Tactical vest now in service

[joe]

Has anybody here been issued the new tactical vest yet? if so.. what do you think of it compared to the 82 webbing or the LBV?

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/HiRes/%212003/032003/APD03-0564-32.jpg

 

[combat_medic]

The only people that have the new tac vests (and are likely to get them any time soon) are people going operational. A buddy of mine is slated to go to Bosnia in about a week, and he has one. He says it‘s really good except for the mag pouches only hold 1 mag. He said if they changes the 1-mag pouch to a 2-mag pouch, they would ge great.

 

[excoelis]

He says it‘s really good except for the mag pouches only hold 1 mag. He said if they changes the 1-mag pouch to a 2-mag pouch, they would ge great.

It is a great leap ahead in cbt gear for the Cdn Infantry. I am sure there will be bugs to work out but the BTE and work ups for Afghanistan will sort those out. As far as the mag issue is concerned, I believe the mags are configured that way to keep the load as close and distributed as evenly as possible. There is more than one way to skin a cat - so I told my guys to afix thier old mag pouches and any yank ones they have to the outside of thier patrol packs and rucks. This increases thier loaded-mag carrying capability and we are almost always with our rucks, if not any quick reconfigs or crossloads can be done in the ORV.

 

[Doug VT]

Everyone wants the bigger mag pouch...why?
You only get five mags anyway...
I sure as he11 wouldn‘t want the extra inch and a half sticking out of the front of my vest, believe it or not, it would effect things a great deal.
However, if there had of been another mag pouch on each side for a total of six, that would have been alright.
All said and done the resourceful soldier will overcome any obstacle as he(she?) has done in the past.
The only beef I have with the TAV is that it should have been issued with the small assault pack. The small pack comes with 4 modular pouches which can be attached(not all at once!) to the back of the TAV.
This would have given us a little more space and would alleviate the possibility of stupid ideas like attaching the old buttpack to the back of the TAV.....junk...