Author: Jack Bogart

MOHOC, Inc., world leader in tactical helmet cameras, is leveraging its first-person imaging expertise into the booming FPV drone market with the launch of Optac™ cameras. UAV platforms in the US (and increasingly abroad) are required to install NDAA-compliant components – most critically, non-Chinese electronics. Optac™, an NDAA audited and US assembled drone camera, addresses this mandate directly. Compliance, however, is only the baseline. Dynamic mission capability is the differentiator. The Optac™ integrates daylight, low-light, and infrared imaging into a single camera system with a removeable IR filter cap. It eliminates the need for multiple sensors or payload trade-offs while…

Gear up for your next adventures and save during this seasonal sale. Like most holiday sales, the deals start before and conclude on Memorial Day (May 25). We combed through Backcountry’s inventory to find deals we think you’d like, especially hiking and camping gear. Making the cut are items from brands we trust or have tested ourselves. Most of the deals below are live now, but check back on May 22, when even more brand deals go live. Inventories are often limited, so if you see something you like, take action. Shop the Backcountry Memorial Day Sale Summit to Save…

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OK, these are fun. Better than a Dessert Warrior, BladeHQ and Vosteed are collaborating for a series of 3 BHQ exclusives…The Cheese Pirates! Not every pirate sails for gold. Some show up quietly — for animals, for people, and for causes that need care. At Vosteed, we believe small, steady acts of kindness can make a real difference. That spirit became CheesePirates®. Cheese means small gestures that build trust. Pirate means someone willing to go where others won’t, and do what feels right. Quietly showing up for the right cause — that’s the real treasure. These knives are for a…

Minimalism, as a design trend in knives, was an answer to the tacticool trend of the Aughts. Those gilled, curvy, half pound clunkers were terrible in the pocket and only slightly better at cutting. It is easy to see how, in response to that trend, we would get wave after wave of very sparse cutting tools with no extra doodads, gizmos, curves, cuts, or gills. And while I greatly prefer the easy minimalism to the goofy tacticool stuff, this trend too, is wearing a bit thin. The line between minimalist and boring is one that is crossed regularly in the…

Task Force Dagger Special Operation Foundation (TFDSOF)’s SOF Auction & Raffle is open now and closes during the SOF Social held at Cubic’s Embassy Suites Ballroom on May 19th at 8PM EDT.   There are more than 130 items on the Auction & Raffle, the list includes a Limited Edition framed US flag, parachuted into Normandy for 80th Anniversary of D-Day,  One of a kind Kitchen Knife Set Made from Damascus Steel recovered from the Twin Towers, Guided & Filmed Turkey Hunt in TN w. Spook Spahn, Lou Gramm signed guitar, Richard Childress Racing VIP NASCAR Experience, Mar-a-Lago Gala and…

Hiking along the rocky shoreline of the Poudre River, the uneven terrain had me teetering back and forth as I made my way toward the river’s edge. Normally, I wouldn’t take such a tenuous approach with a heavy pack on my back, but the new Baltoro 65L carried the weight so effortlessly that I almost forgot it was there. Arriving at the river’s edge, I slung the pack off my back and reached with one hand into the mesh dump pocket for my water filter while the other pulled my bottle from its sleeve. It’s no wonder the Baltoro has…

By Jeff John Posted in #Guns #History Editor’s Note: Especially adapted for The Armory Life from The Matchless Enfield .303 No. 4 Mk I (T) Sniper and Britain’s Elite Scout/Snipers Who Dominated WWII Battlefields Book No. 2 Mk II revised and expanded by Jeff John. Available at Amazon.com. I’ve long believed the Enfield No. 4 (T) was the best sniper rifle in WWII, and here’s why. The No. 4’s slab-sided receiver was amenable to scope bases, and the bolt and safety required no further modifications to mount the scope close to the boreline. All were selected for…

B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc., a Defense Technology Manufacturer specializing in advanced photonic solutions for military, law enforcement, consumer, and aerospace applications worldwide, is proud to highlight their new VSLAP® series a compact high-power near infrared target pointer and illuminator. The VSLAP®-V1 is the latest device in production from the B.E. Meyers & Co. line of high-power lasers designed to enhance air-to-ground pointing, illumination, and communication. Its superior design provides increased output, ergonomic form factor, and better integration with weapon systems. B.E. Meyers & Co. will be at Booth 1153 at this year’s SOF Week in Tampa, Florida from 18-21…

For decades, deploying chemlights meant relying on an outdated and improvised process. Operators had to unwrap individual chem lights, bundle them together with 550 cord, tape them to control light output, then figure out how to secure the entire setup to a belt or kit using additional retention methods or carabiners. The process added unnecessary bulk, increased weight, and consumed valuable time better spent on weapons maintenance, mission planning, equipment preparation, and other tasks critical to operational readiness. That is no longer the standard. Blue Force Gear is proud to introduce the patent pending MARCO HR, a purpose built chemlight…