irl-gear

[tepid rock]

That was my plan 😂

Well tbh i might as well use it because itll go bad eventually

Its only 4 grams

Dunno if thats the original amount

But its still the original, turns out they sell smaller ones too

Idk if its safe to eat considering i bought it off aliexpress

[mental bramble]

EOD= ALL SUBSEQUENT DLC... UNHEARD EDITION=ALL SUBSEQUENT DLC

[slim oar]

[shut escarp]

Wrong channel for this even if I agree

[fluid plover]

Channel temporarily closed.

[fluid plover]

Playground's open for a bit - Will be closed later

[timber fog]

U da best Kwon

Butt pack for the belt kit comes in tomorrow, can’t wait

[fluid plover]

LOL

Look out of place with that in that room

[timber fog]

Sadly the mirror only covers my lady’s half of the room

[vocal plume]

opa

[compact dagger]

I fucking hate setting up my shit differently for parades

I'm glad that I didn't set it up my way before I was told to do it this way

[vapid grove]

bro where did u get that

[compact dagger]

looks like tarkovmerchstore stuff

just modified it himself

[real thorn]

opinions on the tactec?

planning on getting an original 5.11 one

[grim ibex]

eh, they're aight if your'e big and tall - like 6'4 and not skinny, but beyond that there's better options

source - I like mine, find it comfortable, but my friends who had one hated it

[empty sorrel]

https://cucucovers.com/collections/create-your-own-cucu-covers

[vapid grove]

thanks

[small pine]

Got an Alpentarn today :D

[fluid plover]

Temporarily closd

[fluid plover]

Opened for a short while until Mods go to bed o7

Keep it related please

what

[marsh flint]

Swedish camo is fresh

It's like a remake of Finnish M62

[low zodiac]

nobody cares

[old portal]

Kinda blurry but my kit in Iraq 2007 as a rifle squad leader

[muted gate]

lol

lmao even

[maiden kernel]

Man why do you look like a cardboard cutout in this image.

[old portal]

Hahahahaha I’ve never heard that before

[maiden kernel]

It's just the lighting, it makes you look like a cardboard cutout someone put a bunch of gear on

[nocturne crest]

You're a beast bro

[old portal]

Much younger then. I think I had just turned 22 in those pictures

[nocturne crest]

This is my current kit, it’s usually multicam cryes but I really really like the Patagonia PCU haha

[nocturne crest]

How was the experience looking back?

2007 iraq aint no joke man, but im sure you already know that haha

[old portal]

2007 was the bloodiest years in Iraq I’ve heard. I believe it. Was shooting my rifle on nearly a daily basis. Carried 10 mags that deployment. I’m proud that I got to lead a rifle squad thru it and grateful for how much my guys trusted my judgement to follow me. I definitely grew up quick those days

[nocturne crest]

Glad you made it back brother, hopefully your transition back wasnt too hard on ya

Rifle squad leader at 22 man.. thats crazy.

Be proud of that my man

[old portal]

Our unit was rolled into the worst places in 07. Spent our first few months in the Dora district of East Baghdad. Lots of sporadic nightly contacts there but those were nothing compared to when we moved up to the Diyalah Province late summer ‘07. Those gunfights would go for 8+ hours with hardcore guys that would fight til we killed them all.

Ya I enlisted 4 days after 17 birthday. Made E5 at 19 and E6 at 21. GWOT was wild for promotions at the time.

[molten mulch]

Zaporizhzhia 23

[nocturne crest]

Dude 8 hours in a firefight sounds insane..

Honestly watching cams from the enemys side those dudes are pretty damn squared away, those ambushes they set up are fucking terrifying and they know how to execute them perfectly.

[old portal]

So I feel like the guys we fought in Baghdad were much less organized and less dedicated. The majority of the contacts they initiated were at night and typically lasted 10-15 minutes because they broke contact pretty quick when Apaches showed up. The guys up north in Diyalah were the Al Qaeda Iraq fighters that regrouped there after they were thrown out of Fallujah/Anbar Province. They would hit us in organized elements and continue fighting til we dropped rooftops on them with Apaches and fast movers. They were criminals but I respected their will to stay in the fight. They also knew we owned the night and ALWAYS fought us during the daytime. We tried to operate as much during the night as possible.

[nocturne crest]

Its wild to hear about this from an outsider perspective from someone who was there, couple years out of highschool and you're fighting foreign fighters in their playground. Like you said you had to grow up pretty damn quick haha

I grew up through GWOT like most of the people here, its wild that it really isnt that far behind us in history, but its super interesting hearing the stories flow out after the conflict.

[muted gate]

technically hes old for it too

GWOT average age was 18-19 for line guys

[nocturne crest]

Oh yeah of course, bunch of young dudes ready to fight after the towers fell. I got a couple shooting buddies who did that exact thing.

[muted gate]

average age of the us army as of 07 was 19.7 years old

[old portal]

I knew what I was getting into when I enlisted. I joined due to 9/11. Remember being in high school classroom watching the live 9/11 news coverage. Just never imagined just what combat was really like and never imagined I’d be leading an 11 man squad at 21/22 then a 33 man platoon at 24 years old in combat.

[nocturne crest]

One of my buddies was like fresh out of marine bootcamp when they announced the towers fell, he told me that he knew his life was going to be way different after that day.

[muted gate]

joke i still find funny, son proud to walk same afghan patrol route as father

Then it actually happened

[muted gate]

https://www.army.mil/article/206520?dmd

[nocturne crest]

And thats only a few years between highschool to Rifle squad lead too, that was probably a big "what the fuck happened"

I appreciate you letting me ask dumb questions, and stuff though. Im just super interested on peoples experiences over there.

I was in like.. Preschool or kindergarten when the towers fell. My little dumbass is from michigan, and I thought they were attacking detroit lmfao.

[old portal]

Ya ya no sweat brother. I’ve always been open about my time in and experiences.

[fluid plover]

Time to lock up, channel temporarily closed - hopefully the Discord will go back to normal tomorrow and can stay open!

[fluid plover]

Playgrounds open for now!

[ashen edge]

frabjous day!

[marsh flint]

Cool

[ashen edge]

where was he struck?

[marsh flint]

Head

It was probably friendly fire

[ashen edge]

got that old school canoe

damn, that sucks

[marsh flint]

His mummified head has been on display. Showing a hole on his temples

Yea it was musket fire

[ashen edge]

would i have to just look up his name to find it?

[marsh flint]

Charles XII to google

[ashen edge]

damn

bro got thwacked pretty good

think this picture is ok for the chat

[marsh flint]

Yeah

[marsh flint]

His troops consistent of Finns and Swedes. Battle of Narva is one of the most famous of those. They had a march during that battle

There was a hard blizzard and troops had to move in deep snow. That is why the pace of the march is slow. It's played in presidential funerals in Finland nowadays

https://youtu.be/qm1wvVqtZxc?feature=shared

That's quite epic

Narva is in Estonia, about at russian border

[candid finch]

the Devs in for this game should sabotage the DLC, make nothing work, and quit. otherwise theyre COMPLETELY complicit in the DLC drama decisions

[formal onyx]

90's SF is a vibe

[snow scarab]

thanks dad/mom/whatever you are

[fluid plover]

Attack/Chopper/ATF Your friendly neighbor

[snow scarab]

ATF???

get out

now

[fluid plover]

Who where?

[snow scarab]

lmfaooo

[empty sorrel]

Picked up a like new IOTV for $250

I am coming to the realization that I have too many vests now

[ashen edge]

dont care do something with your life

[ashen edge]

i mean if you are looking to get rid of some

[empty sorrel]

I've got two LBT6094s, a velocity systems LTO carrier, this IoTV, and another generic soft armor carrier, probably a BALCS cut

[snow scarab]

which generation?

[empty sorrel]

3

The fours are still going for upwards of 700

[snow scarab]

gross. honestly the worst of the worst

buckles and balcs

[empty sorrel]

Honestly isn't even that uncomfortable

Very good coverage with soft armor.

[tawny bane]

Like it, cots cheaper than fake v-lite or mantra strobe

[empty sorrel]

Why not just get one of those cheap streamlights? You can get an IR flash for like $30

[tawny bane]

Like this?

[empty sorrel]

No, the other one, it's technically just a handheld flashlight with a swivel head

[tawny bane]

[tawny bane]

I dont need it

This strobe is flex thing

[snow scarab]

it’s sizing is terrible

[empty sorrel]

Fits me fine

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[cobalt bramble]

Wdym by that I’ve been wanting one just to see if it’s as bad as people say it

Does it run small/big or something?

[ashen edge]

small med large ect. and then they have multiple cumberbund adjustments

[cobalt bramble]

That sounds like a good thing no?

[ashen edge]

he clearly didnt think so

[cobalt bramble]

Like a lot of adjustability is generally considered good I thought

[ashen edge]

it has like 3-4 lengths on the sides and the shoulders have standard strap and buckle

least on my ACU one

also had the QD system

if youve used a 6b45 its basically the same sytem (they stole it) without the shoulder adjustment

[cobalt bramble]

Would you say the 6b45 is better or worse?

[ashen edge]

6b is lighter but everything else is worse

[cobalt bramble]

Ah

[ashen edge]

but IOTV is very much IBA lineage

flak jaket with plates

[cobalt bramble]

Nothing could be much worse the the OTV

[ashen edge]

least it doesnt open from the front lol

[cobalt bramble]

Yeah that was the worst part of the OTV

[ashen edge]

it is a huge pain

[waxen girder]

guys im looking for a high lumen flashight that i can mount to a M-lok rail with a pressure switch anyone have any suggestions?

[torpid cargo]

Why high lumen and not high candela?

[waxen girder]

i just dont want the guy on the other end seeing anything but white

[torpid cargo]

Do you understand the difference between lumen and candela? Sounds like you want something with high candela, so, Surefire Turbo, Arisaka, Malkoff, Cloud, Modlite.. Pick your poison, really.

[waxen girder]

thanks for your suggestions ill take a look at a few

[real whale]

lux technically makes more sense as you also care about the width of the cone, hence lumens/unit area

you can have high candelas over a small area, like a laser, and not achieve the effect you'd want in this case

it's not like manufactures actually use candelas these days anyways so it's irrelevant in finding a product

[real whale]

work out what power source you want first and go from there. that last thing you'd want is having your kit run 8 different types of batteries and chargers

for indoor use, a 300 lumen white light is more than enough. you can also go higher and run something like tlr1 hl which helps you out outdoors

just don't point 1000 lumens straight at a white wall and blind yourself

[thick jasper]

Hey finally this channel is back.
Any advice for cleaning helmets?? 🪖

I have a high cut ballistic helmet and I want to clean it

[empty sorrel]

Soapy water and sponge

Throw the pads in the washing machine

[thick jasper]

Noice. Thnku

[muted gate]

magic eraser

[thick jasper]

You make it sound easy

[real thorn]

anyone got any experience with the 5.11 TacTec?

seriously considering getting one

[snow scarab]

don’t

it’s garbage

[real thorn]

reason your statement if you can

[snow scarab]

exactly that. it’s shitty quality, oversized, terrible stitching

it’s garbage

it’s designed as a “one size fits all” plate carrier

which means the cummerbund is flimsy, the plate bags are huge, and it’s not really designed for actual use

and it’s way overpriced

buy a JPC

[plush topaz]

A good plate carrier to throw on for photo ops. Not for serious work

[obsidian wolf]

Avoid 5.11

In general

[plush topaz]

My buddy uses one and it's whatever for his purpose.

[fast fiber]

ghost recon breakpoint ahh carrier

[fast fiber]

this the go-to advice for gear huh?

[obsidian wolf]

Crye JPC, K19, OG LBT carriers

Haley if your a baller

[fast fiber]

i like the lbt carriers

[plush topaz]

The k19 I put together with random extras for a friend whos on his towns response team

[fast fiber]

p cool

[obsidian wolf]

2 different Cryes I have.

[fast fiber]

full crye looks so sick

[cobalt bramble]

Oh no the GI grenade pouch

[plush topaz]

I ran out of the modern Israeli ones to give him. Gonna grab more

[cobalt bramble]

Those things look pretty goofy but I’m sure they’re great

[plush topaz]

Really? I think they look super cool

[cobalt bramble]

Just personally preference I guess

[plush topaz]

But ya they work amazing. We did timed grenade draws between my pouches and standard "Gi" pouches. I could draw 2 grenades while most still were stuck on one

[obsidian wolf]

Speed yeet

[cobalt bramble]

Yeah the GI grenade pouch is just terrible I used to carry a compass in mine but I just got so sick of fumbling around with the button that I gave up and got a LBT one

[obsidian wolf]

I’ve got the Ferro banger backpanel

Which is not designed for Crye mind you but with my Large carrier it fits lol 😂

[cobalt bramble]

Oh really

I run a large crye PC myself

Gotta look into that

Ferros ecosystem is nice but the FCPC is just not it imo

[obsidian wolf]

I’d recommend against as it has overhang. But for my PD vest it’s fine.

[plush topaz]

Like below the bottom?

[obsidian wolf]

Yeah.

Not by much but a little

[real thorn]

getting it 2nd hand for a lesser price

[snow scarab]

still overpriced garbage

[real thorn]

not my type of PCs

[snow scarab]

fym “not my type”

what type is the 5.11 😂

[real thorn]

i want sth that covers the entire thorax

[snow scarab]

not possible

[real thorn]

and has a good amount of MOLLE slots

[snow scarab]

you size plates to protect your vitals

and you shouldn’t have much shit on your front

don’t buy gear unless you know how it works

[obsidian wolf]

Like I said the bottom bag barely overhangs.

[torpid cargo]

Why don’t you want the JPC? Genuine question.

JPC is a great carrier

[plush topaz]

That's not so bad

[obsidian wolf]

Nah it minimal af.

And that back bag has extra medical so no issue on weight being there.

[empty sorrel]

@plush topaz what kind of plates are y'all getting issued? Foreign stuff? US surplus? Or domestic

[plush topaz]

You need weight on the back. So your front doesn't sag.

[plush topaz]

Domestic and foreign. Mostly level 3 with 3a backer

[empty sorrel]

Even cheap domestic plate will almost certainly save your ass, just going to weigh a bit more than cutting edge stuff

[empty sorrel]

Hopefully ceramic level 3 and not polyethylene... The latter of which is quite a vulnerable to steel core projectiles

[plush topaz]

Keep in mind I'm in reserves. We don't get the best of the best

[empty sorrel]

SMH you're telling me that not every Israeli soldier gets the liba array tile plates that can stop m993 20 times?

[obsidian wolf]

I’m talking weight being low and folding the bag in.

Like a floppy nutsack.

[plush topaz]

The Israeli ones look polyethylene. The American ones are ceramic.

I think

[empty sorrel]

I've actually got a set of liba plates, popularized by the Israelis, but used by special forces across Europe and in Japan.

Provides exceptional multi-hit performance at the cost of increased weight

[obsidian wolf]

I bought a cheapo bag I’m going to be spray painting tonight.

[empty sorrel]

Honestly man, I would recommend looking for a ceramic plate, it might weigh a little bit more than a polyethylene, but it won't fail against even basic 7n6

[plush topaz]

I brought my own armour from Canada. Level IV

[empty sorrel]

Hopefully it was actually domestically made and not just a Chinese import

I mean either way it'll probably stop most rifle threats, but

[plush topaz]

It is

[empty sorrel]

If you ever do have any questions about body armor, particularly plates, I am reasonably knowledgeable on the matter

Right now I feel that the best bang for buck option is going to be surplus esapis, assuming you can get modern ones. Very lightweight, and very good multi-hit performance, better than 99% of plates you can buy as a civilian. Not sure about foreign pricing, but over here stateside you can get them for about $700 a set

[plush topaz]

My plates are so heavy

Way heavier than what my guys use

[empty sorrel]

Cheap alumina plates I assume. Cheapest way to stop the M2AP.

Silicon carbide or boron carbide is going to be significantly lighter, but significantly more expensive

[obsidian wolf]

RU Merc

[empty sorrel]

I know of a European manufacturer that is actually making advancements in technical ceramics, that makes a level 4+ plate at 6.5 lb, assuming you could actually import it, might be worth looking at

[plush topaz]

@empty sorrel

https://sjhardware.com/level-iv-esapi-plate-set-set-of-2-aratech-research/

[empty sorrel]

Yeah, that's about standard for cheap level 4 plates

How much would you be able to budget for a set? If you were in the market for a new one

[plush topaz]

I got them on sale with side armour too. So I'm Happy

[empty sorrel]

For side plates I went with MSAP plates, fire call there about 1.5lb

[plush topaz]

Right now nothing. I spent thousands an entirely new kit lol

[empty sorrel]

Not super common, but show up secondhand reasonably often

[empty sorrel]

Oof...

[plush topaz]

https://sjhardware.com/level-iiia-6x6-soft-armour-plate-set-aratech-research/

These soft side plates

[empty sorrel]

What kind of rig are you running? Firstly I would have went with a full-sized panel through the cummerbund

*personally

Mini carriers have a pocket that runs the entire length that you can put soft armor in

The LBT 6094 is a very popular choice stateside, though it is slowly being replaced by modern carriers that are a bit lighter and a bit more minimalist

[plush topaz]

Agilite k zero with war fighter cummerbund

[empty sorrel]

Oh, it's got a skeletal cumberbund, so I guess you do kind of have to have a standalone armor bag

[plush topaz]

Ya the side bag slots in nicely

But I had to use different tubes and an expander wing just so it closed

I'm very very happy with it

[empty sorrel]

I'm honestly surprised that y'all are getting issued plate carriers and not soft armor vests

Given that explosives are kind of your enemies specialty

[plush topaz]

Heavy heavy house to house fighting. Point blank

Need good plates

[empty sorrel]

Of course, I meant a soft armor carrier with plates

[plush topaz]

Can you send an example?

[empty sorrel]

IOTV gen 3

[plush topaz]

Ah. We have some

Minus groin and shoulder armour

[empty sorrel]

Personally if I were going door to door, I would be decked out head to toe in soft armor

[plush topaz]

American in my sniper platoon wears soft groin. Abdomen and shoulder armour

The Israelis make fun of him.

Clueless

[cobalt bramble]

That’s a smart man

Arterial bleeds tend to be bad for you

[fast fiber]

looks badass ngl

til

[empty sorrel]

I've honestly considered trying to get my hands on a fragsuit, but they're pretty pricey

[cobalt bramble]

And they weigh 15 fucking pounds

[empty sorrel]

And given that I'm tall, would be difficult to find one in my size

[empty sorrel]

Honestly that's not that bad

[cobalt bramble]

It probably would be after a couple days in it

[empty sorrel]

Well of course, but we're talking about door kicking right now

[cobalt bramble]

Oh well then yeah

I would definitely want to have one of those for urban combat especially against a group that is fond of homemade bombs

[empty sorrel]

Yeah, that's exactly why I was surprised he's rocking a plate carrier

[cobalt bramble]

Wdym?

[empty sorrel]

@cobalt bramble

[cobalt bramble]

Oh yeah that is odd

You would think stuff like the Paraclete rav and first spear siege would be popular

Not necessarily those vests just ones like it

[empty sorrel]

Might as well just wear one of these

[cobalt bramble]

I still have a MSA Paraclete rav in CB that I haven’t used in ages

I should drag it out of storage and re kit it

[cobalt bramble]

Nice paint job

[empty sorrel]

It's a pain finding the plates that actually fit this thing

[cobalt bramble]

What plates do it take?

[empty sorrel]

Spear plates

[cobalt bramble]

Oh

Well looked like you found plates for it

[empty sorrel]

I've got Gen 5's in it

4.5 lb for a level 3++

[cobalt bramble]

I need one of these in my life

OG Paraclete ravs

[empty sorrel]

That carrier is actually a first spear LTO, progenitor to the slick

The thing by itself weighs like 5oz

[cobalt bramble]

Nice

Looks like it’s made out of elastic

[empty sorrel]

Yeup

Closest thing you can get to concealable hard plates

[muted gate]

because..... it is

[compact dagger]

While talking to UA soldier about his experience and lifehacks and whatnot for the field, he advocated against dick flaps

[cobalt bramble]

Why would you advocate against them like they don’t cause any real hindrance at least in my experience

[compact dagger]

It was nice to learn how big of a difference it is between what they teach you in the military and the real life, and what they don't really teach you, and you have to learn that stuff yourself, plus a ton of recommendations and "life-hacks" for when the big country gets annoyed and invades someone

Can't say, since we just passed the talk about groin protection, could be that he meant hard armor for groin, not just kevlar

But I guess since his work was more connected to assaulting and sitting in trenches armor there isn't necesarry and hinders mobility

[old portal]

We typically only put on the groin protector when doing kinetic clearing operations in areas with tight alleys. They often rolled F1s out from under random courtyard gates on us in the alleyways

This was Iraq, specifically 2007 in Muqdadiyah

[compact dagger]

US I guess ?

[old portal]

Yes

[compact dagger]

You had IOTVs or whatever the name for the full system was ?

Or smth similar to that

[cobalt bramble]

On 2007 probably OTVs or early iotvs

[real thorn]

CIRAS maybe?

[cobalt bramble]

Think that was more of a navy thing

But tbh I don’t know much about the ciras service

[compact dagger]

But in his scenario he is a sapper, and from what I was told, he wasn't fighting that much in cities, only one he mentioned was Bahmut, and all the videos I saw of him were in trenches, so at least for his group I guess they really didn't need those

And other videos I saw of AZOV/3-OSHB I didn't notice dick flaps

But afaik they just buy their own gear and modify to whatever needs they have

[cobalt bramble]

I’ve seen a tone of Russians use the dick flaps

[compact dagger]

Their issued armor has that afaik

[cobalt bramble]

The ARs arma one is popular

[real thorn]

used mostly by rangers and seals

[real thorn]

6b45? depends on the variant

[cobalt bramble]

Never made it past propaganda pics most of the time

[compact dagger]

But at least in his pics noone used those, basically just plate carriers

[real thorn]

well, 6b45 should be the base

but, due to shortages, mainly 6b23s from what ive seen

[compact dagger]

Well he used his own pictures, and I didn't notice any on those

[real thorn]

and those have those partially

[old portal]

Never had IOTV. The gen 1 was being phased in during my last deployment to Iraq in 2009 but CIF didn’t have enough in all sizes so about 50% were in IBAs and the other half IOTV. There was a brigade deploying to Afghanistan at same time and they got priority on the IOTV issue. My first vest in 2002/2003 was the woodland IBA with only half molle on front and lower back left/right. In 2006 we got the IBA in ACU pattern with full molle front/back

[compact dagger]

But as I said, a ton of Azov guys use their own stuff

[cobalt bramble]

Personally acquired PCs are pretty common

[real thorn]

also true

example, prigozhin and his 5.11 tactec

[compact dagger]

Well to be honest, only piece of US kit I know is IOTV, so that's why I also added "or something like that"

[cobalt bramble]

Morder tac is popular and that one company that makes the modular monolith

[cobalt bramble]

That was a ars arma repro iirc

[real thorn]

although that could be the ars arma tactec, confirmation needed

[real thorn]

yeah thats what i thought too

[cobalt bramble]

It’s actually better then the real one

[real thorn]

i can assume that its also harder to get ahold of

still getting a tactec tho

[cobalt bramble]

Now yes

Pre war no

[real thorn]

know ppl who rly like it

[snow scarab]

then why ask

[real thorn]

• im getting it for a lesser price

[real thorn]

opinions

[compact dagger]

I am kinda disappointed I didn't take his number, but maybe its for the best, then i'd have to report that connection to our intel service, and even if not, some day I might not get response from him, so it would kinda hit me at least for some time

[old portal]

I ran a medium IBA vest with small ESAPI plates

[snow scarab]

but you didn’t listen to anybodies opinions lmfao

[cobalt bramble]

Idk it is probably the worst designed plate carrier ive ever encountered tbh

[snow scarab]

we all said it’s overpriced and huge for what it is

[real thorn]

as i said, not paying full price for it

[snow scarab]

if you buy plates to fit its size you’ll just find out your can’t fucking bend over properly

make sure you buy plates to fit YOU

not the fuckin tactec

[real thorn]

yea ik

[snow scarab]

measure your nipples mf

[cobalt bramble]

Yeah it’s fitted for something like 11x14 which unless your freakishly tall you shouldn’t get

[compact dagger]

At least now I know that different muzzle devices make different sounds

Since we all have standard shit on our guns I never noticed that

[real thorn]

also @cobalt bramble ciras has both land and marine version

[cobalt bramble]

Xme177 moment

[compact dagger]

the what now

[cobalt bramble]

The short M4 that SOG used

It has a muzzle device designed to make the rifle sound more like a AK-47

[real thorn]

ziccardi i think its what it was called

or sth like that

[cobalt bramble]

Probably

Whatever it is it’s considered a suppressor by the atf for some fucking reason

[real thorn]

wait what

lmao

[ashen edge]

it was just a booster that wasnt a thing

same as the AKS-74U booster in concept

[real thorn]

fun fact

[cobalt bramble]

Fudd lore I guess

[real thorn]

germany has very strict laws on mounted flashlights

[cobalt bramble]

Why

[snow scarab]

fucking what

[ashen edge]

lol what isnt now

[cobalt bramble]

Fair

[compact dagger]

And they use it in a way where they get each pair a different muzzle device and use that for fire and manouvre

so you don't need to yell, just use sound cues for when your mate is covering youy

[real thorn]

idk; cant have one mounted unless you have a special hunter pass and has to be off while shooting

[cobalt bramble]

Fucking why

[real thorn]

g e r m a n y

[cobalt bramble]

That’s absolutely insane

Like yall have some really dumb firearm laws but that might take the cake

[old portal]

Allegedly the muzzle device on the old XM177 was specifically designed for MACV SOG operations during Vietnam to make the report sound more like an AK than an M16 style rifle…no clue if it is true or was effective

[cobalt bramble]

This is what I was told by a sog vet

[ashen edge]

no scaring the public with operator shit and maybe they rationalize it as if the crooks arent facing decked out shit then they are less likely to get decked out shit

[ashen edge]

its peak fud lore

[real thorn]

understandable

[old portal]

Ive read it in several places but I have no experience with it

[snow scarab]

probably not true, maybe effective. but the reality is it acted like the muzzle device on a 74U iirc. added extra back pressure for more consistent cycling and less flash

[cobalt bramble]

That’s probably the real reason it was made

[compact dagger]

Well if you are behind enemy lines that could help i guess, at least if you are close to the combat line, so if someone knows that AKs are most likely friendlies they won't pay as much attentions to shots near them

[cobalt bramble]

And the fudd lore came after probably from soldiers who heard the gun being used far away and just couldn’t tell the difference

[ashen edge]

it probably just sounded like short m16 with a booster lol

[cobalt bramble]

If it worked that would be the reason to use it

[old portal]

I understand the idea behind it but also those guys even tho making contact pretty often intended to not make contact if at all possible. I’m guessing someone heard it with a different report and said that sounds like an AK more than an M16…and then the story started

[compact dagger]

well if the guys squad used those for easier FaM then I feel like it would've help at least somewhat in vietnam

[cobalt bramble]

Excuse my ignorance but what’s FaM

[compact dagger]

Fire and manouver

[cobalt bramble]

Oh

[compact dagger]

I just couldn't be fucked to type that out that much

Basically one guy/group covers with fire and other advances/retreats

[cobalt bramble]

Oh

So that’s what that’s called

Just been calling it covering fire

[compact dagger]

I think that's the English name for it, might be wrong, just translated from our language to English

I feel like there's a difference between that and covering fire

Idk Ragged might know better since he was in US military

[cobalt bramble]

Idk I tell my buddy covering fire and pop up shoot at where I think the enemy’s are shooting from while he moves then he does the same for me

[compact dagger]

Personally i'd say covering fire is when he is stationary and just covers the whole time so you can advance or go back

[old portal]

Several terms. Fire and Manuever. Movement to contact.

[cobalt bramble]

There’s more planning that goes into it then That but I just simplified it cause I didn’t want to type the whole thing out

[compact dagger]

Or more like you do covering fire so he can peek out and use a rocket launcher or some shit

[cobalt bramble]

I think thats called a base of fire no?

[old portal]

I’ve been out for 14 years. I’m sure things have changed a lot since.

[compact dagger]

Idk to be fair

Language barrier moment

[cobalt bramble]

One guy (usually with a MG) sets up in a safer spot where he can make the enemy’s heads duck while your team moves

[compact dagger]

and some videos i've seen with Americans they just yell "covering fire for XYZ so he can pop a rocket" or some shity

[old portal]

Ya correct. You typically establish a base of fire for a maneuvering element to operate

It all adjusts depending on the size of element you’re working with. Not sure if things have changed name wise but platoon movement to contact was Battle Drill 1. Typically your weapons squad would establish a base of fire with the two gun teams. Battle drill 1A is squad level with a fire team establishing a base of fire and your maneuvering element was your SL and the other fire team.

[compact dagger]

love how this all went from weather or not dick flaps are useful to proper name of shooting and moving to squad tactics

[old portal]

I spent my last two years in with our battalion reconnaissance platoon where we operated in 5/6 man teams independently so we didn’t maneuver that way. We consistently trained to immediate break contact drills and not maneuver against a force. We had only M4s with nothing larger on the ground. Our Strykers each had a forward mounted 50 and two rear mounted 240s but only rifles in the ground. We tried to avoid contact

Sorry I’ll get back to topic of gear. Just blabbing on old memories

[cobalt bramble]

Idk seems like a decent Segway I mean dick flaps are there to prevent you from being a unnecessary casualty and these tactics help with the same lol

[compact dagger]

Well you'll never really know how good or bad it is until you use it in real combat

The guy also said that he is running 4-5 ifaks on him

One Is a leg strap, other one is on front/side of the rig, one on the belt and one in the backpack

And that for even basic trench clearing he carries like 14-16 mags, plus loose bullets

[cobalt bramble]

Is he a medic or something?

[old portal]

I carried 10 mags as an SL in 2007. 9 on my vest and one in redi-mag on rifle. Standard minimum combat load by doctrine was 7 but everyone typically carried at least 8. One IFAK per man with our platoon medic typically humping a 50-60lb medical bag

[compact dagger]

Sapper

But since I got to see him in rehab it helped him

Since if you have ifaks in all those places you will have them at all times, if you went to take a shit you'll still have one on the leg, if you slept without the kit on and woke up to go fighting you will have one on the armor or the belt

And as a sapper he might go out with just a backpack(my theory at least)

And as he explained, he got 5 TQs

1 for each limb and 1 as a spare

[weak badger]

does anyone use esstac mag pouches on a bison belt?

if so how do you choose to mount them

[real thorn]

ded chat

[random karma]

dead chat

[obsidian wolf]

$20 backpack makeover

[torpid cargo]

Do you finance AND maneuver?

[obsidian wolf]

More of a Fart and Manure guy

[torpid cargo]

Respect 🫡

[obsidian wolf]

[obsidian wolf]

Ooo.

[formal onyx]

If anyone can guess the era and branch of the gear, they get a crisp high five

[small pine]

Probably Iraq early 2000 US Marine typa stuff?

[formal onyx]

Close, but no

[open magnet]

what are some good sites to buy plates ppl US

[formal onyx]

RMA has some good plates for a decent price

[empty sorrel]

What's your budget

And threat profile

[open magnet]

Few hundred

On each

[formal onyx]

RMA plates are like $160 per Level 4 plate

[open magnet]

BET

do you happen to know if they sell the small sides one too

[formal onyx]

Let me check

[formal onyx]

$240 for a set of 2

So about $460 total for a full set of plates

[empty sorrel]

@open magnet personally I wouldn't recommend the 160 plates, as they are over 8lb

Spend a bit more and/or reduce your threat profile, and get a significantly lighter plate

[obsidian wolf]

Gulf war

@formal onyx

[formal onyx]

Nope

It is a specific group in the Marines

And it's somewhere between Gulf war and GWOT

[compact dagger]

Anyone can recommend decent micro pack for plate carrier ? So when it's empty it won't make wearing a ruck uncomfortable

[empty sorrel]

@open magnet
Level 3 options:
RMA 1192
Adept thunder
Hesco m210
Highcom 3s14m

[compact dagger]

I remember seeing some that were basically a small bag with 1 zipper in the middle but can't remember the name of it to find it online

[torpid cargo]

Hesco m210’s are special threat

[empty sorrel]

They stop m80 in the tests I've seen

None of the others are testing the full six shots either

[timber fog]

Force Recon

Mid 90s

[formal onyx]

Yes

crisp high five

[timber fog]

Hell yeah

Sick kit you got btw

[formal onyx]

Thanks

Been working on it for a bit

Still need a 1911 light bearing Safariland 3004 or 3005

[dull stump]

your backpack looks fucking stupid

love finance and manuver honestly might do that w one of my flatpacks

[obsidian wolf]

❤️

[formal onyx]

Rucksack stack

[low zodiac]

i love the gortex jacket

[echo scaffold]

😐

Not a gortex

[snow scarab]

looks horrible

[snow scarab]

i know how bad mopp 4 is, don’t worry

could be worse tho. one of my E6s was apart of the invasion in 03 😂

[echo scaffold]

💀

that fuckin sucks lol

[snow scarab]

yeah. marine at the time too

[echo scaffold]

my CBRN NCOIC was a 1st division marine during operation desert storm

[sour hull]

Tarkov on top! NIKITA U ARE THE BEST!

[old portal]

Definitely not gortex. MOPP suit top

[old portal]

As a private in Korea in 02/03 at the time they LOVED NBC training. Did several 12 milers in full MOPP 4 with full combat gear. Absolutely hated it

[formal onyx]

MOPP gear does suck

I've worn the older 90's style and the newer hooded style

[old portal]

I really can’t recall what we had. We had one “opened” set for training purposes because they freaking loved training in that crap in the mountains of Korea. It was common to cut the interior charcoal lining out of the training set to make it lighter and breath better. We also had the air sealed set new ready for real world use. They were always so concerned with real world NBC attack by NK. So annoying

[formal onyx]

The 90's ones had no hood and were thicker

And leaked charcoal

[old portal]

Been a long time but I’m pretty sure the training ones were that style with no hood

[formal onyx]

Yikes

[old portal]

Definitely it then. We cut those liners out. No more charcoal and a lot lighter to train in

[formal onyx]

I still need a few more MOPP suits for the collection

[formal onyx]

Fair

[old portal]

Never wore the “newer” style. After I left Korea and was at stateside units never saw MOPP gear again. On my combat deployments to Iraq we didn’t even take the pro masks. They stayed locked up stateside

[formal onyx]

I've got a handful of surplus Masks

[old portal]

The ol M40

[formal onyx]

An M17A1, an MCU-2aP and an M40a1

[old portal]

I’ll be happy to never see one again. Humping a ruck in MOPP 4 probably worse experience than any gunfighting I saw in Iraq

[snow scarab]

nice

[formal onyx]

I still need the voice amp for my MCU-2aP and the Mic

[waxen girder]

What’s the model of the last photo on the right

[formal onyx]

It's an MCU-2aP

It was commonly used by Marine force recon for a time before they replaced it with the MCU-2P

The audio port caused sealing issues and whatnot

[waxen girder]

Looks dope I might get one

[formal onyx]

The lenses tend to be discolored or scratched

They're made of silicone

[waxen girder]

Is there a way to remove or reduce the discoloration

[formal onyx]

Not as far as I know

They're from the early 90's so, can't really help it

Mine is 1991 dated iirc

[waxen girder]

You think it would be easy to refurbish

Or are the parts hard to remove

[formal onyx]

Most of them are easy, minus the lense

They're usable as is

But you may have better luck getting an MSA Millenium

[coarse laurel]

Where were you in Korea?

[old portal]

Camp Casey. A Co 2/9 INF

[coarse laurel]

Were you up in dragon hill?

Also that’s a long time ago then haha

[old portal]

So I think that was after they mixed 2/9 and 1/72 together right? I was there before they made them combined arms battalions and 2/9 was 4 infantry companies

I was leaving there when that move was happening.

[coarse laurel]

They renamed dragon hill when I went back in 22

21-22 rather

Casey never got shut down, just built up again, hovey is still the ghetto

[old portal]

Dragon hill have that huge set of stairs going up from the motor pool?

[coarse laurel]

The ville got upgraded

Yup

And there’s the barracks and the ranges

[old portal]

Ya we ran those steps every morning as a warmup to PT

[coarse laurel]

I hated that shit so bad lol

My first posting as a medic was Casey, I worked at the PMO by the gate since I was with the MP unit

[old portal]

7 miles from 2/9 Bn area to the Hovey back gate and back. Mon-Thursday that run. Fridays that run with a ruck

[coarse laurel]

My unit was in charge of area 1

And yongsan

And the other abandoned camps like Stanley and Red cloud

[old portal]

I hated my life as a private. My squad leader was waiting to go to SFAS. Guy ran a 10 minute 2 mile…9 minutes drunk. Hated it but he set me up for success as a young private

[coarse laurel]

Retired now?

[old portal]

Nah I did 8 and got out in Nov 2010

[coarse laurel]

Ahh

I work at the Ranger School down in Benning atm

[old portal]

Spent rest of my time at Lewis doing back to back deployments with 4th Stryker Bde as a team leader, squad leader and PSG

[coarse laurel]

Sheesh

[old portal]

One of my SAW gunners ended up as RI sometime after I got out at Mountain phase. He’s now a warrant flying Apaches and retired next year

[coarse laurel]

Very nice

I’m stuck doing work at Darby phase

Also being RSLC Medical NCOIC, RSLC used to be Army reconnaissance Course but it got split up to Scout Leaders course and Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course

Doing sneaky shit in the woods

And ending up on trees on jumps

Lol

[old portal]

I most enjoyed my time as an SL in combat. I kinda fell into the PSG position. I was second most senior E6 in platoon just prior to last deployment. Senior E6 made the 7 list and my PSG made the 8 list just as we deployed. They kept me as the acting PSG

[old portal]

Bro my recon platoon was supposed to go to RSLC in 09. Thru then stood up the LRS unit at Lewis that year and gave them all our slots last minute

So pissed. I also missed ranger school opportunity because of the last deployment. Passed pre Ranger then the deployment got bumped up

[coarse laurel]

Lol they are thinking about standing up LRS again because ARSTRUC decided to get rid of RSTA’s and BDE Cav Squadrons in IBCT’s and shit

It’s the dumbest move I’ve heard

Like 19D’s from bragg was forced to reclass to 11B

They kept Cav squadrons OCONUS like Germany and Italy

But stateside

They are getting rid of em

Most 19D’s are getting pushed to III Corps

Or reclassed to 11B or 19C Bradley crewman

Which is the newest MOS

Also you got 19K tankers in Bragg now because Airborne got tanks now

[old portal]

Everything was so effed back then with the constant changes. Missed so many school opportunities. Had orders to sniper school. Canceled for deployment scheduling. Had date for SFAS. Deployment bumped up but at least I had the choice to skip deployment or go to SFAS. Wasn’t going to leave my boys so I skipped out of SFAS. RSLC canceled for the LRS unit. Ranger school canceled for deployment schedule.

I was just done at 8 years. I made the 7 list on my first look at just under 8 years but I ETS before my sequence number hit so I guess I technically left as E6(p). All my peers were getting orders to either drill or recruiting. I wanted neither so I got out

[old portal]

wtf???

[coarse laurel]

Yup

@old portal 82nd got new toys

[old portal]

Wild

[coarse laurel]

Again

[old portal]

I think they had droppable tanks in like the 80s/90s then went away

[coarse laurel]

I don’t think these are air droppable but they are supposed to come in after an airfield seizure

Also since they are smaller than an abrams you can fit more on a C-17

[old portal]

Ahh ok

[coarse laurel]

Makes it so that jumpy boys dont get wrecked by armor waiting for armored brigades to come

[old portal]

You do any time at ranger batt or just at RTB?

[coarse laurel]

It’s a replacement for the Stryker MGS

[coarse laurel]

Nah just RTB

Im not that addicted to the coolaid

[old portal]

Our bde did the first combat deployment with MGS in 07. Those things were wrecking shit

Contact from a structure. Canister rounds…2nd story gone

[coarse laurel]

People complained they suck but it’s because I know they weren’t being utilized properly, they aren’t tanks they are just Strykers with 105’s

People need to stop treating them like tanks

Too bad they got rid of em

When I was a 19D I got to operate on one for a little bit

It was fun

[old portal]

We didn’t use them that often since they were a company asset and we mostly worked at platoon level but when we had them for company level ops we loved them

[coarse laurel]

This was us during 21-22 at the DMZ when NK was shooting missiles at the Sea of Japan lmao

Shit is so miserable

Just sitting there

[old portal]

Most memorable time was we had to hit an abandoned school being utilized by AQI. My platoon was main element with my squad the primary assault element to secure the initial breach. We were sprinting across field middle of night under PVS 14s and an MGS set our wall breach with canister shells. Couple hits as we crossed the field and you could drive a car thru the wall breach. So damn loud and bright

[coarse laurel]

That’s bad ass hahah

[old portal]

God I hated my time in the Bradley’s. Loved Strykers. Hated Bradley’s.

[coarse laurel]

Everyone likes brads now since the Ukraine thing popped off

Also seeing brads take out a T-90 was something else

I bet the mike golfs around the country were excited watching that footage

[snow scarab]

@coarse laurel you see the new bradley?

the M2A4E1

has climate controlled troop area, multiple lense DVE, miniature israeli iron fist trophy system, completely new optics

[old portal]

Now that sounds like a decent ride....the ones we had in 02/03 were old as shit...no A/C, sometimes a working heater with the folding seats not even the bench seats....they were a nightmare trying to dismount from

I dont recall which model

[maiden kernel]

Probably M2's. M3's are more meant for actual combat rather than hauling people around.

I mean, not that the M2 can't do exactly what the M3 does, the M3 just has more ammunition stowage I think.

[carmine shale]

Despite popular criticism mainly from the pentagon wars. (Most of it is bs)

The Bradley is a fantastic ifv

[maiden kernel]

25MM Chain gun, and two TOW missiles to boot, that's a good mix.

[timber fog]

Underrated and overhated

Strykers are cool but the bradley will always have a special place in my heart

[maiden kernel]

Honestly I don't think I've ever seen anyone hate on the Bradley unless they actually had to ride in one like Ragged lol.

[old portal]

After being in those old as Brad models then moving to the Strykers.....

[maiden kernel]

Is it really that big of a difference lol?

[old portal]

Brads could hold a fireteam and were slow andd loud...Strykers could hold and entire 9 man rifle squad and ran about 60mph fully uparmored..quiet as hell

[maiden kernel]

But wouldn't the amount of people it could haul depend on configuration?

[old portal]

We would hit houses at night, park next to the entry gate and no one knew we were there until be blew their front door open

[old portal]

The Brads we had were configured with the old folding style jump seats, i understand the newer ones had bench setaing so i would assume its a little more comfortable

[maiden kernel]

Yeah sitting on a fold out seat in a cramped metal box with 4 or 5 other dudes and no AC seems like a bad time all around.

[old portal]

wbut with that said a bradley infantry unit only has two rifle squads so one fireteam per brad is sufficient. Stryker infantry platoons are built just like a regualr light infantry platoon...3 rifle squads and a weapons squad so one squad per truck

[carmine shale]

The only thing I could say the Bradley could use is a higher rate of fire on the 25mm

[maiden kernel]

I mean it's not really needed, still pretty fast.

[low zodiac]

They look similar enough to confuse me

[old portal]

I have very few pictures from my time in due to a stolen external drive years ago..one i do have is an old picture of me in i think 03 as a private at one of our brads....the seats sucked

[carmine shale]

M81 with multicam is drip

[low zodiac]

I love it

The jacket goes hard

Works well too

[formal onyx]

Very based

[snow scarab]

M2 is a troop carrier, M3 is a fighting vehicle

[maiden kernel]

Yeah. But they both do the same thing.

[snow scarab]

the m3 is not produced anymore and is mostly phased out besides for fisters

[maiden kernel]

Yeah.

[snow scarab]

the m2 is the main model, hence the newest edition. because carrying troops is far more important than carrying extra TOWs

an M2A3 can still carry 6 TOWs

[maiden kernel]

You really only need 1.

[snow scarab]

realistically you need 0. if a bradley interacts with a tank in the modern age it’s fucked

[maiden kernel]

I wouldn't say that's always the case.

[neat trellis]

i saw a vid abt the battle of 73 easting, i think there were western tanks/bradleys against middle eastern tanks and did pretty good

[snow scarab]

it was iraqi T72s. abrams and bradley’s absolutely made minced meat of the iraqi military and armor. and 2 bradley’s did destroy like a dozen T72s. but that was also with most being unmanned or old ass versions

modern battlefield doesn’t allow for that as much

[neat trellis]

doesnt russia also use t72

[compact dagger]

They do, maybe just some modded variants, with extra armor or shtora mounted on it

[formal onyx]

Prepper or Vet?

[mighty violet]

https://youtu.be/abZq-bx5zV0

[snow scarab]

yeah they designed it and then sold it to iraq

[formal onyx]

Soon

[empty sorrel]

Boomer prepper

[formal onyx]

The list is from at least the late 70's early 80's

[empty sorrel]

No vet with willingly carry all that crap. A hatchet, bayonet, pickaxe, shovel, hand ax, machete...

That's like a whole squad's worth of entrenching equipment

I'd be surprised to see anyone who ever saw combat carrying anything more than a knife and an e-tool

[formal onyx]

I don't think it's his full packing list, just an example of item weights

Since he has a few hatchets and machetes on there

[shut escarp]

i mean 2 M2s in ukraine knocked out a 90M soo it can still happen

[snow scarab]

that’s the exception, not the standard

they only did that because they were able to destroy its optics

[shut escarp]

tho the dessert battlefield is more suited to large scale armour massacres. Goland heights, 73 easting and even some ww2 battles in tunisia being examples

[shut escarp]

from what i heared they took out its turret rotation mechanism and the turret just spun around harmlessly

[formal onyx]

And this is the pack that came with that list

[snow scarab]

what they think happened with that was more so an AP round slipped through the ring

[shut escarp]

probably the case ye but hey a kill's a kill

[real thorn]

@snow scarab tactec just arrived. fits me perfectly

dont understand why people hate on it, really

[snow scarab]

send a picture

[real thorn]

phone ded

on pc

[snow scarab]

because it’s not worth its price tag and isn’t designed for proper plate carrying

it’s designed as a one size fits all

with shitty stitching and not NIR compliant

[real thorn]

didnt spend full price on it

feels really comfortable ngl

[snow scarab]

still paid too much, i guarantee

[snow scarab]

got plates in it?

[real thorn]

instead of 220

140

[snow scarab]

yeah way too much

[real thorn]

why?

[snow scarab]

like i said before. it’s not a plate carrier designed for actual use

[empty sorrel]

I've got too many carriers

Probably need to sell one of my 6094s

[old portal]

Surprisingly we actually used our E Tools in Iraq in 2007 to dig hasty fighting positions around a large weapons cache we recovered in palm groves of east baghdad along the Tigris....thousands of gallons of nitric acid used to make immonium nitrate for IEDs....it had been buried im guessing with some type of excavator and my platoon had to secure/defend it for 2-3 days while it was excavated by some chemical unit by hand...never thought id be digging fighting positions in baghdad

[empty sorrel]

ETools are great

Just sharpen one side, then you got to shovel, and knife, and an axe all in one

[old portal]

not when you have to dig a full fledged 2man fighting position with them just for "training" purposes

hastys are not bad, you can scrape those out in no time ....full 2 man holes by FM standards suck

[compact dagger]

Sadly we don't have old Finnish ones, or whichever we had in BCT, now it's the tri-fold ones with plastic handle and securing ring

that ring loves to wear down, so you can't open or close it without hitting it against something hard

[timber fog]

Poor ergonomics, poor load bearing capabilities, poor QC, poor material quality, and poor stitching

[real thorn]

works fine for me

[timber fog]

Both practically and financially you would’ve been better off with condor

[timber fog]

Glad to hear it

[real thorn]

thing is

condor is in the US

which means pain in the ass shipping prices and border taxes

picked up the tactec 2nd hand, brand new

saved almost 100 bucks

[timber fog]

Why would you buy anything american then

Let alone 5.11 when actual decent stuff exists lol

At around the same price point no less

[compact dagger]

Used to have these in BCT, shit was rusted but after some wd-40 in the ring it was fine, now we have these which after first few dugouts won't want to close properly

(BCT one is the first pic)

And as the handle is shorter for the one we have now it's more cumbersome to dig imho

[marsh flint]

Those get jammed pretty easily

Good thing is you can make it a hoe tilting the shovel head

[snow scarab]

got any mediums in MC?

[craggy merlin]

ok so logically
since gen 0 nvgs have no image intensifier wouldnt bright lights not damage it

i could just test it instead of asking it but id rather not be wrong and end up ruining them

[compact dagger]

you mean the ones in 2nd pic ? Since I've had just 1 1 jam with the ones from the first pic

[marsh flint]

Yea the screw

Wrong threads, sand, dirt, whatever between threads

I got a recruit who jammed three different field showels (entrenching spades) jam

Before I told him to get a big shovel from campsite

But thats the way you learn

[compact dagger]

Yea, well the one in the first pic, even if it jammed it could be easily fixed, the new ones are shit, since the screw is plastic and if you don't angle the spade correctly it won't get locked in place, but instead just wear the screw insides down, so at some point you won't be able to tighten it at all

[marsh flint]

Yeah

Today's crap

[compact dagger]

Anyhow, time to go sleep so i can attend the damn parade tomorrow

[marsh flint]

Aight, have a good parade man

[plush topaz]

New CADPAT announced today

[muted gate]

hey, maybe we'll get cadpat surp

we wont

[plush topaz]

[formal onyx]

Scuffed RTO Lightweight rucksack setup

[marsh flint]

is that a machete

[formal onyx]

Yes

[marsh flint]

[muted gate]

that isnt american

[marsh flint]

nice

[formal onyx]

It is

[muted gate]

I know the prick is

Unless you're rocking the 51 which is just ew

[formal onyx]

I had to cobble mine together from a Canadian PRC-77 and a Modified PRC-77A

It needs the 25 KHz switch and the corresponding modules to let it function properly still

[muted gate]

mines american and I got it from free it's all original

[formal onyx]

Nice

My rucksack is a Modified American P68 lightweight rucksack

[muted gate]

who the fuck adds leather to a p68

[formal onyx]

With a (post war) Ontario Machete with a 1991 dated sheath, and a Signal panel

[formal onyx]

@muted gate this guy apparently

I got it for $50 and it was a neat looking pack, I knew it was modified and I just had to have it, lol

[muted gate]

Like the entire point of the P68 was to not have leather or canvas so it wouldn't degrade

He quite literally made it worse

[formal onyx]

He did a lot of odd things to it

But it seems to have held up really well for how old it is

I also have this for a PRC-25 (It kinda works for the PRC-77 Also)

[muted gate]

i actually need that

[formal onyx]

It's been made slightly smaller, has an interior divider, an external zippered pocket, two cinches on the outside, and a cinch for the top flap, and four side straps have been added to make it more stable on a frame it seems

3 of the cord locks are Brown versions of what are on ALICE packs

Which are new to me

[formal onyx]

What's wrong with your radio?

If you need to swap out a module you may need to realign your radio

[muted gate]

i need a testor

cause i dont have a broadcasting shit nor a local group

[formal onyx]

Ah, I see

A basic radio scanner should give you a good idea of how functional it is

If you can hear yourself speak when you key up the mic, that's a good sign usually

Having handled a working PRC-77 at some living history events, they're cool radios

[muted gate]

yeah, where i am i cant test

[formal onyx]

Ah I see

[marsh flint]

Nice

[clear vine]

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does anyone know what he's wearing

[compact dagger]

Imho the old one hits harder

[small pine]

I like the tiny maple leaf symbol printed onto it

[old portal]

What unit in 2ID? I did all 8 years in 2ID with 2/9 Inf in Korea and 2/23 Inf at Lewis

[echo scaffold]

2-2 Assault Helicopter Battalion as the Battalion CBRN Representative

[old portal]

🫡

[echo scaffold]

Only did 1 Year with them and then went to Fort Irwin

[old portal]

Never been but heard not great things about being stationed at Irwin

[echo scaffold]

Its actually not bad at all lol

DPW sucks but other then that not too shabby

[old portal]

Never even did an NTC rotation. Did several JRTC rotations at Polk.

[craggy merlin]

upgrades people, upgrades

from gen 0 we now are at gen 1 xD

next ill have to find a 1+ or 2

[storm peak]

I know the $22 px Smith & Wesson knife when I see one

(There's one on my coffee table)

[low zodiac]

YOU

[barren pebble]

orc pcu is the jacket

[echo scaffold]

EY YOOOOOO

i got that mf from the tiny ass shopette in k16 lol

[storm peak]

It's not a bad knife ngl

[craggy merlin]

me

[echo scaffold]

the amount of mre boxes that boy has opened for me is unreal lol

[plush topaz]

Why are green dot optics usually more expensive than red?

[real thorn]

i think bcs green is a color that makes the eye more focused

or sth like that

[plush topaz]

So what, it's more expensive to manufacture?

[real thorn]

no, but higher demand

[clear vine]

is there any alternatives that are easier to find

[empty sorrel]

Green laser and led more expensive

[plush topaz]

Green LEDs are more expensive than red?

[plush topaz]

Higher demand for green?

[real thorn]

i think so, not sure tho

[empty sorrel]

Marginally iirc

[timber fog]

Has something to do with how power hungry green light is compared to red

Can’t recall the finer details but that’s more or less it

[plush topaz]

True. Interesting

[real thorn]

desert night or multicam?

or just plain olive?

[rich karma]

nice profile picutre

[unique garnet]

gm

[obsidian wolf]

No.

[craggy merlin]

thx same to you lol

[marsh flint]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrykieJKLC1qa5dfeo2_250.gif

[plush topaz]

Ranger green

[marsh flint]

looks awful lot Air force ground personnel gear

[empty sorrel]

Is that an old Russian night vision scope?

[plush topaz]

It's a noga li-or

I think meprolight bought them

https://www.meprolight.com/product/mepro-lior-4x/

[old portal]

Are the 14s tied down to the j-arm?

[plush topaz]

The eye cup is tied down.

I've lost it like 50 times

[old portal]

We always just took them off. Too much fogging and too much trouble trying to keep it on

Our standard was to secure a small stainless steel shackle to helmet bolt and use it for a 14 tie down. Pretty blurry picture but it’s there

[worn scarab]

Mog

[unique garnet]

gm

[snow scarab]

you guys allowed personal combat uniforms at all?

should try a norarm uniform

[plush topaz]

Yes. I have Arcteryx leaf uniforms

Really happy with them

[real thorn]

how so?

[plush topaz]

How so what

[real thorn]

why should I pick ranger green instead of the other two options?

i need an argumentation to the answer

[plush topaz]

Because it's awesome and goes with everything

[real thorn]

although yeah it looks pretty goos

want to use it with my also ranger green tactec & fast

also, helikon tex any good?

[timber fog]

I don’t have any personal experience with helikon but I’ve only heard good things

Almost got their guardian rig a while back

[next hound]

you got that jawline tho

[vapid grove]

bro the only thing that isnt visible is his jawline 😭

[next hound]

hes mewing look at the cheeks

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1040960657568305162/1236071910270435429/Me_When.gif

[vapid grove]

real

ok buddy

[next hound]

ok back to chemestry

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1091836749841440770/1237102569449459772/attachment.gif

[vapid grove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1091836749841440770/1237102569449459772/attachment.gif

[next hound]

nah fuck lance stroll, lando norris supremacy!!!

this was my fit at 14, am i cooked

i had a 7 minute mile tho so that was cool

[old portal]

The entire picture. Literally the only picture I have from that deployment. I was our BN recon PSG. Iraq 2009.

[next hound]

i knew you had a sexy jawline

i fw it heavy

i really wanna do a full ucp kit because of how cool the full kit is

also comtac 2's?

[cobalt bramble]

Won something pretty interesting on eBay

Custom MVD pkm gunner backpack from the first Chechen war

[next hound]

oh this is dope wtd

wtf

i need this in my life

[cobalt bramble]

Only one out there to my knowledge

And it’s mine

It’s probably based off of something there’s no way some dude in the field. Just made it from scratch.

[old portal]

Ya Comtacs. When I was in regular rifle platoon I wore no earpro or anything. In recon platoon we were constantly riding in Blackhawks, Strykers or HMMVV so it was easy to just hook into all the comm systems with the QD connection then back into my radio when I dismounted. I really hated wearing them.

[next hound]

was this pre gel cup era or are comtac 2's just actually bad

[old portal]

Ya they were uncomfortable and hot. Just the crappy foam/fake leather plasticy earcups

[next hound]

so was it the earcups as the only issue

because i've been looking to buy some

but i live in az so its absurdly hot here

[old portal]

Just generally uncomfortable to wear them or anything for that matter. My hearing is shit now cuz I never wore earpro on previous combat deployments. No one did. Only wore the comtacs for the convenience of multiple comm systems at the time

[next hound]

intresting

what would you say a good earpro is then if youn were to give a answer?

because atm im wearing earmor m32's

and they have very clear audio just not a far range of hearing

[old portal]

Don’t know. The comtacs were really the only thing I ever used and it wasn’t for the hearing protection aspect. There’s no telling what’s available now on the market. Only thing I screw with now is cheap set of walker razors I shoot in at my house

[next hound]

honestly valid af

[old portal]

No need for comms any longer so I’m just trying to protect the hearing I still have left

[next hound]

thats good

[distant shoal]

Don't worry, it's not service related.

[next hound]

real af

i got that concert hearing damage

[old portal]

Ha they actually rated mine service related. Funny thing is my platoon took a dismounted ied in 2007 with my squad taking it almost point blank. Knocked me out with serious concussion/TBI that now causes chronic migraine disorder. They rated the migraines but said the TBI that causes the migraines wasn’t service connected. Go figure

[exotic widget]

Thanks for your sacrafice and service

[grand mountain]

comtacs

[old portal]

🫡

[next hound]

thank you for sacraficing your ears for us mr flag

[old portal]

Ha thanks brother. Lotta guys here that did the same. Appreciate it tho

[next hound]

also just curious, what music did yall listen to back then over there? i have my dads old playlist from '07 and it is a lot of nu metal and 90's rap

[old portal]

So in 07 I was a rifle squad leader and the rule in my Stryker was every mission we left out on the song was Metallica Seek and Destroy. After that it was gunners choice. He was really into the current radio hits. Lots of Akon and T Pain was played in the Stryker. He had wired up his iPod with some spliced headphones to play thru the internal comm system

[next hound]

seek is such a sexy song

[echo dagger]

get a room you two

[old portal]

For some reason whenever we took prisoners off a target the return to fob/out post song was System of a Down toxicity

[next hound]

💔

[next hound]

thats an intresting choice

[old portal]

Best Metallica song by far

[next hound]

i just know the main song my dad listened to was bodies by drowning pool

[next hound]

honestly i prefer creeping death or shortest straw

[old portal]

Hated that song. Way overplayed in high school weight room

[next hound]

its still overplayed

and its 2024

honestly i think i should def learn it on guitar and when i go to like milsim west i'll have my acoustic and play it on acoustic lmao

it would be so funyn

funny

[pseudo fossil]

Good cover for opscore fast bump helmets?

M/L

[next hound]

do you plan on having any like ir strobes on top of it

because i recomend getting a scrim

[carmine shale]

I have a scrim and i wish I had a cover for mounting stuff under it

[next hound]

my airframe has velcro on it so i just use that

imma get an ir strobe soon

[pseudo fossil]

Yea I wanna have a few things on it like streamlight side winder

Plus I got all black kit half of these covers are in RG or multi cam

[next hound]

run black and RG

its sexy

anyways get a scrkm

scrim

breaks up your heads shape

and is infinite swag

or make your own panama scrim

[pseudo fossil]

Yea it is pretty pimp can’t lie