When we’re putting together our chest rig, battle belt, or packing our go bag, we always carefully consider the gear that we need, but do we consider the gear that we need should our first line gear fail, our backup gear?
A powerful tactical flashlight like the Acebeam Defender P17 will always make sure you have a tactical advantage over your adversary.
The ability to see in the dark when your enemy cannot has, throughout history, been a sought-after tactical advantage. Acebeam’s Defender P16 tactical flashlight gives you that advantage. It sends an 1800-lumen beam of highly concentrated light directly into the face of your adversary blinding them, disorientating them, and giving you the tactical advantage.
The Canadian Armed Forces has used the Browning Hi-power 9mm since it was adopted in 1944. They have proven that old dogs can learn new tricks as the CAF has finally replaced the Browning with the beautiful SIG P320 designated by the Armed Forces as the C22.
The SEAL XR is an intimidating beast and not meant for everyone. When you get your hands on the knife, there is no doubt left in your mind, that this blade was created to accompany good men into bad places.
SERE specialists spend their entire careers honing their skills and training other personnel. So, when we think about packing or planning for survival, there is no one better to learn from. SERE Specialists are the SME’s (Subject Matter Experts) in this arena.
It is the Tier 1 and Tier 2 operators or assaulters, the secret squirrels of the forest, the men that come in the dark of the night too un-alive you that we will be focused on. The Operators all boys pretend be and all men wish they were.
The 5.11 Stryke tactical pants are hands down one of the best pieces of gear I have ever used. They are comfy, tough, functional, sleek, and just plain cool.
To GORE-TEX or not to GORE-TEX, that is the question. I love my GORE-TEX tactical boots, but like most things in life there is a time and a place for everything.
Of all the tactical gear we own, one of the most important pieces of gear are…our eyes! Given by God and absolutely irreplaceable, our eyes truly are tactical gear 4 life.
