by David Crane david@defensereview.com DefenseReview readers may remember that we wrote about the Valhalla Training Center (a.k.a. the Valhalla Shooting Club & Training Center) back in July 2004. The article was titled "Valhalla Training Center, LLC: The Future of Tactical Training Schools?". Anyway, Tom Forman, Rob Pincus, Richard Sharrer, and the rest of the Valhalla
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com The following is a Revision Military Eyewear press release on their Sawfly and Bullet Ant Ballistic Eyewear (BEW): "British Army Equips Troops in Afghanistan with Protective Eyewear Systems from Revision Wednesday, February 02, 2005 14:07 Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters first UK regiments issued with new military eyewear systems MONTREAL, CANADA, Feb.
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com The following is a Trident Concepts, LLC press release on their upcoming Combative Carbine (CC1) course, Shooting on the Move-Carbine (SOMC) course, and Combative Pistol (CP1) course that will be held in succession in Los Angeles, CA from March 16-21, 2005: "Upcoming High Intensity Training… Learning to hit hard and fast
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com Click on images below to view them full-size. All photos were taken by Arnold Crane, Photographer, and are the property of DefenseReview.com. I recently wrote several articles for a print publication after I test-fired a few weapon systems–the select-fire Lewis Machine & Tool Monolithic Rail Platform/Quick-Change Barrel System (LMT MRP/QCBS), Barrett
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com For those not already aware, there’s an exciting new tactical illumination tool (i.e. tactical white light/weapons light) that will be introduced at SHOT Show 2005 in a few days by a company called Night-Ops. It’s called the Gladius High-Intensity LED (Light-Emitting Diode) Multi-Purpose Illumination Tool, and it’s the product of a
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com Military.com SoldierTech has just published what I hope DefenseReview.com readers will consider an interesting article on the Hissatsu knife. The Hissatsu is a Japanese-style knife featuring an Osoraku-Zukuri-style blade. It was designed by James Williams of Ancient Edge/Bugei Trading Co. and Dojo of the Four Winds specifically for military Spec-Operators for
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com The NewMatics PM16 and Laser Sim are revotionary military/law enforcement (Mil/LE) marksmanship and force-on-force training weapons, respectively. They mimic, exactly, the felt-recoil of the 5.56x45mm AR-15/M16 A2/A4 rifle and M4/M4A1 Carbine. If you’re interested in reading about the best such training weapon on the market, click on the link below:… http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_PM16,,00.html
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com Suarez International also just sent us their CQB (Close Quarters Battle) course/training schedule for 2005. Suarez International is owned and operated by Gabe Suarez. Gabe is a retired law enforcement officer (LEO). Click here to read about Suarez International’s reality-based training. Here’s their 2005 course schedule in text form:… Weapon Disarm/Weapon
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com Trident Concepts, LLC recently sent DefenseReview their 2005 course/training schedule for their various shooting/CQB (Close Quarters Battle) classes, via email. These include Combative Pistol (CP1), Combative Pistol Two (CP2), Combative Carbine (CC1), Shooting on the Move (SOM), Shooting on the Move, Carbine (SOMC), Operational Team Tactics (OTT), Secondary Weapons Transitions (SWT),
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by David Crane david@defensereview.com Speaking of Blackwater Gear, the following is a "Blackwater Tactical Weekly" article (published by Blackwater USA) on Blackwater Gear, titled "Blackwater Gear: A PREreview" (we don’t know who wrote it): "On Thursday, 21 October 2004, Blackwater hosted its Open House. It was an impressive day and the big announcement was the
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