Granite Tactical Gear is selling out their stock of prototypes. This means there aren’t a lot available but some are one of a kind versions of their standard product line. They’ve got everything from Chief Patrol Packs to four different grenade pouch variants and more. Get it before it is gone!
Volume 2 of Black Powder Red Earth is out and available on Amazon.com. As we’ve reported before, BPRE has been described as “Syriana meets Blackhawk Down”, though you won’t really get the full effect of that until the series is complete. (It was written and plotted in a cinematic fashion, so each successive issue will be faster paced and more dynamic than the one before.)
Jon Chang of Echelon Software is one of the creators of BPRE, and helped design the Facebook game of the same name. “The Facebook game was the first project, then the graphic novel,” he advises. “What’s interesting is that a lot of what you see in those first installments, events we wrote as likely, has occurred. It was originally projected theoretically, now it’s really happened. This is hard military fiction…there’s no overtly heroic actions or larger than life stuff, it’s as close as we can get to the complexities of what day to day operations are like in southern Iraq. So there’s a really realistic angle, it’s a compelling piece of work because it’s so believable and so accurate..”
The writing and artwork are excellent. You should consider checking it out.
You can check up on BPRE developments on their Facebook page or watch their homepage if you’d like.
-DR
NavExFor 2012 will be held March 13-14, 2012 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA. It is the only event focused specifically on Naval Expeditionary Forces. See you there!
Elite Defense will be at IWA in Nuremberg Germany in booth #7A-309. They’ll be highlighting products from L3 EOtech, L3 Insight (white lights), FirstSpear, Velcro, Smith Optics, Slip2000, TangoDown, GemTech, Diamonhead USA, and many more. Make sure you stop by and say ‘hi’! Don’t forget to say you saw them on SSD.
We recently wrote about the temporary closure at Ops-Core’s Boston facility. We just received this statement from them. Bottom line is that Ops-Core is working through the issues, still answering the phones and supporting contracts.
Thanks to all for your support of Ops-Core. Though we are having some issues with our Boston space, rest assured we are working to get them resolved as soon as possible and have steps in place to assure that our commitments to our customers are met in a timely manner. Should you have specific questions about your order, contact support@ops-core.com. In the meantime, please know that we value your business and look forward to continued partnerships with all who share our goal of creating safe, effective equipment for our protectors.
This article originated on Tactical Fanboy
You may have already read that Tactical Concealment built the ghillie suits used in Act of Valor (see Tactical Concealment on SSD). They are very well known in shooter circles for the quality of their kit. That isn’t hype or bs, I’ve talked to several guys who use nothing else. Tactical Concealment essentially builds various “signature management” foundations for various uses, from full-blown ghillie suits to hoods and chaps and everything else. A recent offering from TC addresses those who require more limited signature management. It’s designed for use folks who require some outline work but don’t want to wear the entire thing (like assaulters, as mentioned, or members of LE tracking teams, or perhaps LE K9 units in a rural area…or even just MilSim shooters who want to get close to their target).
The piece in question is the Tactical Concealment Viper. It comes in two forms, standard and “Mosquito”. The latter is built of a new material that substantially decreases weight (you can, in fact, put it in a BDU pocket).
Note: you’re going to pay for this. It’s high end stuff meticulously made for guys and girls on the sharp end by a very small staff. If you’re looking for something less expensive, no worries, but this won’t be it. You get what you pay for. I have some Tactical Concealment gear and believe me, it’s solid and built to last. Go like ’em or friend ’em or whatever you call it on Facebook, right now, and tell ’em TANSTAAFL of Tactical Fanboy sent ya. You won’t get anything for doing so, but it will make me look good.
From the website:
“Whether you’re an assaulter or sniper the benefit of suppressing your visual presence to the enemy is extremely important. Tactical Concealment’s Viper is a new high-speed garment designed not just for snipers but for any operator who can benefit from having a tactical edge edge toward visual based camouflage/concealment. Specific to this type of operator is that the Viper is designed to be worn in conjunction and work in unison with combat loadout equipment including tactical vests, armored plate carriers, assault vests and any size backpack. Any tactical operator can now achieve the camouflage/concealment effectiveness of a sniper and his ghillie suit but scaled into a package that is practical and suited toward the working needs and working requirements of an assaulter…”
