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zero19

Bell 1911 MEU on rsov

http://www.rsov.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=3671

Features some god awful trades! "Armoy" for example...56 bucks though, i'd still have the army version over this

TheDoc

zero19 wrote: »

Bell 1911 MEU on rsov

http://www.rsov.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=3671

Features some god awful trades! "Armoy" for example...56 bucks though, i'd still have the army version over this

Lads in the shop have created two ****ing awesome looking 1911 style meu type pistols.

Once you have a base pistol theres so many parts available you can make anything look incredible.... the lads have me hooked on llooking at pistol upgrade parts.

zero19

Same here, 1911s are bloody great to modify, i have several triggers, grips, bushings and recoil set ups in the post for the wei tech

Puding

Congress tells Army to get new camo – ASAP!

I, like a lot of other camouflage students and experts, always thought that the US Army’s “Universal Camouflage Pattern” actually sucks in most environments. Right from the start it was a controversial pattern – both in the way it was developed as in the way it was chosen – and the logic behind it was highly debatable too. But whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit that the “universal” in its name applies more to the fact that it is universally issued (i.e., for every uniform and piece of individual equipment for every soldier in the Army) than that it is universally effective as a camouflage pattern.

It also didn’t take long for some elements within the Army to find ways of avoiding having to wear it – first there was SOCOM, who have always had looser regulations about what their troops in-theatre can wear, gaining official authorisation to revert back to the Hot Weather woodland-camo BDU in tropical and sub-tropical duty environments; more recently, troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade wore woodland-camo BDUs for their D-Day anniversary jump near Ste-Mere-Eglise. And its also reported that the 173rd Airborne will be rocking MultiCam when they next deploy to Afghanistan.

Well, according to a story on Soldier Systems today, the US Congress has now picked up on the matter and issued a directive that the Army makes funding available to “take immediate action to provide combat uniforms to personnel deployed to Afghanistan with a camouflage pattern that is suited to the environment.” Congress has also instructed the Army to report back on this matter regarding their plans, progress and budgetting by the end of this fiscal year. This instruction still needs to be signed in to law by President Obama, but its expected that he will do so soon. So now it appears to be more or less official that UCP sucks.

Note that the instructions from Congress only apply to soldiers deploying to Afghanistan – so the Army might well carry on with the further roll-out of UCP-on-everything. Also, as the instruction is to take action “immediately”, watch for a “pick me!” scramble among manufacturers as they all try to get their uniforms / patterns chosen. I’d say that MultiCam uniforms – probably in an ACU cut – are probably the front runners for overall selection, given their wide-spread availability and the precedent of having already been used by special operation forces, and for the upcoming deployment of the 173rd.

AOR1 and AOR2 might be another possibility, but so far they are specific to / restricted to SOCOM. Commercial versions of MARPAT (”digi-woodland”, “digi-desert”) are possibilities, but the Army would probably have to overcome resistance to convince the Marines to let them use them. At the very other end of the spectrum, it could end up being a new pattern from a different source – perhaps Bulldog Equipment’s “Mirage” camo, or one of HyperStealth’s patterns, or UNICAM from Erblestock.

My prediction is that the Army will go for a ready-to-wear, off-the-shelf solution for the short-term demand for Afghanistan, as that would be the easiest amd most cost-effective approach (such as the ACU-style MultiCam uniforms from Propper and Tru-Spec). The interesting question is what will happen after this, will the Army be pressured into possibly launch a new program to change the camo uniform for the rest of the Army later on? At any rate, it should be interesting to watch…

Read more about the Congressional report at Soldier Systems.

kdouglas

Very interesting, could also mean a tonne of cheap surplus multicam kit available at some point

Masada

The ghosts are fecked...

NakedDex

I actually like my ACU, but that could be more about me liking my 10th Mountain loadout than the uniform itself.

Don't the ghosts use tiger stripe now? I thought they ditched the ACU.

Firekitten

Imo... multicam is no better than acu really... in the jungle its still as obvious as acu...

and for iraq and afganistan... Acu actually works?

Puding

i have to admit i;ve seen some pictures of ACU working rather well in mountains will have to see if i can dig them up

Firekitten

admitedly... its a good desert camo... especially when dirty... the whole new camo thing sounds like a new way to spend money when they dont have any to spend... good old us army

Puding

cyma rpk74 on the way

Alzir

:eek: Excellent.

I thought kalash were bring one of these out?

Puding

I thought kalash were bring one of these out?

there bringing one out as well, apparently also a rpk74m with folding stock which might be nice

Fiach Dubh

Wow it doesn't have the dimples in the receiver. I'm impressed!

Firekitten

You sure thats the cyma? that looks like the dboys style internals going on... Cyma have an upsetting tendancy to follow the TM aproach of more screws and bits inside = better.

Stercus Accidit

Cyma do VFC style now, so it could be either.

Firekitten

Just heard that sam... hight of recoil spring suggests cyma... as dboys is lower but similar?

Puding

first and only open yet another site and put everyone to shame in ireland






more pics
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/felix_jaegar/Nakatomi%20Building/

info
http://www.firstandonlyevents.co.uk/newforum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=305&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Masada

Whered that puding? looks brilliant.,

Puding

its in coventry

horgan_p

i think its in coventry.

between here and the mall , my missus isnt going to be a happy bunny.



edit : beaten to it.

Stercus Accidit

Firekitten wrote: »

Just heard that sam... hight of recoil spring suggests cyma... as dboys is lower but similar?

Thats a full false bolt assembly, rather than a regular recoil spring for a false bolt carrier acting simply as a battery cover.

Its more like a real one than an airsoft one, as the battery will be in the stock I imagine.

ps3man

Puding wrote: »

first and only open yet another site and put everyone to shame in ireland






more pics
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/felix_jaegar/Nakatomi%20Building/

info
http://www.firstandonlyevents.co.uk/newforum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=305&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

how would you marshal that?

Puding

i would imagine the same way they marshal there other massive indoor and outdoor sites, with professionalism/good number of marshals/planing

(also not normaly a good idea to quote pictures )

Craigsy

One word seem to come to mind about that site, EPIC!!!

The better have helo infil though

EDIT: We probably could do something like that to put them to shame, we are in a recession after all, we could buy a whole housing estate off some developer:D

NakedDex

M92 + MP5 + dirty vest + no shoes + that place =

Nakatomi Plaza.

Who wants to be Hans Gruber?

Craigsy

NakedDex wrote: »

M92 + MP5 + dirty vest + no shoes + that place =

Nakatomi Plaza.

Who wants to be Hans Gruber?

Dont forget slightly balding:D

Yippee Ki yay Mo fo

rockercover

YIPPEE IIIIII KIIIII EHHHH MUTHER PHUCKER!!!!!!

kinkstr

This man will marshall, he shall remain outside the building with a walkie talkie

Firekitten

Epic....

Can i dye my hair blonde and get an mp5k? and generally be evil sidekick girl?

(Dont forget quite painful looking death scene.)