REVIEW – MilTemptech Mapping Templates

 

ITEM: Coordinate Scale and Protractor, and the Warfighting Symbology Stencil
MANUFACTURER: Military Template Technology Pty Ltd

DESCRIPTION:

Navigation aid and map marking stencil.

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TRIP REPORT – SSAA Shot Expo, Brisbane August 2015

Something of a first for the Australian market, the Shot Show hosted by the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (SSAA) was envisaged as an outreach to the buying public of the shooting sports for industry suppliers.

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REVIEW – LittleLife Cross Country S2 Baby Carrier

ITEM: Cross Country S2 Baby Carrier

MANUFACTURER: LittleLife

DESCRIPTION:

A slimline backpack style baby carrier with a small cargo capacity.

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ANNOUNCEMENT – Vale FSB, the end of an era!

It is with much sadness that one of the places I call home on the internet has been folded up and shut-down.

Fire Support Base has reached the end of it’s useful life.

 

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ANNOUNCEMENT – Packs and Beyond can do so much more!

There’s a couple of cool things going on around here.

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REVIEW – OV Innovations UP Belt

PRODUCT: UP (Under Pack) Belt

MANUFACTURER: OV Innovations

DESCRIPTION:

A slimline, light-weight pants belt intended to integrate with equipment worn over the top, such as a pack harness.

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REVIEW – Source Cupron Military Sock

ITEM: Cupron Military Sock

MANUFACTURER: Source Military

DESCRIPTION:

A technical sock, individually fitted for each foot that incorporates extra padding and refinements to the design compared to normal socks.

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ANZAC Day – 2015

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”

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REVIEW – SORD SIP CHEST RIG

ITEM: SIP (Specialist Insertion Platform) Chest Rig

MANUFACTURER: SORD Australia

DESCRIPTION:

A low profile, narrow faced chest-rig intended for use during specialist insertion (or extraction) methods then discarded for mission equipment.

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REVIEW – Eigar Velo 8 Hydration Pack

ITEM: Velo 8 Hydration Pack

MANUFACTURER: Eiger

DESCRIPTION:

A very basic, bare-bones hydration carrier.
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