You Should Be Tracking Your Training
Training isn’t always a Good Thing – good training is a Good Thing, and good record keeping makes it better.
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Blackhawk DOAV – Old School Load Carraige
Once upon a time, before MOLLE, before plate carriers and battle belts, before Cobra buckles, MultiCam, and Facebook, a fightin’ man’s gear options were limited. If you were in the bulk of the armed forces, what you got was an ALICE load-bearing setup: suspenders, a pistol belt, a pair of M16 magazine pouches, a pair of canteens and pouches, and a compass/first aid pouchm maybe even a buttpack, extra ammo pouches, an entrenching tool, the old angle-head flashlight, your bayonet, and even a UM84 holster!
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Body Armor Stink? Fight the Sweaty-Kevlar Funk
“My bulletproof vest smells,” you might say. Or perhaps you ask, “How do I keep my body armor from stinking?”
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The Colt 1902 Philippines Model Revolver | Ian McCollum
Today we go over a version of one of our favorite Colt revolvers in an incarnation that most so-called gun experts get wrong. Colt’s 1902 Philippines Model
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Britain’s Tank Killer: The PIAT Gun
Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank | Britannic anti-armor Peter Suciu During the First World War, the British looked to break the
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Skin that Smokewagon (…and Evade?) | The Evasive Step
Context is pretty damn significant in virtually all walks of life, not least in how you train for a gunfight.
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AK IQ: Chinese AK47s | Skillset Sunday
What is the best imported Chinese AK47? In the inaugural edition of Skillset Sunday we’re going back to Skillset Magazine issue #2: AK IQ, Chinese Piece of Crap to find out.
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Overlooked Training Tactics – Blade Deployment | JTT
Manipulating a blade carried for knife fighting or defense is something you don’t see practiced often except for the theatrics of some goofs on Instagram. Bringing a knife to a gunfight is no laughing matter and even with the information below we highly recommend you seek reputable training.
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Quando não houver negociação, chame o GATE!
Longe de ser apenas um grupo, o GATE é hoje uma das ferramentas mais primordiais para a manutenção da segurança pública em ambiente urbano. Sem ele, o destino de São Paulo não seria o mesmo.
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When There is No Negotiation, Call GATE!
Far from being just one group, GATE is today one of the most important tools for the maintenance of public safety in an urban environment. Without them, the fate of São Paulo state in Brazil would not be the same.
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