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Jan-20-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Dan found a couple older articles we missed related to a unique tool that has become standard issue for breach teams, including those with the Stryker Brigade.

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"Hatchet Job"

By David Tillett
ABC News

Aug. 18— Modern versions of the frontier tomahawk have been quietly finding their way into the hands of members of the U.S. armed forces for a couple of years now. But now it's one step closer to becoming a standard-issue item.

Beginning this month, the newly formed Stryker Brigade Combat Team will begin begin equipping infantry squads with "breach kits" (used to clear obstacles and force entry into buildings) that will each include a tomahawk.

Here's the second article.

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"New Equipment"

November 2003

By Scott R. Gourley

U.S. Army planners are fielding three new program additions to the warfighter's equipment inventory. Historically proven additions include the Vietnam-era tactical tomahawk and the venerable 7.62 mm M14 rifle. New technology is also being tested and evaluated through the XM8 carbine.

In late July 2003, American Tomahawk Company LLC announced the selection of its tactical tomahawk for addition to breaching kits in selected Army infantry squads...

According to SFC Jeff Myhre, Force Modernization NCO for the Army's first Stryker brigade (3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division), the tactical tomahawk is being added to the brigade's breaching kits under the Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI) program. "You don't always need the breach backpack with the halligan tool and the battering ram, or the bolt cutters," Myhre explained. "A small tool, which in this case is the tomahawk, has allowed us to do many things. It's kind of a universal tool: you can break windows; you can knock padlocks off; you can pry doors open; you can cut through things; punch holes in stuff. It's kind of a widget that allows you to do a lot of different things. And we added it to the breach kit as a functional tool."


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