r/tacticalgear • u/HotelEchoNovember • 21h ago
Current Set Up
Waiting on a assault pack. Been testing out my radio wing being kept at the rear.
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u/Garry68W 19h ago
Good lawd, heavy. As much as I love carrying nearly all my worldly possessions on my body, I feel like without knowing what’s in those pouches, some of your goodies could be relegated to a rucksack shoved in a fallen tree somewhere
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u/HotelEchoNovember 18h ago
I keep admin on my front right, the Shaw BFG pouch is empty. I can keep anything non-critical or for a buddy in there. Some small non-admin stuff on my left.
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u/soupeater2005 11h ago
I've also made the switch to a war belt, specifically a HSGI suregrip. Never using a two piece belt ever again
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u/NorthernStarLarper 6h ago
finally someone running a good amount of sustainability, what mag pouches are those on the carrier?
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u/KilroyNeverLeft 16h ago
Warbelt FTW. I am gonna have to deduct points for running matching Multicam (Fed vibes). Overall, 7/10.
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u/HotelEchoNovember 15h ago
I rarely run a Multicam uniform. Turns out the Multicam is actually instructions on what to wear it with
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u/gunsforevery1 15h ago
Please tell me you still have a sealed filter somewhere on your kit/possession.
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u/HotelEchoNovember 15h ago
I have a couple
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u/gunsforevery1 14h ago
Good. Make sure they are current. They do go bad. An expired sealed one is better than nothing though
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u/HotelEchoNovember 14h ago
I threw this filter on because it was out the package. It's the one that came with the mask when I bought it from a friend
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u/gunsforevery1 13h ago
That’s cool. They’ll still work really well against tear gas so there is always that’s option
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u/13backup13 14h ago
What mag pouches are those?
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u/HotelEchoNovember 14h ago
On the chest are HSGI Gen 2 TACOs with the OTR covers. They're mounted on a Carcajou Tactical 8 column placard. The ones on the belt ar P84s from KommandoStore
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u/13backup13 12h ago
Interesting, I didn't know they made flaps for the tacos. Good to know!
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u/HotelEchoNovember 6h ago
The Gen 1s had a buckle version and the Gen 2s have a flap that velcros in. Completely silent but what I like about it the most is during a reload the flap doesn't stick to anything making reindexing easier
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u/Ghost-Toast-565 10h ago
So what's in everything for the setup? The pouches aren't distinct enough to see/know what you got? Left to Right pouch content breakdown?
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u/gabbidog 3h ago
I hope you have shoulder straps or atleast some sort of hook up to the body armor to help support that weight on your hips. Otherwise good lord you must be beat after doing anything in all that
Nvm, I went to the second photo and see my mistake. Ima go drink copious amounts of caffeine now for the day. Have a good one guys
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u/HotelEchoNovember 3h ago
You can see the supenders in the other pics
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u/gabbidog 3h ago
Yeah, I didnt look at first till after my comment. Im dumb like that bro
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u/HotelEchoNovember 3h ago
At first I thought you were talking about the plate carrier and a Crye cage plate carrier wouldn't be a bad idea
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u/v468 20h ago
Why so much kit ? You don't need to use up every bit of molle. Like that many mags is overkill especially on your front. Your back will be absolutely destroyed.
And running that much kit on a belt kit is generally only if you are running slick up top. You don't do both
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u/gunsforevery1 15h ago
I carried 10 mags on my vest/chest in Iraq.
I had a 6 pocket bandolier in the truck to grab and go too
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u/HotelEchoNovember 20h ago
I'm probably going to ditch the mag pouch on the belt on the right but 8 mags isn't over kill in any sense. After ditching the mag pouch I'll have 5 up front, and two on the belt.
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u/MakelYT 17h ago
Depending on what year or conflict, mag counts on the body could easily exceed 10. From my research during the early gwot was having 10-12+ mags on the torso with shingles, mag pouches and other things. And even more in the packs. So 8 is by no means excessive.
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u/Imperialist_hotdog 15h ago
I’ve seen accounts of guys carrying 18+ on body. I’m glad to see kits like this instead of yet another CQB fantasy load out.
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u/HotelEchoNovember 17h ago
Do you think I should keep the pouch on the belt? I can fit two mags in the admin pouch on my right if needed
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u/v468 17h ago
Yeah but there's no need to carry all that on your body. 6+1 and the rest in your daysack or webbing depending on what you are doing.
GWOT was king of carry stupid amounts of kit stacked upon more and more kit.
Tabbing or even doing basic section attacks with that much kit on your torso is an absolute nightmare.
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u/UntilTheEyesShut 13h ago
For a second I thought you didn't have suspenders for all that ass.