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is the "Tease the Soldier" site
I thought the name was officially changed to "Fool The Soldier". ;D
is the "Tease the Soldier" site
Bossi - I dont think rank should be on the TV - it is the only "afterthought" I agree on with the TV
bossi said:Thanks for all the chuckles ... (i.e. re: kit list for tac vest ...)
One of the buckles tore off while I was getting out of a two-door (German) version of the Mercedes Wolf - seems the old-fashioned problem of "catching on stuff" still exists ... at least for me.
I liked having the bayonet in front, and put a rank epaulette over it (which also served to cover up the scabbard)- a better fit, too, as compared to having the epaulette flopping around on the strap up by the shoulder (... where it seemed to be an after-thought ...)
As for socks ... sheeyah, right ... I carried ammo in every nook and cranny, plus a few "power bars", first aid essentials, and civvie pattern mine tape (took up less space than CF mine tape). Soft stuff like gloves went into the trouser cargo pockets (since it banged and bounced slightly less painfully than hard stuff ...). Pocket knives in my pockets, on my belt, and on my tac vest (so I could always find one in any situation).
Kit list for tac vest ... that's a good one ... hohoho ...
48Highlander said:As for the rank, I seem to be the only one in the regiment who's hit on the idea of wearing it over the scabbard. I have a pretty good reason for it though, I have the TV adjusted so it rides high up on the chest, which means the rank won't fit on the shoulder strap. There's no way in heck I'm going to change the way I wear my vest just so I can have my rank in the same place as everyone else, no matter who tells me to do it.
Brihard said:Our unit's been experiencing some real hassle trying to get our tacvest. I beleive an OCdtfrom the Hast&PER mentioned earlier that his unit was the only one in 33bde not to have it- beg pardon sir, but you aren't the only one in those shoes. The PWOR was supposed to get them ages ago, but apparently we didn't get any in the 'large' size. Our RQMS has thus decided to hold off issue until we get the large size in- even though we don't have anyone in the unit who couldn't fit in a medium! To add insult to injury, a few people HAVE been issued TVs either because they went to the Bde MilSkills competition, or were one of the people who received avest as a 'reward' for performing well on a weekend FTX. Sorry, but I think that's just ridiculous- but what do I know? I'm just a private.
Strikes me that a simple, and even bureaucratically justifiable fix to at least one TV problem would be to simply expand the four mag pouches so that each can hold two mags instead of one. That gives you 8 + 1 in rifle. very little more mag stuffing needed, in comparison.
Tell me, is there any way to wear a TV and an 82 belt at the same time, mybe with the belt zap strapped or tied to the bottom of the TV? That would make it child's play to jury-rig a buttpack to it, but because the buttpack rides low, you could probably wer both it AND the day pack/nuke bag at the same time, giving you more 'stuff' capacity.
It's a sad state the the tail is wagging the dog in terms off soldiers' kit. Why not simply go with a commercial off-the-shelf acquisitions program for a high capacity MOLLE system? If they can spend millions on COTS trucks from Chey, surely they could afford somthing similar for the legs who have to carry their stuff...
I would hypothesize that when the TV concept was dreamed up, it probably was state of the art, but the kind of truly flexible adaptable MOLLE type systems readily available on the market now render it outdated, before it's even been fully issued.
Why not simply go with a commercial off-the-shelf acquisitions program for a high capacity MOLLE system?
i.e. 4 single mag pouches, bayonet verticaly in the front, etc. I don't see how either of these features are particularly good,
However In my current experience with the TV, it suits most Combat Support and Combat Service support trades as we do not need as much "immediate" (up front access) MAG Capacity (My opinion of course, some will ddisagree.)
[irony]Dude! So your bayonet is right there! Like when you need to whip it out in a hurry! Like your manning a VCP and all of a sudden there is a requirement to rapidly fix bayonets and begin bayoneting something. I think it is part of our doctrine to be able to fix bayonets at a moment's notice even if it means it is positioned in exactly the least convenient position for everything else you need to do. I think it is DLR/ NDHQ doctrine at least.[/irony]
Chop said:I think they should design our new CADPAD shirt to hold two or four mags in the breast pockets and maybe hold one or two mags in a slit of the shirt cargo pocket. I do not think it is the greatest solution but one that can be easily done.