Canadian Peacekeeper Modular Vest

[westie47]

Matt, Rob D from the Seaforths is a very good friend of mine. A little history on his chest rig. He made the prototype in 1992 and he used it during the Medak Pocket. It has been combat tested! I got mine in 95 and swore by it for years. Actually last year I had A&D make a Cadpat version of it with a couple of small mods. It is on the Tiger Tactical website. I am up in the air about which way to go with webbing/vest. I'm looking at the A&D vest (holds 12-16 mags!), Tac Tailor 2 pce MAV, ESSTac BOAR, Wheelers CADPAT modular vest, etc. I want to be able to carry 10 mags min, 2 C9 boxes (if needed), water, smoke/frag/paraflares, 521 LAR (my A&D vest had one mag pouch removed and a pouch for the 521 LAR added), plus all the other minor minutae of an infantry sect comd. Does DropZone make something as well? I like their CADPAT smock, but I don't like the price ($400?). I'd sooner put that towards my Cadpat EMR!

 

[noneck]

The prototype Saracen Chest rig was made from two C9 pouches, 3 C7 pouches and some extra canvas from an 82 pattern ruck. I know I gave them to Rob when he sewed it together in his parents basement in 1992. I still have it, It has bright royal blue stitching but is still extremely functional. Rob also produced two assault packs and various webbing pieces in addition to a Section/Pl Commanders map model kit. Alas he is now to busy rescuing cats from trees to make kit.

Noneck

 

[robmika]

How do you post photos... I am having a keyboard user interface problem  :rage:

 

[McGowan]

I had a look at the Peacekeeper vests online.   While I haven't seen the vest in person, the two things I'm not nuts about are the zipper closure and the lack of a drag handle.

With that said, having expanded their line of field kit/tactical equipment and having it all online will certainly add some more competition to the Canadian kit manufacturing community.

Perhaps Wheeler's new website will spur Brian Kroon at Dropzone to get his website updated to include his company's complete product line...

Brian is a busy man though. I work with him alot, right now he is sending so much gear over to the men fighting, becasue our Cdn issue gear gave out.

 

[Matt_Fisher]

Westie 47 and noneck,

Thanks for the background on Rob's Chest-rig.   Ironically, I think the name he marketed it under was the "Grenadier Chest Rig".   Ironic being that nowhere on the rig is a place to put either frag grenades, M-203 round (mind you it was built in the pre-203 days), rifle grenades, or smoke grenades.    ;D

It could stand a few mods, such as fastex buckles on the front of the shoulder harness straps to make donning/doffing easier and a frag and smoke grenade pouches sewn to the C9 pouches, but other than that, for the time it was a very functional rig.   A MOLLE version with a H-Harness that has an integrated hydration bladder carrier (similar to the SO Tech www.specopstech.com Hydration Harness for their chest-rigs) would probably be the way to go today if Rob was still in the business.

I've still got mine and it's in great condition condition.  

Westie47, as for what rig will work best?   Decisions, decisions.   There are so many manufacturers out there, it's kind of like being a kid in a candy store.

 

[westie47]

Rob called it the Grenadier as a reference to British Army Grenadiers, I believe.  My good friend noneck can probably clarify that better.  As for a rig, I though of a Tac Tailor or Wheeler's modular vest with an assortment of Cadpat pouches (Tac Tailor, ESSTac, A&D, CP,etc) or the A&D military vest heavily modified.