Minimalist chest rig1/18/2024 ![]() Moving on to the GP pouches, they're good construction and hold a decent amount of bullshit. I've gotten a little sidetracked here though. Installation with the precut ones you can buy is trivial, just slip it into the holes left over from the buckles and attach the other side to your MOLLE. Shameless plug for First Spear, I LOVE these things. The second, better solution is to retrofit your chest rig and cumberbund with First Spear Tubes. This isn't ideal, but it's easier to do than buckle the vanilla fastex ones. The first is to simply place four Grimlocks on your cumberbund and slot the pointy end through the holes left behind by the buckles (RIP) every time you don/doff. Both involve breaking off the buckle hardware on the chest rig (sorry folks). This also means it's really uncomfortable to unbuckle. This is similar to the TAPS (#FucktheTAPS). ![]() Firstly, this means you're likely disabling any sort of quick release functionality your armor has. Obviously these pouches will extend past the edge of your front plate pocket, and this is definitely a potential sticking point for this chest rig. They have both the velcro flap when not being used for radios as well as a bungee to secure a radio. ![]() The radio pouches are well designed and hold a PRC 152, 148 or 154 securely. I should also mention the pouches are pretty deep so it's not super easy to withdraw mags regardless, but they are secure, so that's good for you Airborne folks. There's also no way to add kydex or the like to secure mags without the bungees. This is compounded to the point of being straight stupid if you've got any sort of admin pouch above it. I've tried, and it's technically possible, but forget re-indexing them or even drawing them under stress. They are designed around USGI mags and do not fit PMAGs. The magazine pouches are probably its biggest failing as a chest rig. The UW Gen IV consists of 4 magazine pouches, 2 radio pouches, 2 GP pouches, and 4 pistol mag pouches. I have not noticed any problems persay, I just sometimes worry I'll lose my Garmin if it gets snagged on something. The only issues I have are that I am not confident with the durability of the elastic loops under stress and I would have preferred PALS webbing for tie down purposes. Mayflower Research & Consulting Gen IV UW Chest RigĬonstruction is good. I'll start with the Mayflower Research & Consulting Gen IV UW Chest Rig. I probably forgot something but I'm going to move on to the individual review section. Depending on your chest rig and plate carrier (IOTV or SPCS) this could be a big issue or a minor one. Awkward bucking/disable QR/other fuckery.You'll work around Travis Haley's *perfect design and you'll like it. I'll go over a few ways I've corrected this, but it should be mentioned. You can mitigate this on most chest rigs, but even so map pockets and velcro connections make for a sloppy attachment onto your plate carrier. The (high) potential for sloppy attachment.This also relegates you to 4 PALS loops across for admin pouches or whatever you need to hold your stupid leadership shit. No matter whether your rig is designed around Swiftclips or not, they're going to add bulk to your rig, right around the area I like to mount PTTs. Again, I think this is gimmicky AF but it's technically a feature. Probably not something 99% of us will do, but they theoretically allow for rapid loadout changes.I typically avoid layering anything on top of magazine pouches as it becomes excessively bulky. They stack pouches much better since the top pouches are sewn into the magazines behind them.Although it probably exists, I don't know of a 4 across magazine pouch that weaves into the standard 6x3 PALS webbing ubiquitous across modern plate carriers. They generally hold more magazines for the given space.As the name suggests, they are detachable which allows the user to wear his armor sans extra equipment (PT, range walking, etc) or to wear his equipment sans armor (JRTC, scout shit).I would say that detachable chest rigs have several advantages over MOLLE pouches (as well as disadvantages). ![]() I'm not in a position to say exactly why they're increasing in popularity, but I can speculate based on my own personal use. So it would seem that Swiftclip compatible detachable chest rigs are the new hotness in the Infantry. ![]()
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