Filmed at a BDS Tactical Gear photo shoot, this video has it all: hot women holding guns while posing next to expensive cars. A pretty good way to start the day, don’t you think?
Girls, Guns, Exotic Cars & More
October 24th, 2011Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Launch Trailer
October 23rd, 2011The most anticipated game in history? Very much debatable. Does it look awesome? Hell yeah! After all, it is World War 3 we’re dealing with.
CoD: MW3 drops November 8th, 2011.
Bricks Of War
October 22nd, 2011I like stop motion. I like LEGO. I like Gears of War. This video by YouTuber ‘Kooberz’ combines all three into a very entertaining 2 minutes of minifigures being violent. I wonder if Traveler’s Tales, Epic Games, and Microsoft would be willing to make this the next game in the ‘LEGO’ series.
Osprey WEAPONS and VANGUARD Books on Sale
October 22nd, 2011Until the end of October, Osprey publishing is offering 25% off their WEAPON books and VANGUARD titles (from the Osprey website), including the option to preorder books that aren’t even out yet.
About the WEAPONS Series: “In this new series Osprey Publishing looks at the most important, famous and infamous weapons throughout history. Using a combination of photography and classic Osprey artwork, this series examines the full story of each weapon, beginning with its design and development, following through its operational history, and finally analyzing its impact on warfare and violence.”
New Vanguard books include detailed looks at the ships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars of 1652-74 to the LAV-25.
First Cav Gets Its Dork On
October 22nd, 2011Here’s what COB Adder looks from the outside on a bad day in 2009:
Here’s what it looks like on the inside, on a good day, when some of the Americans start getting their dork on:
Let’s be clear: no one is bagging on them for getting their dork on. WE get our dork on. We’ve been to the Inn of the Welcome Wench. We know our way around the Little Keep on the Borderlands, that Bree Yark isn’t nice and that you can’t trust Brian Van Hoose. That’s when we’re not trying to get the Leeroy Jenkins title, or collecting bottle cap currency.
It might be a little weird, being a junior enlisted man playing a role-playing game with a Captain as your “narrator” or “Dungeon Master” or “Game Master” (whatever), but hey – at least you’re slinging dice. Beats mind-numbing boredom (and getting shot at).
Frankly, we wish we could get in on a consistent game that played twice a week…though not enough to go back to the desert again.
Read the whole story of the First Cav and their fantasy gaming.
Iain Sinclair’s Product Lineup 2011
October 21st, 2011We already wrote about the Iain Sinclair Cardsharp 2, a utility knife that folds out from a light, credit card size that can easily be carried inside a wallet or kit bag. As part of their 2011 collection, the company also offers more in a series of powerful, yet similarly credit card-sized products.
Eon Extreme
The Eon Extreme features the highest power to weight ratio of any flashlight in the world at 230 lumens of pocket flood light with a weight of only 45 grams. It’s constructed from Aluminum with a black gun metal anodizing and has a built-in rechargeable Lithium Polymer power source.
The Poco PRO is a full 1080p hi def video camera with 14 mega pixel digital photo and music recording/playing capability. It’s constructed from magnesium with black gun metal anodizing and features a vibrant and super energy efficient AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic LED) display that shows millions of colors. The PRO also has simple, built-in controls for instant click to capture.
Poco 3D
The Poco 3D is a full 1080p hi def video camera that shoots in both standard and 3D picture with 5 mega pixel digital photo and music recording/playing capability. Like the PRO, the Poco 3D is constructed from magnesium with black gun metal anodizing and features easy to use ‘one touch’ controls that enable instant click to capture.
You can get these products at iainsinclair.com
Airsoft Extreme Max AEGs
October 21st, 2011Airsoft Extreme has put together a couple of their “AE Max AEGs” using Classic Army AR001 M-Xs and a number of different Magpul MOE parts…like a kit bash in 1/1 scale for MilSim. Check ’em out, if you’re into that stuff. Some of you eeee-light team of tactical bloggers here didn’t used to be, until we attended an extremely arduous SWAT school and saw what an excellent training tool they can be. That put an end to the close-minded mockery of MilSim “wannabes” (well, most of it…sometimes it’s just too tempting not to make fun of the guys who take themselves too seriously). It was just a short jump from there to doing it recreationally.
AE Max CA MOE Midlength Carbine (Tan)
- [AR001M-X] CA M15A4 X Series – $275.00
- [MPTS020DE] Magpul PTS MOE MIAD Grip DE – $25.99
- [MPTS064DE] Magpul PTS MOE Midlength Handguard DE – $38.99
- [MPTS021DE] Magpul PTS MOE CTR Stock DE – $59.99
- [MPTS043DE] Magpul PTS PMAG M-Ver 120rd midcap DE – $21.99
- [MTU012] UTG PRO Model 4/15 Quad Rail Gas Block – $29.99
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| Manufacturer | Type | Battery Type |
| Classic Army | AEG | Mini, custom LiPo or Nunchuck |
| Motor | Fire Modes | Avg FPS |
| CA High Power | Semi/Full Auto | 380-390 |
- Part #: AEMAXMIDMOETAN
- Manufactured by: AE Max Guns
AE Max CA MOE Midlength Carbine FOL
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| Manufacturer | Type | Battery Type |
| Classic Army | AEG | Mini, custom LiPo or Nunchuck |
| Motor | Fire Modes | Avg FPS |
| CA High Power | Semi/Full Auto | 380-390 |
- Part #: AEMAXMIDMOEFOL
- Manufactured by: AE Max Guns
Watch for more MilSim news next week…we’ve got some awesome footage of a MilSim Event operation in Oklahoma that involved a beach landing, a whole island in the middle of a lake and a bunch of prior service shooters teaching tactics. Good stuff.
Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic
October 21st, 2011Described as “…a fun new way of teaching the importance of emergency preparedness.”, the CDC’s ‘”Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic” is a graphic novel that uses the always nightmarish Zombie pandemic as a frame for teaching people about the importance of having an emergency kit. Seriously, the last pages include an item checklist for that very purpose. Blatant advertising aside, the art isn’t the worst I’ve seen and the story is almost passable. It also features quite a bit of unintended hilarity. For example: because it’s from the CDC, all opportunities for full-on violence are completely abandoned for a good-ole’ dose of political correctness, which leads what is unequivocally the best part of the whole graphic novel:
You can read it here.
Thanks to reader Jerry Mills for the tip.
New BF 3 Trailer: Promises of Great Carnage
October 21st, 2011There’s a new Battlefield 3 trailer out. It’s…majestic. Honestly, it’s going to be hard to decide between BF3 and MW3. It may just be best to love them both. Lot of pretty cool scenes in this. Our Riverine and VBSS friends are going to like what they see around the 49-50 second mark! SA-weet!
Look at about 37.5 seconds in. Is it just us, or does it look like you can give the grunts on the ground a shave with those rotors? Nice!
TacHacker – How To Throw A Knife Like Bill The Butcher
October 20th, 2011One of my most frequented internet destinations, Art of Manliness, has just put up an article and video on the always cool, but fairly impractical, art of knife throwing. Proper technique and the three primary types of knives are all covered, so you can start learning how to effectively chuck that pocket folder at any hunks of wood or would-be assailants in your path.
Art of Manliness – How To Throw A Knife Like Bill The Butcher
Army Issues Warning On Rabies
October 20th, 2011
I assume the same goes for all fluffy, adorable mammals, not just those of the feline variety. Also, not the best use of Photoshop.
PEO Soldier Posts Some New Pics of Kit
October 20th, 2011PEO Soldier has posted some new pictures of kit over the last few days. We figured we’d share them with you.
Individual MCEP Goggles:
The Army Combat Pant (ACP) is a flame resistant pant designed for use in rugged combat environments. The ACP features a ruggedized, anti-abrasion coated seat panel, stronger twill fabric in the body of the pants, and stretch fabric at key stress points. The ACP has integrated, removable hard-shell knee pads with both horizontal and vertical points of adjustment built into the pants.
The flame-resistant (FR) Army Combat Shirt (ACS) is worn under the Soldier’s Interceptor Body Armor instead of the Army Combat Uniform or the Army Aircrew Combat Uniform jacket and standard-issue T-shirt, reducing bulk for Soldiers operating in extreme climates.
10 Technologies for Future Wars
October 20th, 2011Not Haldeman’s Forever War (which you should read) or Randle/Cornett’s Seeds of War (which you might also like to read) nor even Robert Frezza’s A Small Colonial War, which is a damn military science fiction masterpiece and ought to be read by anyone whose studied Rhodesian or Israeli counter-insurgency…no, this is technology necessary for future war as defined by National Defense Magazine. They include:
1. Faster, Safer, Quieter Helicopters
2. Weapons that don’t kill
3. Inventions that Lighten the Soldier’s Load
4. Ultra-light Super Survival Dune-buggies
5. Unmanned Mini-Submarines
6. High-Speed, Bulletproof Power Boats
7. Anytime, Anywhere Communications
8. Robots That Think for Themselves
9. Cheap Liquid Fuel
10. Persistent Wide Area Surveillance
Read the entirety of the article over on National Defense Magazine. It’s pretty kewl.
Support Zombies
October 19th, 2011Write your own caption for this. Gonna need one for the car window here though.
Tac Girl of the Week: Erica Rocks March
October 19th, 2011Tac Girl of the Week: Erica Rei
Tac Girl of the Week Erica has the month of March in the Tac Girls calendar. You would not even for a moment believe she’s the mother of four to look at her…it’s much less difficult to believe she can rock and roll with a hot pink AR15. Note: for the next 7 days, enter coupon code TGC-MA-12 for 2.99 off your Tac Girl Calendar.
INTREP, FEBRUARY, ERIC REI TAC-GIRL (1 EA)
Bust: 34DD
Waist: 27
Hips: 36
Height: 5’2”
Approximate age? I’m legal!
Home town? Phoenix, AZ
Currently live? Phoenix, AZ
Your personal soundtrack…pick three songs, one to fight to, one to dance to, one to relax to:
- 1. One to fight to: Break Stuff, Limp Bizkit
- 2. One to dance to: Hips Don’t Lie, Shakira
- One to relax to: Wicked Game, Chris Isaak
Favorite Rifle Accessory: MWG 90 Round AR15 Magazine
9mm, .45 or Other: .223
Cans or going loud? I want my target to know what is coming…BAM!
Tactics: dynamic entry or deliberate search? Dynamic Entry…you’ve got to catch your adversary off guard. Anything with speed and domination works forme.
Preferred Work-out or PT regimen? Lifting weights followed by HIIT for cardio
Rough it in the field or Creature Comforts and Snivel Kit? I like it rough, just not in the field! I’ll take the creature comforts and snivel kit!
Boy shorts, Thong, Cheeky or Go Commando? Cheeky, you’ve gotta leave a little to the imagination!
Long-Term Professional Goal? To kick all my competitors’ asses and continue to be #1.
Hunting, fishing, hiking, camping or hell no I’m staying indoors? Does watching a Bassmaster competition on ESPN count???
Favorite sport/team? Arizona State Football, fork the rest. Go Devils!
Favorite military or action movie? Behind Enemy Lines
Military or Police in your family? Both of my grandfathers were in WWII, one in the Navy as a journalist and the other in the Army Air Corps as a B17 pilot. He then later became a police officer.
What do you think is the best pogie bait? Movie theater popcorn with butter.
Favorite camouflage? My foundation of course!
Justice League, Avengers, X-Men, other or hell no I’m not a dork? Who wouldn’t want to be Emma Frost?
Favorite First Person Shooter Game? Call of Duty, and I hate those damn campers!
Fixed Blade or Folder? An Aviator’s Survival Knife, but I won’t be taking a knife to a gunfight!
Website or Facebook URL? https://www.facebook.com/ercrosby
One of the guys from Frontline or History Channel with a cool voice is talking about you in a bio. What does he say?
Who is tougher then a tank, faster than an F-16 and will blow you away like a .50 cal, Erica Crosby that’s who! This mother of four does it all she models, owns a successful gun safe business, runs a busy household and volunteers her time. Pink is an understatement when it comes to Erica; not only does she have a hot pink AR-15 but has matching hot pink Hello Kitty ammo cans. She enjoys working out and (of course) shopping. You can find Erica at Safe City in Mesa, AZ or at any Phoenix area Gun Show.
Ultimate Battlefield 3 Simulator
October 19th, 2011This simulator, which is be featured in an upcoming episode of The Gadget Show, uses a pre-release copy of Battlefield 3 in conjunction with various technologies to create one of the most immersive gaming experiences that currently exists. The technologies used include the world’s first, portable omni-directional treadmill (designed by Swedish company MSE Weibull), an Xbox Kinect camera hack, a wireless gun system, and ambient LED lighting, all encased within a 360 degree dome with five high definition projectors. The system even simulates enemy gunfire, courtesy of 12 paintball markers that pelt the player as they take in-game damage. Too bad at the present moment it’s only available across the pond.
Short Bus Door Gunner
October 18th, 2011High Speed Gear Inc. has a new morale patch out that will no doubt strike a chord with some folks – one has to wonder whether it will be more popular as a morale patch bought for themselves or purchased as a gift to reflect someone’s esteem for that short bus doorgunner every platoon, team or unit has. As HSGI says, Everyone knows a Short Bus Doorgunner. Available at HSGI for $5. One color only right now, but hopefully at some point we’ll see it in some more true camo color versions. Check out HSGI on Facebook.
Picture courtesy of NolaTac.com. Thanks fellas.
Apocalypse – Gerber Gear
October 18th, 2011
A number of Gerber blades have shown up on ‘The Walking Dead’, everybody’s favorite Zombie-comic-book-turned-tv-show. I was too absorbed in the story (and Zombie killin’) to notice most of them, which is perfectly fine by me. Of course, now if anyone decides to purchase any of these tools, they’ll surely have ‘As Seen On The Walking Dead’ prominently displayed on the packaging. After that, who knows how long before Gerber does their own line of specialized anti-Zombie blades.
Double Tap Teaser
October 18th, 2011
What is it exactly? It’s .665 inches wide, 3.9 inches tall, and ultra concealable. More info to come later.
Update: it is the Heizer Double Tap, a derringer-esque .45 ACP pistol and the first pistol available from firearms manufacturer Heizer Firearms. It’s constructed from 100% titanium and contains a number of interesting features including a hammerless design, ported barrel, integral grips that allow for storage of two additional .45 ACP rounds, and an ‘auto eject break-action’ thumb latch. It’s also made in the USA, and isn’t afraid to remind you as such: ST. LOUIS MO, USA, EARTH is stamped on the side of the pistol.
Thanks to Laura Burgess Marketing for the photo.
Is It Too Early For Chicks With Guns?
October 17th, 2011The story is revenge, or at least the plotting of revenge when this waifish model type played by Liberty Ross comes home covered in bruises in the short film, ‘Packing Heat’ by Johnny Green. Presented by Damaris Lingerie, the point of the story is the drawers and not the technique. Hell, she must have watched a bunch of 70s cop shows to train up for this considering the cup and saucer grip she takes.
I gotta say, that gold-plated Luger is pimp.
POV BASE Jumping
October 17th, 2011It’s awesomely insane enough that three dudes would dare to scale the 610 ft. Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm, Spain and BASE jump off it. It’s even better that one of them wore a camera and put the footage on YouTube. Videos like this always manage to scare the hell out of me.
Hat Tip: Gizmodo
The Story Behind AFT’s New Gyrene
October 17th, 2011As you may have already seen, the team at Action Figure Therapy have added a new character to their roster—at long last, a US Marine. One of the Soldier Systems-Tactical Fanboy eee-light writin’ unit of tactical bloggers caught up with Dan Bialek, the man behind AFT, and asked him for some details about the decision to add a gyrene to the mix. He told us there’d been calls for a Marine AFT character for a long time, that it was a foregone conclusion that they would add one…the question was how to do it.
“The decision for a Marine character took a lot of thought,” Dan said. “Obviously there was a lot of demand for it, and we try to listen to our fans, but we want to remain autonomous and not pander. That would ruin the series and we wouldn’t suit everybody anyway. We put two or three different posts up on Facebook…got between 150 to 300 responses at a time. [He laughs.] Some were constructive and some weren’t, some were printable and some weren’t.”
It might surprise a lot of AFT fans just how seriously the comedy team took the decision. It frequently does surprise people once they learn how much time goes into the AFT video process. Determining subject matter (frequently based on suggestions from their fans), writing the scripts, recording the audio, rerecording the audio if it doesn’t come out right… There is a lot to it. As simple, crude, at times brutally profane as the series is none of it is taken lightly, or written off-hand. They knew they had to get their jarhead right, because they’d only be introducing the new Marine once.
“We did a ton of research for the Marine charcter,” said Dan. “Watched a lot of documentaries, read a bunch, took everything everyone said or told us and took it all into consideration. We didn’t want to just throw together a hodge-podge of clichés, especially from a character from a branch of the service we’d never featured before.”
It was obvious Dan and his crew like the way the Marine’s personality and demeanor turned out.
“This character is always right, even if he knows he’s wrong. His ethos is that he’s always right…we wanted to reflect that attitude a lot of Marines seemed to express. They have this…it’s almost like they’re proud of living as hard and being treated as badly as they are…where they love the Corps but they know the Corps shits on them so f#*& the Corps but they love the Corps at the same time. It’s their Marine Corps.”
Watch the AFT video Semper Fidelis.
They must’ve done their research right, and their writing must’ve been more inspired than usual. The new AFT Marine video is on track to be their most popular video yet, and the ending is sublime.
“We were very proud of the ending…we thought it was clever and an accurate solution to the stereotype people expected. We didn’t want just that cliché. Jerry [Jerry, the voice of the Marine character] recorded the video one night and it was super funny, but I knew the voice wasn’t quite what it needed to be, so I called him and asked him to come back over and do the voice again meaner and louder. When he came back over he just sort of absorbed the character and we thought…people are going to like this character.”
Dan was right. A lot of people do like the Devil Dog and are standing by for his next diatribe. “Honest to God, dick blood and tears. Try it!”
If you’re interested, go over to AFT creator Dan Bialek’s Facebook page and download a free copy of his standup CD. Just click the “Free CD” tab on the left side of his page to get it. You should also watch their website and Facebook page for updates on seeing the AFT characters in person. They’re currently looking for CONUS bases (mostly in the southern California area, to start with) that might be open to letting them perform.
We’d like to thank Dan Bialek and his beloved, vitriolic cast for taking the time to talk to us and helping us reach us new heights in profanity.
“You don’t believe Marines are tough? We train our testicles to fist bump after every kill!”
Up-Armored Knives: Epic camouflage
October 16th, 2011Up-Armored Knives. We’re going to have to have one. If you’re not actually in the field on a mission where someone is actually going to be shooting at you, you’re going to want to put a bright yellow or orange para-cord lanyard on one of this guy’s knives, because otherwise it’s gone if you set it down somewhere (or drop it – which why they put the ‘cord’ in ‘dummy-cord’, dummy). Will, the man behind up-armored is a detective and an SRT member for a Sheriff’s Department in New York and he is the Charlie Daniels of the airbrush (or the Rembrandt, you be the judge). Some of these knives he makes himself (check out the Menace) others are sent in for a custom “paint job”. Everything he does is in duracote, and everything is original. No two patterns are ever going to be the same. The Menace zombie-killer is our favorite, of course, but he has digital patterns that are suitable for woodland, desert, urban and other environments. Look at the website, and Like them on Facebook to be entered into the next prize drawing. Let them know Tactical Fanboy sent you.
Desert Night Ops: Skull eyes over the eyelets is sublime.
Custom Menace "Zombie Killer"
ZT "Desert Floor" Pattern: epic custom airbrush work.
Custom "Necker" with skull pattern
ACU Pattern skull helmet. Damn. If the knives are awesome...what is this?
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2011 Military History Weekend – Williamsburg, VA
October 16th, 2011I’m currently at the Military History Weekend Show held in Williamsburg, Virginia at the Crown Plaza hotel. There’s plenty of military collectables and literature up for grabs, and activities including a WWII boot camp and model building for the kids.
http://www.mhwshow.com/2011/index.php
Cover and Concealment
October 15th, 2011We’re not sure who started floating this picture around, and in fairness the guy with the gun is probably trying to pull the kid to safety…still funny though. Where do you suppose they are? We can’t get enough resolution to really read the patch nor get much of use from the breed of shotgun. Anyone have any ideas?
