Re: Gear Queer or Well Equiped?
Waldo, love the name.
When I kitted in the sandbox, both deployment load outs were similar much like guys above and previously said. Your load is mission dependent and the Rock is a lot different. Yours seems pretty light, but you may want to keep it that way, but probably I'd like 10 more mags secured to your pak.
Mounted When we were mounted lite and I gunned, I had a med kit and an IBA, m4a4 comp m4 co witness (matech rear), pec 2, weapon light,rifle and a 6x magazine satchel as a secondary system. Vest was in the vehicle, we had a box of magazines that we regularly loaded and unloaded. Like 50 or so in the vehicle + a minimum combat load & 1000-2000 primary weapons system ammo (50/240 either or) Nods mounted at night in pouch on vest during daylight hours.
Mounted driving/dismount/TC I had a tac vest & drop leg pouch. 9 mags and a drop leg medical kit (pretty much cls without fluid bags), glow sticks, batteries, medivac/casevac signaling eqpt, IR strobe, magnesium fire starter, nods, camel back, multi tool, small light, , zip cuffs, zip ties, 50 ft 550, protein bars, electrolyte tabs, ROE/SOP/ mission essential info. Camel bak Tourniquet in left bottom leg, eye pro in right side, right pocket sping loaded utility blade.
Radios were usually belt mounted and clipped to gear for no snagging.
Thermite grenade was under the radios for quick ditch if you had to boogey.
3 day Gear bags were in rear of vehicle (assault pack). Usually didn't bother with MOP masks were secured to packs or inside.
Dismount local we'd kit with 10 mags, 2-6 flash or grenades, 3-6 smoke grenades (TL's/SL), 6 pin flares 14-20 m203 different rounds split load in pack. 6-1200 rounds SAW load per squad. SDM had own load SOP dependent on weapon m/14 usually m16 w/acog.
Depending on roll in raids or short strawing it, sometimes we'd swap m9's in my squad. I preferred drop leg pistol or low ride holster. Personally though I think the weight is better spent on more mags+ ammo. I always and still use a riggers belt, because they're durable and velcro, always clipped my vest in and leg rig in as well, we still had Interceptors and not the newer style MTV's.
You'll find if you're humping a lot that I'd suggest you jerry rig a lot of gear with 100 mile and hour tape (your best friend), zip ties (a close second) & padding against your body. I'd reccomend mole skin against your body and soft foam padding at wear spots.
We never wore shoulder kev, neck collar was mandatory, neck front was suppossed to be mandatory, crotch kev was personal choice, we put the heavy side plates up and didn't use them. You'll find dependent on your armor load your rig will vary, based on bulkyness. Also weapon harness I liked a 1 point wolf hook or simple carabiner & a piece of 550 through the stock of my m4. When I rocked a short saw a few times I tapped up the sling & made it a shoulder wrapped 1 point.
