"Tacticool" is more of an in-joke, and is not as widely understood as "assault-style". It's OK to use in some more narrow realms, but generally speaking, an av

"Tacticool" is more of an in-joke, and is not as widely understood as "assault-style". It's OK to use in some more narrow realms, but generally speaking, an average person won't understand what you're talking about when you say that. So it's not as good of a phrase to use in a news headline.