Regardless of whether you're playing in the ASG, or maybe spend a year in a few weeks a year on the military - camouflage individual is the key to improving their effectiveness. Usually better chance to survive the skirmish output is the one who first spotted the enemy, staying hidden himself.
As probably all of you know, the human body requires (depending on the environment, the intensity of physical activity, etc.) around two liters of water daily to be able to function correctly. For most, that isn’t new information, yet still many people struggle to reach that minimal level of hydration throughout the day. Achieving a proper hydration level stays an important problem since the beginning of times, even though technology went far ahead in all fields concerned - on the battlefields, tourism, sports, and everyday life.
Warm summer, unfortunately, goes away and hot nights with mosquitoes need to wait another year. We are all starting to sink into rainy days and scarce sun shining through the clouds, preparing us for winter colds to come. We are also beginning to look through our wardrobes for winter clothing, to help us preserve just a little more warmth on long patrols on cold nights, quick actions during snowstorms, and other situations in charming, white, scenery. This series of blog posts will help us in choosing the best clothing for winter chills, covering both urban jungle and the aforementioned charming, white, mountain trails, hiding freezing danger.
With pushing to increase levels of safety during military training for both contract soldiers and territorial ones, came the change in favor of non-issued safety equipment. Some units still prohibit non-issued equipment, but more and more look at it with a more favorable eye, seeing its increased levels of protection.
Since a long, long time ago in the world of bushcraft, survival, and camping there has been an ongoing debate about the most versatile and universal shelter, tarp, or tent. Both have seen many uses throughout the times of peace and war, yet we still need to find the best from those two. In this blog post, we will try to focus on the characteristics and advantages of tarps as the most versatile and universal way to construct a personal shelter. We will also say about the chosen strengths of tents.
Hearing protection, especially active protection headsets, plays a significant role in tactical shooting. Thanks to utilizing such means, we don’t have to worry so much about damaging our hearing by shots or explosions. In tactical scenarios, there is one as important, if not more, thing to consider, and that's good comms. How can we connect the world of hearing protection through active headsets and our radio comms? By utilizing push-to-talk buttons!
In this blog post, we will try to show you standard sets of different army-issued military individual first aid kits, because these are the ones we know most about. It will help all of you to prepare your own individual first aid kit, in the spirit of a rule that we don’t haul something we don’t know or plan on using.
With increasing world tensions, more people have started looking for life-saving equipment, including tactical tourniquets. Because of their use being somewhat allowed only in the tactical world, many people still lack basic knowledge, allowing them to choose and apply tourniquet effectively and quickly enough. In this blog post, we will try to showcase the differences between some more popular models of tourniquets, the basics of how to apply them, and explain why you shouldn’t buy one from an unknown company.