There is no such thing as the perfect camouflage pattern for every environment. A camouflage that blends seamlessly into dense summer woodland may become far more noticeable once the vegetation dries out, while a pattern designed for arid terrain can stand out after heavy rainfall darkens the landscape.
Weapons transitioning requires practised use of a specific skill set. These skills enable a shooter to quickly, smoothly, and efficiently switch guns during an engagement with. Weapons transitioning is usually necessary during a firefight when the primary weapon (typically a carbine) stops working and the shooter must continue firing. This blog post presents a drill for learning one particular method of weapons transitioning.
Recoil management aims to increase the precision of your shooting by limiting muzzle rise when you fire the gun. The phenomenon of recoil operates under Newton’s Third Law of Motion (“for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”). Various ways of achieving recoil management are available to shooters, but the most effective of these is proper grip. Included in this blog post is a discussion of a method some instructors use to teach proper grip.
There are three trigger control/manipulation techniques you can use in practical shooting. They are index to fire, firing from the trigger wall, and firing from the wall after adding positive pressure. This blog post—based on information presented in Episode 2 of the UF PRO Instructors’ Series—explores each of the three techniques and explains which of them lets you shoot with greatest accuracy and hit the target with the tightest grouping of shots. Also examined is the technique of inflight resetting (a.k.a. reset under recoil) to shorten the time required to prep the trigger for breaking a follow-on shot.
The two most serious deficiencies a shooter can have are the inability to correctly sight-in the gun and to properly align its front and rear sights. These deficiencies prevent shooters from delivering the fired round to the intended point of impact—in other words, they thwart achievement of maximum accuracy. This blog post presents a few tips for overcoming sight-in and alignment deficiencies.
Wearing proper layers of clothing can mean the difference between you becoming soaked and freezing or staying comfortable during a mission. Layering is an especially important practice in extreme outdoor conditions such as icy winter weather.
You’ve seen it in movies or perhaps done it yourself. Parachuting. It’s a vital part of military training and serves an immense role in today’s tactical space. In this post, ex-J7 TREX NCOIC, Brigade S3 TREX NCO, First sergeant, platoon sergeant, squad leader, team leader, gunner and an ordinary Grunt talks about his experience in Airborne School and how he came to love parachuting.
MOLLE is an equipment load-carrying system that is extremely recognisable and widely used. It’s key attributes are reliability, standardisation, and ease of operation. But what’s it’s origin story? This post examines how the modular MOLLE system came to be.
What is the go-to belt set-up? I can’t quite answer that. All tactical ops aren’t alike; they require different gear and set up. That’s why there’s also not just one way to put together a battle belt.
MultiCam has been the focal point of camouflage discussions since 2002. Since that time, it has expanded into a family of five distinct variations. Together, they are usable in the most common environments. But there was more to this expansion than just switching colours. It was something that required care and precision.
Differences in colour or camouflage along with knee and elbow protection are easy to spot from afar. On the surface, clothes that “look tactical” seem to have only minor differences. But do they really? In this post, we dive deep into the differences between police and military clothing.
NIR, SWIR, FLIR. Those are acronyms for a few of the many different detection methods with which tactical operators must contend when they need to be concealed or simply to blend into their surrounding environment. NIR is one of the oldest of these detection methods. In this post, we explain what it means for an article of tactical clothing to be NIR-compliant, how it becomes -compliant, and what relationship this compliance bears to the camouflage pattern printed onto that garment.
Getting selected for Special Forces is no walk in the park. Recruits endure experiences that are much too difficult for the average person to even comprehend. In this blog post, Slovenian Special Operation Force medic Luka Zorenč gives a peek into the SF qualification process as he shares a story about what happened when he was deprived of sleep for a period of several days.
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