Category: Tactical Gear

Manufacturer: Tactical Distributors (USA)
Type: Tactical Gear

Tactical Distributors – Shooter Shirt with Velcro

The Tactical Distributors – Shooter Shirt with Velcro is is a high quality, lightweight, 100% cotton T-shirt, with a 3" x 4" Velcro loop on the left arm.

Tactical Distributors – Shooter Shirt with Velcro

Perfect for use in hot weather and under a chest rig or vest.

Features:

• 100% Premium Pima cotton
• Taped shoulder seams
• 1×1 Lycra rib (to prevent bacon neck)
• Double needle top stitch hems
• Left Arm Velcro Sleeve Patch 4”x3” (small TD flag label)
• Back tonal TD logo neck print

Tactical Distributors – Shooter Shirt with Velcro

Manufacturer: Original S.O.E. Gear (USA)
Type: Tactical Gear

Original SOE – Car Visor Cover Multicam

The Original SOE – Car Visor Cover is another nice add-on for an every day application. It’s a very simple design and can be considered a universal fit. It has a bunch of loop Velcro and PALs webbing for horizontal or vertical use. The neat part is OSOE used elastic bands for the webbing, so sliding non MOLLE things like pens, sunglasses, garage door remotes can be held in place by these elastic bands.

Original SOE – Car Visor Cover Multicam

I’ve seen tons of posts on the SOE Facebook page asking, "Will it fit my car?". It will fit most cars and is very flexible in design. It measures 18.25" x 7" folded. The hook Velcro strips will let it fit larger visors and they are very flexible for placement

Original SOE – Car Visor Cover Multicam

Manufacturer: Original S.O.E. Gear (USA)
Type: Tactical Gear

Original SOE – Beer Coozie

Another bomb proof, overly engineered, Original SOE build. It’s a Can Coozie, with added loop Velcro and PALs straps in Multicam. The interior is air mesh. It’ll keep your can cool… Literally and figuratively.

Original SOE – Beer Coozie

Manufacturer: Crye Precision (USA)
Type: Helmet Cover

Crye Precision – Airframe Helmet Cover

The Crye Precision – Airframe Helmet Cover was designed to be used on their Airframe helmet system. But it also works on the Ops-Core FAST Base Jump Military Helmet series! It consists of Multicam mesh fabric and multiple Velcro attachment points. The use of mesh is good to not block ventilation holes in the helmet and it’s designed to attach vegetation for more concealment if wanted.

Crye Precision – Airframe Helmet Cover

 

Manufacturer: Original S.O.E. Gear (USA)
Type: Tactical Gear

Original SOE – 12ga Pull-Out Pouch

Another Original SOE item I bought specifically for use on my MWRL. The OSOE 12ga Pull-Out Pouch lets you carry 12 rounds in the horizontal space of 6.

Original SOE – 12ga Pull-Out Pouch

It’s an ingenious design. When you are done with the first 6 rounds, you simply tear the front card off, lift the 6 rounds out of the pouch and let gravity secure the next 6 rounds to the Velcro loop face. This can all be done with 1 hand.

Manufacturer: Original S.O.E. Gear (USA)
Type: Tactical Gear

Original SOE – Compact Tear-Off Med Pouch

I purchased the Original SOE – Compact Tear-Off Med Pouch for use on my MWRL since it’s takes up less space then the OSOE Tear-Off IFAK pouches. The CTOMP will work with 2 columns of PALs.

Original SOE – Compact Tear-Off Med Pouch

This pouch system is comprised of 2 items. The Med Pouch itself and PALs attachment with loop Velcro and Buckle System. This secures the Med Pouch with Velcro, webbing and a buckle, so no need to worry about it tearing off w/o knowingly releasing the buckle.

Original SOE – Compact Tear-Off Med Pouch

When pouch is needed, it’s easy to open and access. It can carry most major components used in a traditional IFAK.

Manufacturer: Original S.O.E. Gear (USA)
Type: Tactical Gear

Original SOE – Combat Cock

What are Combat Cocks? Think of them as tactical plush mascots you attach to your gear. With Velcro sides panels, they make any morale patches, that much more awesome. You can also add ammo card to the Velcro, making these ammo valets.

Original SOE – Combat Cock

I’ve taken all the stuffing out of mine and carry a micro fiber towel inside. easily accessible by the Velcro closer on the bottom of the cock.

Original SOE – Combat Cock – Guess where they’re made 😉

Manufacturer: U.S. Grunt Gear (USA)
Type: Belt System

US Grunt Gear – Infidel/Cobra War Belt System – Outside View

The US Grunt Gear Belt System is a combination of a few separate belt systems. When combined, it makes a very mission capable belt system. This system includes:

• USGG – Infidel Inner Velcro Belt
• USGG – Cobra Outer Belt
• USGG – Infidel Padded MOLLE Belt
• USGG – Infidel PAL’s Sleeve

US Grunt Gear – Infidel/Cobra War Belt System Inside View

The 3 components used together makes this an almost infinitely adjustable belt system. The Infidel Inner Velcro Belt is part of the Infidel Padded MOLLE Belt system. It is a stiff 2" wide belt like most quality gun belts and is covered in hook and loop Velcro.

US Grunt Gear – Cobra Buckle

The Cobra Belt is a flexible 2" wide nylon. I also has Velcro. to insure a positive connection to the Padded MOLLE Belt.

US Grunt Gear – The Belts

The USGG – Infidel Padded MOLLE Belt connects all the componenets and adds a bunch of functionality to the belt system. The belt has .5" padding and is setup to accept drop leg type rigs. These can be either attached to the padded belt directly or there are gaps in the padded belt to allow attachment to the inner belt. It as lo includes suspender attachment points.

US Grunt Gear – Infidel PALs Sleeve

The US Grunt Gear – Infidel PALs Sleeve is typically attached to opposite side of the belt form the holster. This adds multiple standard MOLLE/PALs attachment points for modular pouches.

US Grunt Gear

Manufacturer: Black Bear Airsoft
Type: Protection

Black Bear Airsoft – Mesh Masks. TMC Masks for quality comparison.

Black Bear Airsoft is offering a line of high quality Mesh Masks for airsoft use. Our friend Booligan on AirsoftRetreat supplied us with the 3 masks pictured above on the right.

Black Bear Airsoft vs TMC Masks for metal mesh quality comparison

I happened to have a few TMC Masks here so I could do a 1:1 comparison between the 2. The BBA masks use a high grade, low carbon steel mesh that’s powder coated. The mesh gauge is beefier them the TMC’s and doesn’t flex as much. The BBA masks also have a much nicer finish of the stitched parts of the mask.

While I only have 3 examples of the BBA masks, they offer 44 variants of mesh mask products, differing in color and style.

Black Bear Airsoft – Shadow Mask

The BBA Shadow Mask is the lowest profile mask they offer. As you can see it only covers the nose, mouth and partial cheeks. Works well with goggles, but you may want to bend the mesh out to suit your face.

Black Bear Airsoft – Reaper Mask

The BBA Reaper Mask is a full frontal face protection mask. You wear goggles over the mask for eye protection. It only covers the front of your face and is not head wear compatible. I like the fact they added a bunch of loop Velcro for morale patches. When working with goggles, take a little getting used to. There’s pressure from the masks strap systems and the added goggle strap adds more. You may want to bend the mesh out to suit your face as above.

Black Bear Airsoft – Razor Mask

The BBA Razor Mask is a full face protection mask. Is compatible with most eye glasses to wear under the mask. You may want to bend the mesh out to suit your face as above.

Manufacturer: Ops-Core (USA)
Type: Helmet

FAST Base Jump Military Helmet

The Ops-Core FAST Base Jump Military Helmet is a non ballistic protection, tactical helmet system. The Base Jump Military series weigh around 1.5 lbs and includes the following features:

• Integrated military style Head-Loc chinstrap
• Lightweight, multi-impact, ventilated liner with repositionable EPP impact pads and LDV closed-cell comfort foam that is not affected by temperature, altitude, or moisture
• 1/2″ and 3/4″ EPP pads come with the helmet
• Occ-Dial adjustable fitband with replaceable leather front, nape, and side pads quickly detaches to allow convenient donning and doffing of COMMs headsets with internal top headbands
• FAST-ARCs – 4 Position Accessory Rail Connectors: non-snag attachment points for quick yet secure donning or doffing of headborne accessories, including lights, cameras, goggles, COMMs, mandibles, etc
• Molded-in front mount to attach lights, cameras and NVG brackets
• Bungees for NVG stability
• Side Velcro loop for patches and illuminators
• Includes a Picatinny Adapter and Wing-Loc Adapter for the side rail and Universal Adapter for the front mount

FAST Base Jump Military Helmet

The NVG Mount is molded into the plastic shell and will accept US Army, Notoros AKA2 and Wilcox G24 NVG Arms. It will also accommodate Go Pro Helmet Cams, Princeton Remix Lights and other upcoming products. The Head-loc chinstrap system is easy to adjust and once adjusted, stays in place. This combined with the Occ-Dial Fitband which lets you dial in the head band pressure for a custom fit.

3/4″ and 1″ Internal pads are included and held in the helmet by specifically placed hook Velcro. Notice the channel between the pads at the crown of the head. This is to accommodate headsets.

The side rails will accommodate Ops-Core adapters. The helmet ships with 1 Picatinny and 1 Wing-Loc adapter. I have an additional Picatinny adapter and 1 set of Goggle Swivel Clamps. These adapters are all plastic. The Picatinny adapters need some adjustments to work with “slide on” type mounts (i.e. M3 Weapon Lights, Plastic Light Mounts, etc). They Picatinny adapters are not easily adjusted or removable after install, but the Wing-Lok adapters are made for gloved use and are much easier to operate when helmet is worn.

FAST Base Jump Military Helmet Loaded Up

FAST Base Jump Military Helmet Loaded Up w/ Headset

Tan ESS Goggle arrived and you have to cut the strap to use with the Goggle Clip system. The goggles buckles are reusable and I just used a lighter to melt the cut ends to prevent fraying. . If you have ARC style side rails on your helmet, these goggle clips are the way to go. With a little practice, you can don/remove the goggles with 1 hand.

FAST Base Jump Military Helmet with Goggle Clips

For airsoft play requiring a full face mask, I modified a Hakkotsu Iron Face lower and mounted it directly on a set of ESS Goggles. I used a combination of plastic rivets and zip ties. This enables me to still us the helmet’s chinstrap normally and allows me to remove the goggles and face mask without having to remove the helmet. It is much more comfortable this way. This setup doesn’t work well with Peltor or Sordin style headsets, but works fine with swimmers/frogman/bowman style single ear setups.

FAST Base Jump Military Helmet with Goggle Clips and Modified Hakkotsu Iron Face Mask

Just received the Crye Precision – Airframe Helmet Cover. Click picture for more details.

Crye Precision – Airframe Helmet Cover