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Pouches Which Occupy Five PALS In Width

Sunday December 19th, 2021 admin 1,716 views

Author: Beta-TNT We all love MOLLE! While using pack which has MOLLE/PALS on it, we are always tend to attach some pouches to it. Most MOLLE panel on packs are two, three, four or six PALs webbing in width, but there exists some packs are five, which make you hard […]

Modular Assault Pack Civilianizing Modification

Sunday December 12th, 2021 admin 3,500 views

Idea: Beta-TNT   Modular Assault Pack, or MAP for short, is a kind of small hydration pack that can be only installed on the back panel of body armor or plate carrier via MOLLE, most of them cannot be carried standalone. The original MAP was made by Allied Industries (CAGE: […]

Summit Equipment: Another ILBE Loser?

Wednesday July 21st, 2021 admin 2,144 views

Author: Beta-TNT   While I was hanging around on eBay, a used, named woodland rucksack caught my eyes. The manufactory of the pack is “Summit Equipment”, a brand that I never heard about. The pack looks like a militarized civil outdoor rucksack with several external pockets and an ILBE-like internal […]

Militaria In The Mist (5): MOLLE Canteen Pouch: Case Close…Or Not?

Saturday September 26th, 2020 admin 2,786 views

Author: Beta-TNT   In the first Militaria In The Mist, I introduced our confusion about the “MOLLE Canteen Pouch”. Since we started collecting MOLLE gear, the canteen pouch is just like a phantom around us. Even we’ve got many other rare parts, the canteen pouch – which should be in […]

Story About The “RDF” Combat Uniform

Sunday June 14th, 2020 admin 16,691 views

Author: Beta-TNT   The “RDF” combat uniform, which referring to a transitional type of combat uniform between the Tropical Combat Uniform (TCU) and Battle Dress Uniform (BDU). Since the formal nomenclature of the “RDF” combat uniform: Coat, Hot Weather, Camouflage Pattern, is almost the same as BDU’s, collectors named it […]

Loadouts! Vol.1: US Army Rangers Early 1980s

Tuesday June 9th, 2020 admin 19,407 views

The United States invasion of Grenada began at dawn on 25 October 1983. The invading force consisted of the Army’s rapid deployment force, Marines, Army Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and ancillary forces totaling 7,600 troops, together with Jamaican forces and troops of the Regional Security System (RSS). The force defeated […]

[Repost] A Lost History: 30 Years of the Eagle A-III

Thursday May 21st, 2020 admin 4,438 views

Source: Soldier Systems Daily There are times when a backpack becomes a trendsetter because it is on the forward edge of a fashion trend, creating a bump for an entire industry of companies chasing the idea of “the perfect pack”. They have cutting-edge styling and advertising campaigns that seem to […]