The website includes the civilian legal Kriss Vector .45 which comes with an adjustable folding stock, top/bottom Picatinny Rails, ambidextrous F/S controls, custom flip-up iron sights, mini-cleaning kit, light receptacle cover for optional Surefire Executive Series lights, cable lock and one Glock 21 13-round magazine (limited to 10-rounds in certain localities).
This has got to be the ultimate TacHacker project. Ares Armor is offering the Rudius 1911 80 Percent Frame. Named after the wooden sword presented to a Roman Gladiator upon earning his freedom. Fitting name once you understand what Ares has in mind.
Due to the level of finish on the weapon, it is not yet a weapon. According to Ares Armor, “To complete this frame all that need be done are the slide rails, barrel seat and the two rear pin holes. THERE IS NO FFL REQUIRED PER BATFE SPECIFICATIONS. This is not a firearm until you decide to make it one.” Now, the Rudius 1911 80 Percent Frame is available for pre-order at a significant discount. Get in on this by pre-ordering yours at www.aresarmor.com.
The Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station or CROWS has done a lot to protect our troops from exposure to enemy fire during mounted operations. It allows a system operator to use a electro-optical/IR system to observe outside the vehicle and engage targets with an integrated weapon from as small as the M249 SAW or M240 GPMG up to a Mk19 40mm GL or .50 M2 HMG. The Army realized that these are lethal options and wanted to leverage the successes of non-lethal technologies used in the Traffic Control Point kit such as the BE Meyers GLARE.
The result is the Escalation of Force Kit Integration for the CROWS System. ADS provides these kits which integrate green laser technology from B.E. Meyers GLARE MOUT Plus lasers. The lasers emit an intense band of green light, disrupting a person’s vision and ability to drive a vehicle or aim a weapon. In addition to the lasers, CROWS II EOF Kits incorporate high-powered lighting from Surefire (Hellfighter), PeakBeam (MaxaBeam), or Xenonics (NightHunter), as a secondary means of visual warning. Naturally, a light with that much power pulls double duty as an aid in targeting and identification. Interestingly, the kits also feature the LRAD 300X. LRAD systems were recently chosen for use at the London Olympics for their ability to discourage unruly crowds. For TCP use, the LRAD also offers the ability to provide audible warning and hailing at distances of over 1,000M.
Contact ADSinc.com for more information.
The Replay XD1080 camera is a serious contender in the market of mountable HD cameras such as GoPro and Contour. It features a water-resistant, hard anodized, aluminum mil-spec housing with a double o-ring sealed lens bezel, rear cap, and top push buttons that allows it to operate through any number of adverse conditions. A two-button activation also allows for easy and fast operation, with built-in LED and vibration feedback that alerts the user when the camera is active.
It records using a custom designed 135º wide angle lens, giving it a flatter, clearer picture when compared to similar cameras currently on the market. The front lens bezel can be removed and replaced with a 37mm adapter for aftermarket lens and filter kits. As for audio, the internal microphone has been specially designed to capture the most realistic audio possible while cutting down on wind noise. For situations where an external audio device is preferred, the unit comes with a standard 3.5mm mini-jack adapter.
The XD1080 is supported by a wide range of mounting options, including the HardCore Billet Picatinny mount which features 2-way, 360° positioning and 10° incremental camera ring positions.
The Replay is available from ustacticalsupply.com/replayxd1080.
It doesn’t matter who builds your ammo backpack system, the issue is the feed chute, both from a cost and to a certain degree! weight standpoint. Generally, the more money you spend on a feed chute, the more it’s going to cost. Until now.
Down East, the guys who developed the all but indestructible MOLLE frame as well as the FastMag family of products put their knowledge of plastics to work on developing a new 7.62 feed chute and came up with this solution. The idea is to bring the price point down to make wide spread fielding affordable rather than niche products.
According to Down East, “The internal geometries and materials are designed to allow the ammo to feed more freely, while gaining some range of motion. The design is also easily scalable to 5.56, 30mm, etc. once we have worked the kinks out. Instead of rehashing the WW2 era metal version over overlapping plates, we are going with a patent pending modular design which could be used on a pack, for a fixed emplacement (as in a FOB), or on a vehicle.”
This is a first look at their first generation production item that they have just begun wear testing. By design, the chute feeds in either direction and is constructed of interlocking links, allowing it to be repaired or resized. You can cut out an even number of links, or cut one section of connectors and add an even number of links. What is really cool is that the links are made from their proprietary fragmentation resistant polymer (used in the MOLLE and FILBE pack frames) and is available color matched and NIR compliant with the major camouflage patterns (Coyote 498, TAN499, FG 504).
In the photos they have a mesh cover over part of the chute and this is an attempt to reduce the reflectance of the brass without totally enclosing the chute. However, this isn’t required and they could just as well leave the chute completely uncovered or offer a a full fabric enclosure. The end of the chute features a standard type attachment for the M240B. The pack pictured here uses the same sort of bracket to mount the other end of the chute.
The feed cute pictured is 44” compressed and 56” fully extended, and weighs approximately 3.5 lbs. Depending on testing they may be able to further lighten the load.
It’s very important that you understand that this feed chute is for a ground role only. This isn’t meant for aviation applications. It’s a plastic product after all. The big issue here is to determine how long these can stand up to the rigors of day-to-day carriage with ammo on them as well as while firing. I do know that Down East ran over one with a truck and it survived which is promising.
They are still working out cost, but, based on where they are they’re anticipating a fraction of the $1700-2200 that metal chutes currently run.
Look for details on a ver 2.0 soonish as well as some additional info on the pack in the photos which utilizes the 1609 frame developed for the US Army medium ruck.
GLOCK knows that there are lots of choices for the first-time buyer so they have published a webpage to help the decision making along.
We mentioned the ARES -16 family of weapons last year.
The ARES-16 family of small arms is available in 5.56mm and incorporates a Gas-Piston, Short Stroke Tappet operating system. Actually, to configure the various weapons, the ARES-16 relies on different upper and lower receivers. These combinations allow the user to configure the weapon as:
-Sub-Carbine
-Carbine
-Assault Rifle
-Designated Marksman Rifle
-Magazine-Fed Assault Machine Gun
-Belt-Fed Assault Machine Gun
-Dual-Feed Assault Machine Gun
-Belt-Fed Mounted Light Machine Gun
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.
