By JB 2/20/18 I’m writing a review of a mindset/combatives course I took recently with Justin “Master Chim” Garcia of Jungle Gym Martial Arts, called VioPrep 101. This was an excellent course, and I was excited to take it because I feel that the mental preparation for counter-violence combatives (real fighting) is the most overlooked aspect of training in the …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 25, 2017 Speaking of cool new S&S Precision products, the company is now the exclusive US distributor of the very interesting ACS Grenade Trigger Pouches, designed and manufactured by ACS Industries out of Israel. These include the ACS M-67 Grenade Trigger Pouch, ACS M-26 Grenade Trigger Pouch, ACS Rheinmetall Flash Bang …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com September 22, 2017 Last updated on 9/25/17. S&S Precision has an interesting new flip-down modular navigation device for airborne parachuting and SOF (Special Operations Forces) missions called the NavBoard FlipMod, and DefenseReview (DR) got to examine it earlier this year at SHOT Show 2017. DR covered the S&S Precision NavBoard Rotary from …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 8, 2017 As if really cool new titanium tritium combat/tactical dive/diving watches weren’t enough, Hazard 4 (H4) also introduced their Gray-Man line of lo-pro/lo-vis (low-profile/low-visibility) urban combat/tactical packs, sling bags, and rifle/weapons bags at SHOT Show 2017, which appear to be very well designed and made, and intrigued us. The Gray-Man …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com April 4, 2017 Last updated on 4/04/17. So, last year, DefenseReview (DR) reported on the Hazard 4 (H4) Heavy Water Diver (HWD) titanium trititum combat/tactical dive/diving watches, which really impressed us at SHOT Show 2016. We immediately liked the visual aesthetic of the watches, thanks to their very nice looking 50mm titanium …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 13, 2017 Last updated on 2/13/17. DefenseReview (DR) recently got some great news at SHOT Show 2017. Ryan Wells of Desert Tech (DT) showed us production-ready DT MDR (Micro Dynamic Rifle) 7.62mm NATO (7.62x51mm NATO) and DT MDR-C (Compact) bullpup 5.56mm NATO (5.56x45mm NATO) semi-auto-only combat/tactical rifle/carbine/SBR’s (Short Barreled Rifle), and …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 7, 2017 DefenseReview (DR) recently got a chance to test-fire the new Caracal Enhanced F high-capacity 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO semi-auto pistols, including the Quick-Sight variant, at SHOT Show 2017 Industry Day at the Range, and we came away very impressed with their performance with regard to shootability and accuracy. DR was …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Image(s) Credit: Cherries Covert Ops Apparel January 31, 2017 Back in late 2015, DefenseReview (DR) published a piece on some Cherries Covert Ops Apparel tactical clothing and gear, including the Tactical Response Covert Shirt and “The Medina” Appendix BWB (Below-the-WaistBand) deep cover concealment holster for covert ops. Well, about three weeks ago, …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 25, 2017 DefenseReview’s (DR) very first stop at SHOT Show 2017 was the Line of Fire Tactical Gloves (LOF Tactical) booth, where LOF’s Brian Miller and Dynamis Alliance’s Dom Raso showed us the new LOF Tactical/Dynamis Alliance Shooter Glove lightweight, durable Microsuede combat/tactical shooting glove prototype, which really impressed us. The …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com January 5, 2017 As long as we’re discussing new SIG Sauer products, we should probably also mention the new SIG SAUER P320 CO2-powered ASP (Advanced Sport Pellet) Air Pistol, that the company just announced. DefenseReview (DR) first got the chance to run the real P320 and P320C high-capacity 9mm pistols at the …