Retired Col. Rex Applegate,84, a military tactics expert with an international reputation for his knowledge of riot control, counter- terrorism and combat techniques, died Tuesday of pneumonia ...

Here is a lesson still relevant today from the “connoisseur of close combat” Lt. Col. Rex Applegate on how to get a rifle or carbine into action quickly from our April 1945 issue. When not ...

Based upon their stringent specifications, BLACKHAWK! design team drew from the groundbreaking works of Col. Rex Applegate, W.E. Fairbairn, and Brent Beshara to create the ultimate combat dagger.