fall, Serket will introduce its own combat pant that not only works with the IKP, but can be used with existing pants.

The Serket-Unequal IKP is available now as a COTS solution.

serketusa.com

Tags: SERKET, UNEQUAL Technologies
Posted in Materials, MDM | 5 Comments »