Tactical gear from the Holy land. The Agilite tactical advanced ammo pouch.

I'm proud to announce our first review will be of a Agilite tactical advanced ammunition pouch. The Agilite company is a Israeli equipment manufacturers based in tel aviv and has been providing kit to Israeli defense force personnel including special forces. 

The pouch itself comes in a few camouflage patterns such as ATACS FG and AU, OD green, coyote tan and of course multicam. For a ammunition pouch this is light years ahead.

A commander with this on his beltkit can still carry three mags which are held securely as well as a small amount of command kit in a totally unique fold down panel built into the pouch. As well as this totally amazing feature the pouch comes with a multi tool holder on a small side pouch attatched to the main body of the ammunition pouch. Furthermore there are elastic loops on the opposite side for glow sticks or even a maglite. 

 

My final observations is this pouch would be ideal for a junior NCO to mount on his battle belt. Whilst still carrying your ammunition you can carry a minimum of command kit in the laminated panel, so there's no need to search through a ton of crib cards for the most import ones such as a nine liner of frequency changes and grids. 

The pouch itself is solid in construction with berry compliant multicam cordura. And has been designed by a company who knows what they are on about. For more information please check out 

www.agilitegear.com

This was my first review and I hope to do more of these in the future. Maybe with some more exotic kit from companies such as Agilite or perhaps someone closer to home like jay jays of Brecon. 

Stay fighting and keep thinking.

Gladius actual out.

AR-15's it's like Barbie for men.

Just before I begin the first review here on Gladius tactical on a Agilite advanced ammo pouch, I'd thought I'd add this major bit of gear porn for you guys.

Review coming soon. Agilite advanced ammo pouch.

I'm proud to announce the first review for gladius tactical will be the Agilite tactical advanced ammo pouch. I'm in contact with Agilite and the guys there are all ex IDF including special forces, so they really know stuff.

For more information on Agilite please visit www.agilitegear.com

If I could pull of a vest.....

If I could pull of a vest, I would without doubt buy this great offering from Operator as fuck nation. If you've not heard of OAF nation I emplore you to check out the site. It's full of great stuff in a effort to bring global war of terror veterans together. So if there are any of you gym god OP HERRICK veterans I suggest you get this. 

Gladius tactical out.

One for us geeks.

So much Tacticool. I'd love to see the face of anyone if you rocked up in this ensemble. Now I'm tempted to see if there are any Mandalorian morale patches out there.

Gladius actual out.

Blue DPM for BATUS enemy.

Whilst in my local paper shop I had a peruse at this month copy of combat and survival. This cover immediately caught my eye as it showed a British soldier using The old DPM pattern on the PCD uniform in a interesting shade of blue. 

On further investigation I found out this was being issues to the battlegroup that plays enemy forces at the British army training unit suffield in Canada. To create a distinct enemy identity on the prairie. 

From my personal experience playing enemy we generally used to use desert DPM which was great in the summer but shite in the winter. So as much as some people see this as needless expense when cash is tight in the forces. But I can see the merit of providing the enemy a decent uniform for the conditions of Canada, whilst the enemy are cutting their own detail munching pasties and digging in hilariously loud. 

Until next time. 

Gladius actual out.

Arktis where are they these days?

With a media blackout that would make North Korea proud Arktis seems to have gone to ground. So what did happen to one of the UK's premier tactical equipment manufacturers?

A little back ground for those who don't know, Arktis made there name with there take on the ubiquitous chest rig that was de riguer for many of the guys tackling the IRA on OP banner. 

There seem to be two main reasons for Arktis seeming to evaporate from the UK scene. The first one is pretty self explanatory, as it hit most UK retailers and bespoke kit manufacturers. This was the change from DPM  to MTP. A great number UK kit retailers struggled to stock Multicam as it was generally only popular with SF types and sold few retailers in differing quality. 

But Arktis seems to be clawing back into the MTP market place with select bespoke items that are generally available from their ebay shop.

And as for the second reason Arktis seems to have disappeared is the business seems to be getting a lot of sales across the channel with the French military. The 1601 model assault vest became a must have item for French troops in Ivory Coast, Arktis and its equipment got a good reputation within the 2REP that its deep Reece commandos put in a tender for a bespoke chest rig. Pictures of this chest rig where hard to come by but hopefully I'll bring them to you soon.

Arktis has been at the forefront of replacing the average French soldiers poor quality issued equipment. And has won contracts from the French MOD to develop a unique arctic camouflage for its mountain infantry to use in Afghanistan. 

However despite all these good things, it has been slow to get of the mark in the MOLLE market as well as several other fields. With a lot of the guys on the ground preferring the tailorability of MOLLE platform its bizarre that a company with such a sterling reputation would found to be so lacking. 

If you compare this MOLLE belt to even a low grade manufacturer. It would be in poorer design and less suited to what the troops need. It looks rigid in construction and not well thought out in regard to adding a yoke system.

 In the future I'll be trying to get my hands on Arktis kit to review. But I hope these musings which are all of my own opinion shed a little light on what's gone on in regards to what was once one of the premier tactical companies in the UK.

Until my next post Gladius actual out.