Manufactured from Polartec Power Grid the Riley Hoodie is manufactured in the USA. This sunshade makes a great base layer and incorprates thumb cuffs and a hood.
The color is Pine Green. Offered in sizes XS – XXL.
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GASTONIA, N.C. – December 1, 2022 – Premier Body Armor is proud to announce their continued collaboration with Vertx, including the Gen 3 line of products and custom-fit ballistic inserts compatible with the Gamut, Ready Pack and Navigator Sling. American-made armor plus industry-leading Vertx bags and packs offer the perfect solution for an off-body carry system.
“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Vertx,” said Alex Stewart, President of Premier Body Armor. “This line offers consumers 100% USA made, custom cut armor inserts that maximize the potential of the packs and provide on-the-go ballistic protection. The Gen 3 Vertx line puts a focus on advanced feature sets without compromising the industry-leading CCW DNA that we’ve all come to love.”
The Gamut, Ready Pack, and Navigator Sling all improve upon their Gen 2 predecessors, offering a new Rapid Access Pull tab compatible with every zipper for a fully customizable EDC setup. With a gatekeeper G-hook, you can avoid unwanted gear exposure in the CCW compartment. Premier’s custom-fit ballistic inserts provide comfortable and incognito protection while you’re on the go.
The new ballistic panels continue to uphold the high standards of Premier’s body armor, meeting the NIJ Level IIIA standard while being the thinnest and lightest ballistic protection on the market. Available in bundles or standalone inserts, it’s easier than ever to update your bag & armor. Load out your Gamut with all the gear you need, pack the Navigator and be ready for travel or blend in with other “average” backpacks with the Ready Pack.
Enjoy the peace of mind body armor provides. Premier Body Armor is proud to provide high-quality, Made in the USA, custom-fit body armor for Vertx products.
Learn more about Premier Body Armor and their complete line of armor at premierbodyarmor.com.
KOMENDA, SLOVENIA (30 NOVEMBER 2022)—Tactical clothing manufacturer UF PRO today announced the release of its Delta OL 4.0 Winter Jacket, to be followed before year’s end by the release of the Delta OL 4.0 Winter Pants. Together, the jacket and pants comprise UF PRO’s Delta OL 4.0 Winter Suit, the latest iteration of the company’s popular line of tactical winter garments for military and LE operators engaged primarily in stationary work when temperatures drop below zero. “The Delta OL 4.0 Winter Suit features superior thermal insulation,” said UF PRO Head of Product Development Armin Wagner. “The tactical winter jacket and pants consist of a dense G-LOFT® filling that creates the suit’s heat-preserving properties, making the Delta 4.0 the ultimate thermal insulation winter suit for sub-zero temperatures.”
Thermal insulation is but one of the key attributes of the new Delta 4.0 OL’s jacket and pants. According to Wagner, the suit also boasts a polyurethane membrane lining that blocks out wind and repels water. “This means the wearer enjoys full simultaneous protection from wind chill and moisture, and as a result is able to spend a prolonged time in cold environments.”
The Delta OL 4.0 Winter Jacket’s groundbreaking Hood/Harness® system provides waterproof head protection without obstructing the wearer’s line of sight, while the Delta 4.0. Winter Jacket comes with a detachable powdered skirt that prevents snow penetration, Wagner said.
The novel design of the Delta OL 4.0 Winter Pants permits unprecedented freedom to move, Wagner indicated. “They feature schoeller-dynamic® stretch fabric with an extra four-way stretch membrane to keep out wind and moisture.” he said. “And it’s our UF PRO® Flex/Zone® that makes sure the volume of the G-LOFT® insulation stays the same and doesn’t shrink as the pants stretch. As a result, you’ll feel as nice and warm kneeling or sitting as you do when standing.”
Wagner expressed confidence that the Delta 4.0 Tactical Winter Jacket and Pants will be appreciated by even the hardest to satisfy operators. “We understand the risks associated with working in extremely cold weather. In particular, we understand that thermometer readings alone don’t tell the true story of how cold it really is at any given moment in any given location—wind speed and external moisture levels also affect temperature and can make it feel a lot colder than the thermometer would suggest. Because of that, people out working in those conditions are at greater-than-they-think risk of hypothermia, frostbite, chilblains, and hives.
“We created the Delta 4.0 Winter Suit to address this problem. One of the reasons we are excited about this release is that we know it will benefit thousands of professionals worldwide.”
For additional information, please visit ufpro.com or contact support@ufpro.si.
Jari of Varusteleka shared this image of his gear in his native land’s M95 Snow camouflage pattern.
Gear for winter larping starts to be pretty squared away!
The possibility of having proper load-bearing equipment in Finnish M05 snow camo is a pretty cool option to have. You never know when snow needs to start speaking Finnish.
The project started from a typical crazy idea that it would be cool to have Finnish M05 snow camo gear. After several hurdles in making this real, products are out in the wild just in time for the season. One might ask, does it make sense to have LBE in snow camo? That is a valid point, and it depends on your operating area. It might be questionable in southern Finland, but it might make perfect sense up in the north.
I could not help myself and decided to go all in with these gems. I bought a basic set to have set up for recon and direct action type of stuff. Chestrigh, with three magazine/multipurpose pouches and two general-purpose pouches, provides pretty good coverage on everything I need to carry. A plate carrier with three mag placard, one open-top pouch, and two general-purpose pouches will most likely cover needs. And if needed, I can circulate pouches between these two. CP15 was the apparent choice for a backpack because it has more volume, which you will need during the winter due to warm clothing and thermos.
Unfortunately, we did not have a belt setup in M05 snow camo, so I did a quick rattle can job over one belt I had lying around. It turned out great.
Gear is ready, so let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. —
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing activated a new air defense battery on November 18, 2022, as part of its ongoing efforts to modernize its existing ground-based air defense capabilities to continue responsibly modernizing the force.
Charlie Battery, which belongs to 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38, increases 3rd MAW’s ground-based air defense weapon systems and capabilities. The activation demonstrates the Marine Corps’ investment in growing the ground-based air defense community.
“The Charlie Battery activation is another piece to the pie of modernizing the force to meet future threats.”
-Maj. Crispus M. Kimani, operations officer for 3rd LAAD Battalion
The unit’s activation sets the foundation for the arrival of Marine Air Defense Integrated System Increment 1 to the battalion. This system modernizes the existing ground-based air defense capabilities by mounting a mix of legacy and emerging technologies and capabilities onto the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. The new capabilities will help the unit mitigate the threat from unmanned aerial systems, fixed, and rotary-wing aircraft.
Once fully equipped, the new unit will have the MADIS, FIM-92 Stinger missiles, and a kinetic remote weapon system designed to counter adversary unmanned aerial systems. The remote weapon system, an organic RPS-62 RADAR, provides additional capabilities, including multi-function electronic warfare and significant command and control improvements.
“The Charlie Battery activation is another piece to the pie of modernizing the force to meet future threats,” said U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Crispus M. Kimani, operations officer for 3rd LAAD Battalion. “It increases air defense capacity within the Marine Expeditionary Force.”
Activating Charlie Battery and integrating new technologies, including the MADIS, enables 3rd LAAD to detect, track, identify, and defeat aerial threats. Additionally, the new capabilities will enable expeditionary counter-unmanned aerial systems operations in austere and isolated environments.
Story by 2nd Lt Andrew Baez, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Photo by Cpl Sean Potter
Bongo Gear has license to produce Becker Patrol Packs and they’ve been hard at work creating variants of this classic.
This week they plan to release a run of the BPP Mk II in Tigerstripe camouflage. They are offering two variants of the new attend which they refer to as regular and olive. The only difference between these two patterns is in the green – one has the regular green and the other has an olive green. The olive green version is a bit more versatile because blends into a wider variety of environments. The production models will feature green binding tape.
To learn about what they’ve done to improve the original pack to create the Mk II, visit bongogear.com.
Operation Flipper was a raid by the Combined Operations to kill Field Marshall Erwin Rommel at his headquarters in Sidi Rafa, Libya, that would take place between 10-19 November 1941. The attack would use man from Combined Operations, Special Boat Services (SBS), No. 11 Commando, Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), and also the man from the Special Operations Executive (SOE) G(R). This raid was to be a smaller part of a more significant campaign to relieve Tobruk and push the Axis from North Africa.
The operation had four main objectives, first and foremost was to kill Rommel at his headquarters, destroy the nearby Italian headquarters and its communications network, sabotage the Italian Intelligence Office in Appolonia and its communications network between Faidia and Lamdula, and lastly, conduct general sabotage actions elsewhere in the Axis forces rear area.
Leading the mission was Colonel Robert Laycock. His second in command was Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Keyes. On November 10, 1941, Laycock’s six officers and 53 men boarded the submarines Torbay and Talisman and left Alexandria harbor for Beda Littoria, Cyrenaica. Waiting for them on the beach was Captain Jock Haselden and an Arab soldier from the SOE’s G(R). They would guide the folbots (early versions of Klepper type canoes) to the beach and help them ashore. Once ashore, they would meet up with the rest of Haselden man, including two more Brits, a free Belgian, and another Arab soldier who stayed further inland; all had been dropped off by the LRDG earlier that day. Haselden’s team had local knowledge of the area; one of the Arabs would lead the assault team to the target while the rest of Haselden’s team would sabotaging the communications. Keyes got himself and all his men ashore. But as Layton and his men prepared to disembark, a storm struck. Heavy seas drove Talisman aground, and only Layton and seven men reached the beach.
With his force cut in half, Keyes modified the plan. It would be a two-part assault; Keyes would attack Rommel’s HQ, and Lt. Roy Cooke would lead the Italian headquarters’ attack. Layton and a small force would defend the force’s escape route. On the evening of November 15, Keyes, Cooke, and their men headed inland. Despite the weather, the groups managed to reach their respective launch positions on the evening of November 17. At midnight, they attacked. Keyes, leading a three-person assault team, burst into the villa identified as Rommel’s headquarters. They surprised a German officer who was killed as he struggled with Keyes. The attackers then rushed down the hall, and Keyes opened a room where ten Germans were arming themselves. One of the Germans shot Keyes, killing him. What the team didn’t know was that Rommel had left the compound a week earlier for Rome. After Keyes’s death, things started to get worse.
Campbell was shot in the leg by one of his men. He passed command to Sergeant Jack Terry and remained behind. Terry gathered the raiding team and retreated with 17 men to rejoin Laycock at the beach. Cooke’s men encountered a platoon or so of Italian police paratroopers. The Italians had been searching for the British raiders close to the village Mansura north of Cyrene. With the Italian and Germans looking for the raiding party, Laycock knew it would be impossible to re-embark on the submarines as they waited for the weather to improve. They were discovered and exchanged fire with local Italian and German troops. Low on ammo and aware that they could not stand off a larger force, Laycock ordered the men to scatter. Laycock and Terry made it to safety after 37 days in the desert. Bombardier John Brittlebank, one of the SBS teams who had guided the commandos in the folbots, escaped and survived alone in the desert for forty days until Allied troops picked him up. The rest of the raiding force was captured, some of them were wounded.
The raid was considered a failure by the British high command, but to the Germans, especially to Rommel, it showed what the Combined Operations could do. It would also help Winston Churchill decide to put the Commando’s and other groups under the SOE after the British military decide they didn’t need them anymore. Rommel was quoted as saying, “It was a brilliant operation and with great audacity.” Rommel ordered that Keyes and all the rest of the Commandos be buried with full military honors, sending his personal chaplain, priest Rudolf Dalmrath, to officiate. He had cypress crosses and wreaths made for the British and German dead. Rommel also instructed that photographs be taken of the ceremony and Keyes’ grave and sent them to his parents, a chivalrous act that increased British respect for him. British Special Operations would continue to wreak havoc thru out the Africa Theater of Operation, significantly contributing to the Allies victory.
Featuring a sole insulated with PrimaLoft Aerogel Insulation to act as a cold barrier, the uppers are insukated with VerticalX ECO which works wven when wet. The heel can be worn up or down.
Available in Loden Camo (shown), Saddle and Black sizes XS – XL.
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