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Perfume on a Pig?

Monday, January 30th, 2012

The Australian Army continues to monkey with the F88 “Austeyr” despite their Special Operations components abandoning the weapon in the late 90s in favor of the M4. This briefing, presented at last year’s NDIA Small Arms Symposium outlines the incremental improvements made to the weapon. “Improving In-Service Small Arms Systems; An Australian Experience” was presented by Mr. Graham Evenden of Thales Australia. They have worked very closely with the Australian Army to enhance the F88. But, to what end?

Improving in-Service Small Arms Systems – An Australian Experience

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Plataxe Follow Up

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Hardcore Hardware Australia has posted a video on Youtube of their new Plataxe. As you may recall, the Plataxe is manufactured by Hardcore Hardware exclusively for Platatac. It is designed as a impact/MOE/CQB tool and features an articulated handle to place more force of the swing onto the blade. The head features a full blade and on the reverse a reverse penetrating spike. Manufactured from D2 tool steel coated with black Teflon and topped off with a G10 contoured handle.

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Roggenwolf Statement on US Army Camouflage Improvement Effort

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

The statement was released yesterday by Australia’s Roggenwolf.

You might recall that Roggenwolf Tiwazâ„¢ was developed specifically as a possible answer the U.S. Army’s identified need for a family of camouflage patterns. Unfortunately, we have been advised that Tiwazâ„¢ has been eliminated from the final down-select, and will no longer be a participant in the U.S. Army camouflage improvement effort.

We know that this news will be just as disappointing to our supporters as it was to us. However, it must be said that we actually achieved more than we thought was possible, back in June; and that those achievements are largely due to the support and encouragement of our enterprise partners, Bradford Printing & Finishing, and Premier Defence Agencies.

In spite of this set-back, Roggenwolf continues to pursue other opportunities in North America, Europe, and the Asia–Pacific region. As always, our design philosophy is built upon the belief that an effective camouflage uniform not only conceals its wearer in country, but reinforces its wearer’s sense of identity.

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MARSOC Purchases Additional Woodland FROG

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Earlier this year, Marine Corps Special Operations Command purchased Fire Resistant Operational Gear uniforms in the old Woodland camouflage pattern under a sole source contract from Crye Precision. Interestingly, the old Woodland pattern was specified so that MARSOC personnel would blend in with their Afghan (ANA Commandos) counterparts.

Unfortunately, MARSOC asked for the uniforms in an older variant of the FR Defender-M fabric. A little over a year ago, the Marine Corps had adopted an improved version of TenCate’s Defender-M fabric for their FROG ensembles that is more abrasion resistant and the US Army followed suit soon after. We’re still unsure why MARSOC didn’t specify the newer Defender-M from jump street but by late summer KitUp! had broken the story that the special versions of FROG were falling apart. Around the same time, a similar fate befell Australian MultiCam uniforms called Operational Combat Uniforms which also relied on the older fabric.

Since then, both MARSOC and the Australians have purchased new uniforms in the latest, more robust 6.5 oz version of Defender-M which boasts twice the tear strength of the previous variant.

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Posted in Clothing, Contracts, FR, FROG | 16 Comments »

Tour of Duty: Australia’s Secret War

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Here is part 1 of the Australia Channel Ten special “Tour of Duty: Australia’s Secret War.” The other sections are available via YouTube.

For the first time ever Network Ten joins Australia’s elite Special Forces in combat. Chris Masters brings you this WORLD EXCLUSIVE documentary from the frontline in Afghanistan. WANT TO SEE MORE?? WATCH: TOUR OF DUTY: AUSTRALIA’S SECRET WAR: EXTENTED. SPECIAL 90 MINUTE EDITION. PREMIERES 9:30PM MONDAY 5th DECEMBER ON ONE.
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The Camo That Almost Was

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

While Australian forces will soon be outfitted in a new Australian MutiCam Pattern developed in conjunction with Crye Precision, at one point the Royal Australian Air Force almost took a page from the Royal Australian Navy‘s playbook to adopt a unique color variant of the Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform.

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Preview – Tour of Duty – Australia’s Secret War

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Network Ten joins Australia’s elite SAS, Commandos and Incident Response Regiment in this WORLD EXCLUSIVE documentary event. For the first time ever Chris Masters is embedded with Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan.

Premiere: 7:30PM Monday 28th November 2011 on Network Ten
*** Warning contains coarse language ****

This looks absolutely incredible. Too bad we don’t have access to Australian programming here in the US. Hopefully, they’ll post it online. ten.com.au

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Warlord Industries Tac Wraps

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Available now from Pimps n Mercs, the Warlord Industries “TAC WRAPS” are manufactured from Cotton and Spandex. Designed to keep the dust out, think of them as a warm weather equivalent of a headover.

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