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I haven't heard anything about the 50's being phased out in theater. We just signed for some 50's for our pl, to take over.

Cameron, I dont think you understood what I meant. You are way out of your lane. You are not in the military, be it reg or res, you do not have the training or experience to offer advice, particularly when the person seeking advice is going to be relying on his kit in combat. Maybe its just me...

Buds, not a mod and if I am out of line I apologize, but you are way out of your lane. A guy is asking about a piece of kit he is going to use on deployment in Afghanistan. The experience you have with this kit in cadets is not comparable to a persons needs using the rig in combat, im sorry but...

The majority of C9 gunners in my platoon are using the CP Gear MOFOCR. The trouble with setting up a modular MG rig is a) capacity (our gunners are carrying 3 boxes on their rigs plus you need room for frags, IFAK, and some sort of utility pouch for other gear and NOD's),  and ride (most chest...

Fraz, those are all great points. Couple more questions for you. First off, did you order the standard grip or the shorter one? Secondly, do you have any pictures of the grip on your weapon from tour? Thanks very much, I am deploying on 1-08 as a 203 gunner so these are all great points. The...

Fraz, What do you think of it? I was kicking around the idea of getting one, but read mostly negative comments in regards to the utility of the item, then when you factor in an almost $300 price point I was somewhat turned off. Any experiences you have with it would be greatly appreciated

If all you are having in the small pack is ammo, and a few items of warm clothes then why dont you just pack it after you have stopped some where and are ready to step off on your patrol? Again, the type of ruck you are using would be helpful in answering this question. Like I said earlier, if...

Mike, If I was you I would go with the MAV. The Warlord is a good rig but it has less capacity, I am not a huge fan of the "combat desk" that it has and it is more expensive. I used a 2 piece MAV on 1-06 as did a bunch of guys in my platoon, and guys in my unit that were in the battle group. It...

A few guys in my platoon on 1-06 had them. The consensus was it was a good rig, but not great for using with our armour. Most of them found that they couldn't get it to fit quite right, and not sag a bit without having their plates in the rig itself, as opposed to in their vest. This was a no go...

I really dont like the concept of attaching a completely full small pack to a ruck. You dont know what you are going to need in your small pack, or if you even need your small pack on patrol at all so why have it fully loaded? If you dont have enough time to transfer some stuff there is...

Matt, The new boxes (they are officially called MOB's I believe) can only be used for UAB. They are not authorized to be used as accompanied baggage on service air flights.

I have also been issued two of the new boxes. I am not in movements or anything and so have no real issues with size, as far as using it as UAB is concerned. Where size becomes and issue is transporting them anywhere. Unless you have a truck or SUV you can basically only move 1 box at a time. I...

Thanks for the compliment on the med pack. I am going t use it when I get back up to Edmonton off leave. Once I have given it a bit of use I am going to post some reviews on the forums about it. As far as the ruck goes I was talking to Hobey about the possibility of PALS when I was up there. He...

See thats funny, the compression bag is one of the features that I really like. We were playing around with them in the lines (note: zero "real life" experience) and we found that packing shit away in a hurry could be accomplished by throwing your sleep system in the hole where the compression...

No the daisy chain system wont accept dock and lock or MOLLE. That being said I am not a big fan of the dock and lock system. It doesnt hold that well, I would stick with MOLLE. I am VERY tempted to get MOLLE put on the pack but it would be cost prohibitive to do.

I was thinking the same thing in preparation for the deployment. Honestly, if you are in a position where you will get issued the ruck then I would wait. I have used an EMR before and I would say that the comfort of the CTS Ruck is close if not equal to the kifaru. The EMR pulls ahead when you...

I do have some impressions, both good and bad. So lets begin; Overall I am quite impressed with the ruck. I went into getting the ruck with my normal "fuck CTS their stuff is junk" attitude. I will freely admit that this ruck has swayed me somewhat. The CTS ruck is replacing my gucci 64...

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I would say no. I like the new rain jacket but it has some "field usage" short falls. I find that it is loud and "crinkles" I guess. Additionally the jacket is somewhat bulk and does not pack that small. It does not breath as well as the stealth suit, and is bit, long, and can feel cumbersome at...

Completely agree, I think the root of the problem lies in the "bulk UCR" . I have done one of these for the TV. Wherein a whole unit or sub unit submit one UCR with the whole  units thoughts on it. I think that what should be done is at a platoon or section level in the post tour AAR process...