Cold climate operations have become an essential tactical focus for militaries around the world, with many dedicating more resources and training to maneuvers in the Arctic and other cold weather regions. This change has resulted in an increased demand for clothing and equipment that can withstand the harsh conditions that troops face in that environment.
The SnowHawk Cold Weather System is the first-ever fully integrated ballistic goggle and balaclava system offering complete face coverage, superior anti-fog performance, and ballistic protection.
Available in black or white, the SnowHawk Cold Weather System is low-profile and lightweight. This efficient design ensures compatibility with helmets, binoculars, and night vision systems. With improved comfort, functionality, and stability comes enhanced endurance and situational awareness, clearly demonstrating that this weather system is not only recommended but indeed necessary for the military to face the extreme conditions in the Arctic.
Odor Crusher is pleased to announce the addition of Troy Bosard as the Global Sales Director for Odor Crusher Tactical. He is focused on driving innovation and working with a strong base of both distributors and retailers to deliver products to Law Enforcement, Military, and First Respond customers that benefit from the ozone-based solution that Odor Crusher offers. A life-long outdoorsman, he brings almost 30 years of merchandising and product assortment experience from his role as Merchandise Director and Category Manager positions with the outdoor retailer Cabela’s. When he isn’t focused on Odor Crusher, he enjoys fishing, hunting, and his kids sporting events. He currently resides in Nebraska with his wife Linda, and two children. He can be reached at troy.bosard@themojack.com.
Developed from NASA based research, Odor Crusher products feature odor-crushing Ozone Activated Technology. Our Ozone Activated Technology effectively eliminates all odors and bacteria on your gear. Sweat, soaps, food, perfume – you name it, Odor Crusher eliminates it by killing the organisms that cause odors including bacteria and virus. 100% chemical-free, Odor Crusher leaves no scent, chemical residue or harmful byproducts.
Odor Crusher is based out of Wichita, KS and is distributed in the US and Internationally.
Law enforcement officers struggle to keep their essential gear clean after several ten plus hours shifts a week. Our waterless wash ozone technology takes care of your equipment as soon as you hit the start button on the gear bag. Just plug the supplied power cord into the 12v outlet in your vehicle or the 110v outlet in your locker room or office, choose the length of the cycle (5-30 minutes) and walk away. Come back and the ozone has done its job, destroying all the bacteria on that essential gear like boots, vests, helmets jackets and every item that holds sweat and stink. Bacteria is the root of odor or worse yet infections and skin irritation. Odor Crusher has you covered from head to toe. Partner our Ozone technology with essential gear bags built for the harshest conditions and you have the perfect companion for every level of law enforcement. Durable 1050D tear and water resistant nylon oxford, exterior laser cut MOLLIE, heavy duty oversized compartments for gear and weapons and a 20-year life expectancy on the ozone generator. With Odor Crusher, it’s simple… Save the Day, Not the Odor.
Boonville, MO – CMMG rebrands models and configurations to simplify the identification and selection process. CMMG’s 2019 product line designations are designed to be straightforward and intuitive. The BANSHEE line will include pistols and short barrel rifles (SBR), RESOLUTE will consist of rifles and carbines, with ENDEAVOR designed for marksmen and precision-oriented shooters.
Every BANSHEE, RESOLUTE and ENDEAVOR is offered as a 100, 200 or 300 Series, which signals the firearm’s level of configuration. A wide variety of exciting calibers are offered in each of these new models.
Banshee
CMMG’s Pistols and SBRs
Resolute
Rifles and Carbines
Endeavor
Designated Marksman and Distance Rifles
100 Series
In the 100 Series you will find classic furniture appointments like the beloved A2 pistol grip, 6-position or fixed buttstocks and A2 Birdcage flash hider.
200 Series
The 200 Series is a feature-rich choice, outfitted with modern furniture choices like Magpul’s MOE® pistol grip, CMMG’s revolutionary RIPSTOCK™ or RIPBRACE™ and CMMG’s effective single-chamber SV muzzle brake.
300 Series
The 300 Series comes with all the bells and whistles, including your choice of ten Cerakote® colors that come standard. Ambidextrous controls and sling points, premium 2-stage trigger, Magpul grip, CMMG’s RIPSTOCK or PRS® stock, CMMG’s SV muzzle brake are just a few of the features found on the 300 Series.
Fort Worth, Texas – Texas-based ballistic armor retailer AT Armor, LLC –a leading supplier of high quality US made body armor packages for North American law enforcement and military communities, has announced that the first entry in a new proprietary plate carrier system – the Active Shooter Response Carrier – is now available for purchase.
Developed with the direct input of seasoned LE professionals the ASR Carrier provides a fast -deployment rifle protection package for departments of all sizes. AT Armor purpose built the ASR plate carrier to be scalable and adjustable to provide a high quality solution for departments which pool resources for multiple officers.
AT Armor’s president Mike Martin states “After focused dialogue and needs assessment with US police departments, we identified an opportunity to design and produce an affordable, US-made plate carrier that is adjustable across a full range of officer body types within a shared equipment scenario. Our product design mission statement for the ASR Carrier prioritized fit flexibility and value pricing in order to provide an exceptional and economical carrier solution for our law enforcement community.”
The ASR Carrier is a scalable, modular plate carrier system designed for fast deployment and fully adjustable for long-duration comfort. The unique attachment system offers multiple anchor points so that officers can tighten or loosen the carrier very quickly, and select the low/mid/high mount points to account for equipment placement needs and personal fit preference. The carrier has the ability to accept aftermarket or upgraded cummerbunds so the end user still has the option to add to the carrier to meet their individual requirements.
Product Features:
• Material: Constructed of high-end 500-denier cordura with a soil-resistant finish.
• Colors: Available in four colors – Black, Ranger Green, Coyote Brown, and Multicam.
• Fit: Two Sizes (SM/MD and LG/XL); fits all standard SAPI plates as well as any 10×12 armor plates.
• Attachments: Low/Mid/High attachment points allow officers to make personal adjustments for fit and function.
The ASR Carrier is currently available for purchase through the AT Armor website.
For more information about the new AT Armor Active Shooter Response Carrier, or to request quotes for department bids or contracts, please contact the AT Armor team at info@atarmor.com or visit the website, www.atarmor.com.
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Mystery Ranch puts just as much into supporting our firefighters as they do supporting our warfighters.
Today, December 4th, marks the one-year anniversary of the Thomas Fire, California’s largest wildland fire at the time. In conjunction with the American Wildfire Experience, Mystery Ranch has produced an amazing collaborative, community-sourced, map-based multimedia exploration of how we experience wildland fire, focusing on the Thomas Fire.
PenCott-WildWood® is a new pattern based on the well-proven and widely used PenCott® pattern geometry, developed at the request of Polish Special Forces. Working in close cooperation, Hyde Definition® and Helikon-Tex® created WildWood® to be an optimal pattern for the temperate woodland and grassland areas found in Central and Eastern Europe – and other similar terrains around the world.
The process began with re-appraising the GreenZone® pattern to boost the brown tones and desaturate the green tone. In-field digital colour sampling was used to analyze and verify the individual colours in the palette. Through several iterations of evaluating digital prints in-the-field we optimized and defined the final colour values and printing standards for the production of WildWood® fabrics.
WildWood® incorporates all of the features that make PenCott® patterns the most advanced and effective concealment solutions on the market today:
· 3-in-1 / 360° pattern geometry: the inclusion of large, medium and small fractal shapes makes the patterns effective at close, mid, and long range – and, because of its non-linear orientation, the full effectiveness of the pattern is retained whether the wearer is standing, kneeling or prone.
· Depth + Blending + Disruption: the combination of multi-sized fractal shapes, high-difference boundary layers and a hypoacuitively dithered micro-pattern creates the illusion of depth, whilst also creating a pattern that both blends into the terrain and disrupts the shape of the wearer.
· Natural tones and textures: the complex, hybrid design of WildWood® also delivers a pattern that looks more ‘organic’, natural and textured than typical digital patterns.
WildWood® is the optimum camouflage solution wherever the vegetation is a bit drier or sparser. WildWood® joins the existing PenCott® pattern family of GreenZone® for verdant environments, BadLands® for semi-arid environments, SnowDrift® for winter environments and SandStorm® for arid environments. WildWood® is also very compatible with GreenZone® and BadLands® clothing and equipment.
(Andover, Mass.) – November 28, 2018 – Polartec, the premium provider of innovative and sustainable textile solutions, announces Polartec® Power Air™, the first fabric technology engineered to reduce fiber shedding. By encapsulating lofted fibers within a multilayer, continuous yarn fabric construction, this revolutionary new platform offers advanced thermal efficiency that is proven to shed five times less than other premium ‘mid-layer’ weight fabrics.
Insulation that effectively regulates core body temperature has traditionally been achieved via lofted or high-pile knit structures that hold warm air. Although Polartec is a leader in making resilient materials, it has recognized that any exposed fiber is susceptible to shedding as a function of normal wear. The Polartec Power Air construction process mitigates this by encasing the insulating lofted fibers within the knitting process.
“By using the efficiency of encapsulated air to shelter lofted fibers, Polartec Power Air will drastically improve how fabrics perform over their lifetime with respect to versatility, comfort, and sustainability,” says Gary Smith, Polartec CEO. “We’re only beginning to realize the potential for this new type of fabric construction.”
While creating a more environmentally sound construction was the initial inspiration for Power Air, the innovation also enables greater design versatility, with distinctive visual signatures. The initial release features an internal grid structure on one side not unlike ‘fabric bubble wrap’ which simultaneously holds air and increases breathability, while the other side features a smooth, durable outer surface that resists pilling and minimizes drag.
As the first fabric construction to encase air with a continuous yarn, Polartec Power Air is a foundational technology platform that will eventually provide shedding reduction to all existing apparel categories (including insulation, lightweight next to skin, and extreme weather protection). The innovation has recently gained recognition from the World Textile Information Network with its Future Textile Award for Best Innovation: Sustainable Textiles.
“Polartec has never shied away from solving tough, intractable problems,” says Mike Rose, Polartec VP of Product Development. “Power Air has the potential to be our most significant development since pioneering the process to knit fabrics made of post-consumer plastic bottles.”
Power Air is the culmination of a multi-year development consisting of thousands of work hours and dozens of iterations, and is the latest product of Polartec Eco-engineering™. Eco-engineering is the process by which Polartec deploys recycled inputs, advanced production techniques, highly efficient logistics, and rigorous testing and certifications to create an unrivaled innovation pipeline devoted to producing sustainable fabrics with elite performance characteristics.
Throughout its history of innovation, Polartec has built many unique, robust and repeatable testing protocols that emulate a lifetime of use and abuse from serious athletes and professionals. In the case of Polartec Power Air, a whole new testing protocol had to be invented to measure shedding due to home laundering. The protocol simulates dozens of launderings in a single cycle to accurately capture any microfibers lost in a lifetime of use. The test then accurately determines the percentage of weight loss due to shedding.
Pioneers of eco-engineering sustainable fabrics, Polartec invented the process of knitting technical fleece from post-consumer plastic bottles in 1993, upcycling well over one billion bottles to date, and continues to lead the industry in offering fabric technologies made of recycled content. Earlier this year, Polartec introduced its 100% recycled Power Fill insulation that further reduces environmental impact by eliminating the need for wasteful and non-recycled carrying agents used in other insulation options.
Initially for apparel, Polartec Power Air technology will be publicly unveiled by Polartec CEO Gary Smith tomorrow, November 29, at Performance Days in Munich Germany. The Polartec Power Air Hoody is now available from Adidas, with more brands including Houdini and Mammut set to release their own offerings in the coming months.
To view the Polartec Power Air launch product from Adidas:
“Polartec Power Air is more than solving a problem and creating a new platform,” says Gary Smith, Polartec CEO. “It’s a brand statement about the power of fabric.”
The SnowHawk Cold Weather System is the first-ever fully integrated ballistic goggle and balaclava system offering complete face coverage, superior anti-fog performance, and ballistic protection.
