Chest Rig vs Tac vest

[starlight_cdn]

Here are some of the Canadian suppliers that I have personally dealt with:

http://www.davesarmysurplus.com  -has mil discount

http://www.sealsactiongear.com- makes affordable custom gear

http://www.dropzonetactical.com -will make custom gear-lots of his stuff is in the Sandbox

http://www.smithtac.com- sells BlackHawk, Eagle and Surefire

http://www.roguemodular.com-Canadian made MOLLE

http://www.oneshottactical.com-Tactical Assault Gear, High Speed Gear, EagleIndustries, Oregon Areo, Drop Zone, Blue Force Gear, Wiley X, Tactical Intervention, Global Armour, Camelbak and a lots more. I have purchased more gear and equipment from One Sot Tactical than anyone else.

Have fun checking them out.

 

[Fusaki]

I'm looking at buying a chest rig within the next few months. After a bit of research, these are the ones that I've been most interested in:

Eagle Industries Rhodesian Recon Vest:
http://www.davesarmysurplus.com/product_info.php?cPath=42_43&products_id=100
Eagle is one of the most reputable companies in the industry, and the Rhodesian chest rig looks like a solid base for modular pouches.

SOTech/Lightfighter Falcon Chest Rig:
http://www.specopstech.com/st/catalog1.asp?view=product&id=1379
Has 6 built in mag pouches. This reduces the bulk on the chest rig, and frees up room for other stuff. With a 3 mag shingle on it, it seems like a very low-profile way to carry 9 mags.

Esstac Boar:
http://www.davesarmysurplus.com/product_info.php?cPath=42_43&products_id=566
This was also recommended to me, although I don't have as much information on it. Similar to the Falcon, it has 8 integral mag pouches. It is also produced in CADPAT.

Falcon Hydration Yoke:
http://www.specopstech.com/st/catalog1.asp?view=product&id=1276
Works with the Falcon and Esstac Boar, capable of holding a 3L Thermobak complete.

I havn't dealt with any of these companies personally, but after snooping around a bit these names keep popping up.

On a side note, has anyone used the Vicker's 2 Point Sling by Blue Force Gear?
http://blueforcegear.com/product.cfm?type=cat&cat_id=5&prod_id=79
It seems like a pretty snazzy piece of kit. I'm not a fan of 1 point slings, and this looks less "cluttered" then a 3 point sling.


*******EDIT******

Check out my Designing a load bearing system system thread:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/42545.0.html
I probably should have read that one before posting in this one....

***** 2nd Edit****

I just re-read the Designing a load bearing ststem thread. I swear I wasn't trying to steal KevinB's thunder!! I posted this before I read his response there!!!

 

[Britney Spears]

More importantly,  where you managed to find a Vicker's gun to need a sling for it?

 

[bilton090]

More importantly,  where you managed to find a Vicker's gun to need a sling for it?

:rofl:      That was great Britney !    :rofl:      :cheers:

 

[Honey_Coombs]

Why anyone would want to wear the issue TV that is barely adequate, when something else superior in design and function is available, is beyond me.  To say that the TV is adequate is quite a stretch, nonetheless. 

Good gear will assist you and should help in the effectiveness of your actions.  The extra seconds saved by speed and ease when drawing a fresh mag from a quality rig rather than the TV can save your life.  Is spending a few hundred bucks worth it?  To some, obviously not, but to others that realise quality gear can help you fight more effectively and can save your ***, it more than worth it.  Even if it is just for one tour.  Besides, should you choose to attend some extra-curricular courses, you sure can use it then. 

You're not fighting alone either.  Your covering your buddies and they're entrusting their lives to you, wouldn't you want to fight the most effectively for them also?

How is it not adequate? I find it perfectly suited to my needs; perhaps you're being too hard on it. Though, my question still stands - what is wrong with the TV Tac Vest?

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

It is not modular and can't adapt it to changing needs such as carrying 10+ mags comfortably.  You do realize this thread is 4 years old that you just opened.

 

[brihard]

How is it not adequate? I find it perfectly suited to my needs; perhaps you're being too hard on it. Though, my question still stands - what is wrong with the TV Tac Vest?

Honey_Coombs - Undoubtedly it is perfectly suited to your needs. When I myself was a private in the PWOR I never had to carry more than five magazines. Overseas I carried double that, and I had a light load by virtue of just doing convoys. Riflemen in the battlegroup frequently carried fifteen mags. C9 gunners often had a box on the gun and three more in their vest.

Let's imagine, hypothetically, that you have such a load. You not only need to carry it, but it has to be accessible. The TACVEST does not solve that problem. The magazines are very poorly placed, and you only have easy immediate access to four of them. If you're a C9 gunner, your boxes are off to the side in pouches painfully notorious for making it hard to extract the box.

A proper rig should be modular to allow each soldier to configure theirs accordingly. A right handed shooter will want a different layout from a left handed shooter. A C9 gunner has different needs entirely, as does a C6 gunner. I saw at least one C9 gunner overseas using the old webbing because at least it allowed him to carry more boxes, and get at them more easily.

The reserves all too frequently adapt the kit we carry to the constraints of what we have to carry it in. Up at the Camerons we've had a few exercises where, for shits and giggles, we talked QM into giving everyone ten mags; 'train as you fight'. A few of the older guys who've not been over had conniption fits, but it was a good lesson learned.

The days of carrying five magazines as a standard battle load are over and done with. Our kit needs to adapt to that. In time, and with experience, you'll learn this too.

As a final note, please look at the date a thread was last posted on before you reply. You've revived a seriously dead thread.

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[Loachman]

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