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Archive for category Warrior Tools
Gear Set Up Tips for Plate Carriers
Posted by Gary in Body Armor, Gear, Warrior Tools on 14/Mar/2012 10:27
Brian Hartman and Sean Hendickson from Progressive FORCE Concepts talk a little about where you should locate magazine pouches on your plate carrier kit. One potentially life saving tip is to position your pistol magazine pouches on your belt in the same way you’d wear them without your carrier. This means you’ll be consistent in locating your pistol mags under stress rather than hunting for where you located them on your vest.
No more SERPA holsters in my classes – Kyle Defoor
Posted by Gary in Holsters, Opinion, Warrior Tools on 13/Mar/2012 08:44
From: Kyle Defoor
No more SERPA holsters in my classes
Instead of an outright ban, I have a solution. There are many military units that have been issued/chosen/been told they are using this absurdly dangerous holster. For you guys here is what I’ve got-
With the holster empty take a long sharp knife, reach down inside the SERPA and cut/saw the plastic piece that rests inside the trigger guard when the weapon is holstered. You may need to use a set of needle nose pliers to help rip that nub off. This will make the push button a non issue and the tension screw can be used for retention.
Whoever chose this piece of shit to be issued to anyone- you’re an inexperienced pistol shooter who has no common sense. Hope you got a decent kickback from Blackhawk.
Smartphones Leak Encryption
Posted by Brian in Gear, News, Threat Watch on 7/Mar/2012 19:26
Technology Review reports that an attacker my be able to pick up encryption keys from cellphones with a TV antenna:
The antenna was detecting radio signals “leaking” from the transistors on the chip inside the phone performing the encryption calculations. Transistors leak those signals when they are active, so the pattern of signals from a chip provides an eavesdropper a representation of the work the chip is doing. When Kenworthy tuned his equipment to look in the right place, a clear, regular pattern of peaks and troughs appeared on his computer screen. They could be seen to come in two varieties, large and small, directly corresponding to the string of digital 1s and 0s that make up the encryption key.
Win Barrett’s 30th Anniversary M107A1
Barrett is raffling off a special version of their 50 caliber rifle for the HAVA veterans group.
Web Links Could Compromise Your Smartphone
Technology Review reports that if you have a smartphone that runs a version of Android, be careful about the links you click:
A chilling demonstration to a small, packed room at the RSA security conference today showed how clicking a single bad Web link while using a phone running Google’s Android operating system could give an attacker full remote control of your phone.
101st Acquires M26 Shotgun
Posted by Brian in Long Guns, News, Warrior Tools, Warriors on 28/Feb/2012 08:34
Via Clarkson Online:
It weighs 3.5 pounds, has a barrel length of 7.75 inches, fires 12-gauge shells and can be mounted on the M4 carbine or act as a stand alone firearm; it is the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System and the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is the first unit in the Army to be issued the combat enhancer.
Future Body Armor
Posted by Brian in Body Armor, Gear, News, Warrior Tools on 27/Feb/2012 17:58
According to Defense Media Network, the Army’s PEO Soldier program is working on new lighter designs for body armor.
The next generation of body armor development will be focused on the need for a multi-functional, modular, scalable protection system that improves soldier physiological performance while reducing system/component redundancy and logistic footprint…
SpeedVault: A Gun Safe For Desks
Posted by Brian in Warrior Tools on 22/Feb/2012 16:45
Guns.com has a nice review of the SpeedVault. The article also includes a video from DEFCON, a security conference, in which the presenter demonstrations the the failings of modern gun safes.