Tru-Spec‘s parent company, Atlanco is running this banner of their exclusive roll out of Crye Precision‘s new MultiCam Black pattern.
MultiCam Black Branding Imagery from Tru-Spec
November 25th, 2013Tier One Summit Webinar
November 25th, 2013
During the upcoming Tier One Summit Webinar, Special Operations Veterans Dale Comstock and Scot Spooner share their experiences in America’s premier Special Mission unit. During the webinar you’ll learn:
-How to build a culture of trust, accountability and autonomy. Boost productivity and profits by shortening the decision making process.
-How to strengthen your mind, master complex tasks through visualization, and accelerate learning exponentially.
-How to optimize your fitness level, regardless of age, and increase functional strength with performance based training.
-Proven strategies that accelerate the speed of goal achievement. Discover how to identify main efforts and create mind alignment throughout your team.
-How to train for the DELTA Selection course. You will get a 9 week program complete with diet plan.
-How to forge principal based leaders that maintain the quality and integrity of your company.
-How to quickly improve your performance in shooting, martial arts, and sport-specific skills.
-An easy way to improve your quality of life with proper diet and nutrition. Learn safe and effective ways to avoid chronic diseases, boost your energy level, and feel years younger.
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2 Vets Arms Bravo Carbine First To Feature B5 Systems Bravo Keymod Handguards
November 25th, 2013
2 Vets Arms has just released its 5.56 Bravo Rifle, the first rifle to feature the B5 Systems Bravo Keymod handguard.
Features:
· 2 Vets Arms 7075T6 billet side charged upper receiver
· 16” 4140CMOV barrel 1/7 twist with A2 Front Sight Base
· 2 Vets 7075 Forged lower receiver
· GI fire controls
· Phase 5 Enhanced Side Charged compatible BAD Lever
· B5 Bravo Stock
· B5 Bravo Forend
· Umbrella Corp grip
Available with Black, OD Green, and Flat Dark Earth furniture.
www.2vetsarms.com/2VA-5-56-Bravo-p/2va556bravo.htm
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Photos of the new Bravo Keymod Handguard from B5 Systems
B5 Systems’ Bravo Keymod Handguard is currently in production and shipping soon. The hand guard features a built in hand stop and heat shield, with slim profile ergonomics. This is only the second drop-in Keymod handguard to come to market and the first done in polymer.
The B5 Bravo is designed to be an end user upgrade over standard M4 furniture, and is being picked up by several OEMs. Initial production will be carbine length followed by midlength and rifle. Polymer Keymod accessories are also on the way.
ADS, Inc. Recognized As A Top 100 Military Friendly Employer
November 25th, 2013Congratulations to ADS for being recognized as a Top 100 Military Friendly Employer.
Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs and Military Spouse, recently recognized ADS, Inc. as a Top 100 Military Friendly Employer for 2014. The ranks are based on criteria including long-term commitment to military hiring and training and include many of the country’s most respected companies.
What To Do With Billions Of Dollars Worth Of UCP TA-50? – UPDATED
November 25th, 2013UPDATE – And it’s cancelled. This is becoming comical.
I’ve written several articles about the US Army’s impending change from the ill-named Universal Camouflage Pattern to the newly renamed Operational Camouflage Pattern also known commercially as MultiCam by Crye Precision. I’ve even mentioned a plan to repurpose current stocks of UCP equipment such as MOLLE and IOTV covers to a new, more usable colorway. But how do you change the colors of billions of Dollars worth of equipment? The answer is simple; you dye it. Think of it as a means to cut their losses.
Earlier this year I began to hear reports that the Army had been working with a commercial vendor to develop a process to over dye UCP equipment with a shade of Brown in order to make it more compatible with OCP. Naturally, there are issues afoot here. For example, different materials are going to absorb the dye at different rates, and equipment exhibiting differing levels of wear will also absorb dye differently. In the end, it’s going to look rather interesting. It isn’t going to blend in so much as not clash, like traditional UCP would against OCP. Best case, it may end up somewhat resembling the brown-based UCP-Delta pattern tested in Afghanistan in 2009. Worst case? I shudder to imagine.
Specifically, the Army has issued a Sources Sought Notice. Interested parties have until 20 December, 2013 to respond. The link to the notice is www.fbo.gov.
Subject: Request for Information to Over-dye Nylon Fabrics and Items
Project Manager Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment (PM-SPIE) of the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 is seeking information from potential industry partners to provide a technology solution to modify the camouflage pattern on current equipment. The potential development effort is to over-dye items and/or fabric comprised of nylon 500D and 1000D. Specific items include the Modular Lightweight Load carrying Equipment (MOLLE) and Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV). Items are treated with water repellant, polyurethane, and fire retardant on some equipment. The objective is to modify the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) to more closely match the shade/color of Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern (OCP). Of particular interest are portable technologies that can be utilized outside of the manufacturing environment.
Where will it be used? Your guess is as good a mine. Assuredly, it will be issued to the training base so anyone who attends BCT, AIT, Ranger School or any other resident school that issues TA-50 will see this stuff for years to come. Incidentally, TA-50 gets its name from Common Table of Allowances 50-900, Clothing and Individual Equipment which authorizes items for issue based on duty position, unit of assignment or climatic zone. Some of these over duded items may also end up in the reserve components but there has already been some pushback from National Guard commanders who refuse to be looked at as a second class force with second class equipment after being so active over the past 12 years in the war effort. But, over time we will see attrition and replacement of this over dyed UCP. And, I want to mention that the most recent MOLLE contract was only for OCP and the Army has stopped purchasing MOLLE in UCP.
Some have pointed to recent articles published by the press regarding statements by Army spokesmen to suggest that my evidence that the Army is marching ahead with the camouflage change is incorrect. If so, why would the PEO Soldier put out a call to industry just this past week looking for firms that are capable of over dyeing TA-50 if they weren’t still planning to make the camouflage switch?
New Magazine Under Development for the RADOM-SPORT
November 25th, 2013
Coming 2014 from SPECOPS.PL is a new magazine for use with the .223 ?ucznik family of sporting rifles – RADOM-SPORT aka “ARCHER”. Made in Poland.
Who Else Wanted A Landmaster While Growing Up?
November 24th, 2013
The real star of 1977’s apocalyptic adventure, “Damnation Alley” wasn’t George Preppard or Jan-Michael Vincent. No, it was the vehicle, the Landmaster.
Three independent drive sources running from a gasoline power plant. Uses semi truck parts in the drive train. Can operate with the front or rear wheel trinary out of commission. Side and top hatches on the main unit and rear and top on the after section. Full running lights and brake lights for urban street use. External video camera is mounted on the forward pylon located just behind the front top hatch. Could also house the antenna. All pylons are hardened and armored. Can operate in water and will remain sealed when fully submerged. Can float while half full of water.
– Popular Science
Who else wishes they had one?
Jesse James Firearms Unlimited
November 24th, 2013In case you haven’t heard, Jesse James of West Coast Chopper fame is getting into the gun business. His new company, Jesse James Firearms Unlimited, has just released an initial product line with limited numbers already available. The Firearms Report attended the recent launch party in Austin, Texas. Check out their article to see a full range of coverage of the event: thefirearmreport.com/2013/11/report-from-jesse-james-firearms-unveiling-party/
The Cisco 1911
The Cisco is built on an STI frame, and features branded grips and a JJFU-branded slide. It will be available in a black nitride or stainless steel finish.
Features:
.45 caliber
Stainless steel construction
Fixed sights
Ambi safeties
Full one piece guide rod
Hand fit slide
5.11 fully supported ramped bushing barrel
Government forged frame
2.44 lbs
JJFU-branded FNX-45
This is a black bodied FNX-45 with a slide featuring JJFU engraving and branding. No other information was given, so we only assume it’s a base model FNX-45 aside from the slide.
Nomad AR-15
Features:
Caliber: 5.56×45
Length: 34 5/8″ – collapsed; 38″ – extended
JJFU upper & lower receivers
JJFU muzzle break
Barrel: Wilson Combat 16″ midlength – 1/8 twist
Barrel nut: HPF
Charging Handle: BCM medium latch
BCG: City Armory full melonite
Grip: Magpul MOE
Trigger: Geissele 3SG
Handguard: JJFU
Stock: Magpul ACS
Magazine: 30 round JJFU stainless steel
Weight: 7.9 lbs
Aero-Sonic Suppressor
But pistols and rifles are tame. The real shocker is his company’s propitiatory ‘Aero-Sonic Suppressor’. The retro-futuristic design looks like a prop from a 1930’s Buck Rogers serial. It’s shape is “…designed to match the sound wave of a rifle round.”, and the suppressor body is screwed together. Only time will tell how effective it actually is.
Expect a full release of the JJFU line in January 2014.
