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Summit Equipment: Another ILBE Loser?

Wednesday July 21st, 2021 admin 2,657 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 […]

Prototype Airborne Tactical Assault Panel (ABN-TAP)

Monday February 15th, 2021 admin 8,101 views

Fort Bragg, N.C. — For the first time since their inception, Army Airborne forces will soon be fielding a new fighting load system tailored to the paratrooper’s unique requirements. “The Airborne Tactical Assault Panel (ABN-TAP) was developed with the paratrooper in mind and will allow the paratrooper a greater degree […]

Mountain Rucksack (1941 Pattern)

Monday August 27th, 2018 admin 9,290 views

U.S. Army developed and adopted its first rucksack during the summer of 1941. The canvas duck sack was mounted on a steel wire or rattan frame that supported the load and held it off the soldier’s back. Four pockets on the outside of the bag carried extra gear. Heavy felt […]