Pilots: General Aviation Helmets July,2012

anyone know of a low cost helmet with a visor than i can use my own headset in? (dc's)
Pilots: General Aviation Helmets

Stick shift HMMWV? June,2012

As I understand it, you can buy old Humvees from the DLA or Ebay. I've always wondered, since people do modify automatics to become manuals, has anyone heard of this being done with an HMMWV? Google drew a complete blank with this one.
Stick shift HMMWV?

Bogota's Bullet Proof Tailor- Your guide to bullet proof fashion June,2012

http://www.vice.com/behind-the-seams...etproof-tailor

I have seen some of this mans work before, quite impressive.
Bogota's Bullet Proof Tailor- Your guide to bullet proof fashion

SMG - how to brace? June,2012

Hi,

Are there any general best-practices for bracing SMGs when firing? The reason I ask is that there seems to be a wide variety of options available, I figure they can't all be equal and so presumable some approaches are better than others in a given situation. Off the top of my head, I've seen:


Stock extended and braced against shoulder
Sometimes with foregrip (or strap)
No stock, weapon braced with foregrip onlyNo stock, weapon braced by holding magazineNo stock, weapon braced by holding barrel shroudWeapon pushed firmly forward so tight in sling (in combination with foregrip / magazine grip, seems to be referred to as "a British thing")No stock, pistol grip / stance

Logically, I would have thought that one hand on the front of the weapon, one hand on the grip and the stock braced against the shoulder would have offered the greatest recoil control but I imagine there's some interesting physics at play with #5. Are there any general rules or it simply preference or training?
SMG - how to brace?

Req: Rifle able to be converted from 7,62 to 5,56 June,2012

Basically what the title says. Are there any modern rifles that can be converted from 7,62x51 to 5,56x45?

I know that FN SCAR-H has something called "common receiver"(or will have in the future) and Beretta advertises it's ARX-160 as able to fire also the 7,62x39. But is there anything in production or and in use maybe?
Req: Rifle able to be converted from 7,62 to 5,56

Sri Lanka Military/LTTE Uniforms and gear June,2012

I apologize if this is a re-thread, but I was looking for a way to get a hold of some Sri Lanka Army/LTTE uniforms, patches, etc. How can one go about doing this? Is it legal to buy and sell these items? With the long running Civil War at an end, I would reckon that some of these items have become quite rare. I'm especially interested in Unit T-shirts from the Sri Lanka Army. Can anyone throw me a bone here?
Sri Lanka Military/LTTE Uniforms and gear

Tank RHAe Levels June,2012

I found a site that lists the RHAe levels of tanks, found it really interesting, hope this isn't a repost:

http://collinsj.tripod.com/protect.htm
Tank RHAe Levels