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Genre: News & Politics
Date of upload: Apr 13, 2024 ^^
Rating : 4.766 (303/4,874 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-21T02:58:09.240152Z
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As a Vietnam era vet, this makes so much more sense to me than the "attach everything to the plate carrier" school. Reminds me of the Alice gear, but better. Alice didn't allow easy transfer of the load to the hips for approach marches, or getting your shoulder harness (with attached compass/bandage carriers) out of the way when shouldering your ruck. I also like the way he positioned his belt pouches on his hips, allowing him to go prone without grinding his mags into his chest, while also lowering his profile.
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As an old Jungle Soldier Iâm going to be frank here. That is not a new rig. We called it web gear or LBE (Load Bearing Equipment). The contents might be somewhat newer in how the carried resources are manufactured but from what this shave-tail listed as his ânewâ equipment is EXACTLY the same as what we carried back in the day.
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Back to pre-GWOT. A lot like our kit for jungle in the 90s, a combo of both issue and civilian. I took a lot from the old jungle warfare best practices and doctrine, as well as Hackworthâs Vietnam Primer (which was primarily tactics). We didnât have the same access to quality, purpose-built kit from civilian sources like it is now (pretty sparse back in the day) issue didnât cover everything. Wish we had gun belts back then, would have helped. Love to see this approach. Common sense, leveraging lessons learned, and not being afraid to move away from GWOT doctrine. Jungle is a different animal. This is good work, itâs going to save lives and influence the battle space.
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@user-ie9jz8ht6c
1 month ago
Ok back to Vietnam i got it
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