Issued Tac Vest

[JimmyPeeOn]

You've probably never heard of SDS either then!  :-*

 

[Canadian Sig]

Well I just did survey of the 8 of us in the office (all were in Afghan) and none of us ever saw a Sig guy with a TV on...

and the brief TV survey I just did scored 0/8 in our poll as well...


But hey if I want some comms related advice I'll email you.

Hey I know some of those guys from 1 Sigs and I'm not suprized they dont wear tv's...lol... I however was out on the road 7days a week as a dispatch rider...

But hey if I want a trench dug I'll email you...jk

 

[KevinB]

;D

Good DIG - pardon the pun.

True but if you are shooting and moving in a CQB environment the TV does not fit the bill.

 

[JimmyPeeOn]

Something that gives the troops leeway to place what they want, where they want it would be excellent.  Like a MOLLE system.  I'm a radio monkey, and if i had to carry ammo/water/frag/smoke/ and my specialist kit like extra antennas and batteries i would be screwed.  So I feel sorry for the infantry that cant get something else.

 

[McGowan]

Just started poll maybe we could get what the General veiw is!

 

[Infanteer]

There are many suitable replacements on the open market today.  The CF really has to do nothing but contract the appropriate companies to do the magic work - everything a guy could need is out there right now.  These companies work face-to-face with soldiers and are highly responsive to actual needs.

I don't get large design times - the work has already been done by aftermarket companies and soldiers who are willing to spend their own hard-earned bucks on kit.

As usual, the free market proves to be superior to a centrally driven, command controled system of procurement....

 

[silentbutdeadly]

the only issue i have with the tac vest is the fact you only have a mag pouch that holds one mag not two and the fact you can't change them , but that the army for you , all about looking the same and not looking for something practical. Oh who put down webbing in the poll ! like come on now ! frick

 

[KevinB]

Just started poll maybe we could get what the General veiw is!

Problem is on an open site you have people who have no right to give an opinion offer one.

 

[Infanteer]

Problem is on an open site you have people who have no right to give an opinion offer one.

I think Canadian Army Snipers should use the Dragunov....

 

[Korus]

the only issue i have with the tac vest is the fact you only have a mag pouch that holds one mag not two and the fact you can't change them

You'd think they could have made the mag pouches modular/exchangable like they did with the canteen/C9 pouches...

 

[Canadian Sig]

The whole thing should be interchangable or modular. 

 

[McGowan]

Problem is on an open site you have people who have no right to give an opinion offer one.

then they don't vote :

 

[Kal]

For those of us that remember the stats and pics of the 'JTF patrol vest' pappy posted awhile back, do you think that it would fit the bill?  Granted maybe a couple extra frag and DD pockets and some inserts for 40mm rounds.  It's already been designed and developed and probably has seen some operational use.

 

[McGowan]

you should post pics, Admins should add a part to Equipment were we can post pictures of gear, and bitch about it

 

[Burrows]

McGowan ... you can always use the

 

[Kal]

Anything and everything has negatives and downfalls to it, some just more than others.  Big pros for it; has been developed, compatible with other issue gear, good amount of load capacity and with a bit of tweaking could be configured for rifleman, grenadier, gunner, etc.

 

[KevinB]

One of my officers accuired it through a government auction

:

 

[McGowan]

McGowan ... you can always use the tags :P   and even the JTF-2 vest has its downfalls like loud clips and velcro.   combined with the lower canteen packs being somewhat hard to get on the go.   One of my officers accuired it through a government auction and I had the pleasure of trying it out on a weekend.
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aye. I didn't have the picture. But I'm happy with the old 82' webbing.. Hardly wear my webbing anymore, now that the tac vest is here, but I perfer webbing (82')

 

[Infanteer]

McGowan ... you can always use the tags :P   and even the JTF-2 vest has its downfalls like loud clips and velcro.   combined with the lower canteen packs being somewhat hard to get on the go.   One of my officers accuired it through a government auction and I had the pleasure of trying it out on a weekend.[/quote]

So, did he try it out in Iraq or Afghanistan?  Was it with plates and full battle load?

I'm agreeing with Kevin that the peanut-gallery is getting real loud on this thread....

 

[JimmyPeeOn]

Look on the bright side, it's not like we carry our gear in a bucket.  But I totallly agree we need something that is interchangable.  At very least for the Cbt arms.  The only real gripes I have about the vest is the lack of room for ammo, and my unit has us putting the rain gear in the C9 pouch.  What I fear is gonna happen there is that its going to rain in the field and the Pte's are going to get wet (and get hypothermia) rather than have to stuff that gear back in there.