Post by gbiscuit on Mar 31, 2009 22:49:26 GMT -5
This was posted by Basicload on LF awhile back. He is a guy who has BTDT and I figured it may help most - if not all - of you.
"my kit. For general patrolling (combined mounted and dismounted) use was wearing a paraclete plate carrier with SOF III+ plates.
No loadbearing gear, puches on the carrier.
2nd line:
3 5.56 magazines
1 17rd G-19 mag
1 M-67 frag
1 "banger"
1 PRC 148 MBITR
1 first aid "blowout kit" (no IV fluids)
Flex cuffs
In my pockets or on my rigger belt: NO-sub belt, NO drop leg ANYTHING.
pistol with 17rd mag
leatherman
"superknife" untility box cutter
copenhagen
extra batteries for NODS, light, and laser
extra pressure switch for laser
extra eye pro lens (tinted at night, clear during the day)
strip of VS-17 panel
pens
storm safe notepad
digital camera
2 craveats (ACU ankle pockets)
small Militec bottle
curlex (ACU ankle pockets)
4X Power Gels
3rd line:
Camel back HAWG:
2X 5.56 magazines
1 M-67 frag
Nods
extra curlex
extra 148 battery(s)
Lieca 1200 LRF
Pocket thermal monocular.
3X powerbar harvest
Total weight: less than 20 lbs.
If you cannot scale a wall, conduct a foot chase after a 140lb man for 3 blocks, or carry your buddy down a flight of stairs and out to the vehicle, then you are most likely overloaded for our current phase of the war.
Certain places are more dangerous than others of course, but 14 rifle mags and 4-5 hi cap pistol mags is a fucking joke. Whoever said "better to have and not need" did not plan to get support if they found themselves in the shit.
Am I light on ammo? Hell yes but its hard to find a stand up fight these days... If I find one, my truck with LOTs of loaded mags is just a short jog away.
Notable deletions from my kit...
Breaching charges- why? I can kick anything open inside a house and all outside doors are metal. Those are planned for. With my kit I can jump the wall and open the fucking gate anyway.
GPS- I know where the hummer is at. E&E? ok whatever. If I stay put and keep shooting, the CF will find me. I might consider a wrist mounted model in the future to go with the evasion map in my plate carrier.
AMMO-aim more, shoot less. Supressive fire is overrated, if I have to shoot more than my 5 mags on my 2nd line and rifle, then somebody is wounded or dead and I'll top off. secondary mags? I have 34 chances to shoot some punk bitch and take his rifle, those shots will occur at less than 25 meters, I'll crawl 25 meters up upgrade from 9mm to 7.62mmX39.
Survival radio: learn to program in those freqs to the MBITR and dump the green brick.
I'm not dogging you, I had the same unrealistic loads the first time I went to war too. (Fully loaded Rav W/ 10 mags and 4 radios! plus demo, etc etc) I had to learn in the mountains of the Ghan that my load was bullshit."
"my kit. For general patrolling (combined mounted and dismounted) use was wearing a paraclete plate carrier with SOF III+ plates.
No loadbearing gear, puches on the carrier.
2nd line:
3 5.56 magazines
1 17rd G-19 mag
1 M-67 frag
1 "banger"
1 PRC 148 MBITR
1 first aid "blowout kit" (no IV fluids)
Flex cuffs
In my pockets or on my rigger belt: NO-sub belt, NO drop leg ANYTHING.
pistol with 17rd mag
leatherman
"superknife" untility box cutter
copenhagen
extra batteries for NODS, light, and laser
extra pressure switch for laser
extra eye pro lens (tinted at night, clear during the day)
strip of VS-17 panel
pens
storm safe notepad
digital camera
2 craveats (ACU ankle pockets)
small Militec bottle
curlex (ACU ankle pockets)
4X Power Gels
3rd line:
Camel back HAWG:
2X 5.56 magazines
1 M-67 frag
Nods
extra curlex
extra 148 battery(s)
Lieca 1200 LRF
Pocket thermal monocular.
3X powerbar harvest
Total weight: less than 20 lbs.
If you cannot scale a wall, conduct a foot chase after a 140lb man for 3 blocks, or carry your buddy down a flight of stairs and out to the vehicle, then you are most likely overloaded for our current phase of the war.
Certain places are more dangerous than others of course, but 14 rifle mags and 4-5 hi cap pistol mags is a fucking joke. Whoever said "better to have and not need" did not plan to get support if they found themselves in the shit.
Am I light on ammo? Hell yes but its hard to find a stand up fight these days... If I find one, my truck with LOTs of loaded mags is just a short jog away.
Notable deletions from my kit...
Breaching charges- why? I can kick anything open inside a house and all outside doors are metal. Those are planned for. With my kit I can jump the wall and open the fucking gate anyway.
GPS- I know where the hummer is at. E&E? ok whatever. If I stay put and keep shooting, the CF will find me. I might consider a wrist mounted model in the future to go with the evasion map in my plate carrier.
AMMO-aim more, shoot less. Supressive fire is overrated, if I have to shoot more than my 5 mags on my 2nd line and rifle, then somebody is wounded or dead and I'll top off. secondary mags? I have 34 chances to shoot some punk bitch and take his rifle, those shots will occur at less than 25 meters, I'll crawl 25 meters up upgrade from 9mm to 7.62mmX39.
Survival radio: learn to program in those freqs to the MBITR and dump the green brick.
I'm not dogging you, I had the same unrealistic loads the first time I went to war too. (Fully loaded Rav W/ 10 mags and 4 radios! plus demo, etc etc) I had to learn in the mountains of the Ghan that my load was bullshit."