For carrying a patrol/sustainment load without armor, I dunno if it gets a lot better. I own mystery ranch and shit like that but honestly, that web belt and y harness is so comf

have you considered the WAS kit?

Maybe a little bit battle-rattle-y

Not familiar with it

truth be told I much prefer the older H harness over the Y types

doesnt dig into the neck that much

now, Warrior Assault Systems made a belt kit based on the british type with improved yoke harness and stuffs, so if ya wanna do upgrades, that might be a decent pick

or, HSGI Slimgrip/Suregrip belts if you're into belt and harness system

but the current operators use Ronin belts anyway

brecon shit is gud

get a high back blast belt and a harness

The m1956 harness is cool but H harnesses don’t work as well for me in general, I think it’s a personal pref thing there

I have a ronin task force, it’s definitely my go to war configuration

What I do with the alice setup is have a “street legal” loadout. I use a pvs7 pouch instead of a holster, and depending on the area’s knife laws, can take the bayonet off easily

Hey at least you know what a 56 harness is

You know how many retards I've met that talk about their half asses ALICE setup and Vietnam in the same breath

Yeah, I mean, some understandable confusion given the similarities and cross compatibility and all that. But yep, Alice gear didn’t even exist until 72-73

Although the field pack was apparently not standard issue Vietnam web gear either, apparently it was bx surplus M1956 gear and some guys just picked it up

Lots of old FMs and TCs on archive.org, fun to peruse

I’m just doing Alice. I like muh 30 round magazine pouches.

Hrmph

Have a very shitty kit

Wikipedia shows OG MLCE with a field pack

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernized_Load-Carrying_Equipment

Psssh not bad Pilgrim

>when the inside is more interesting than the front

Oooh I like the whisper style attachment

I might be looking for a source of Hypalon to improve it

Here’s my currently very rugged surplus kit

so far the AR pouch and the IFAK pouch fits like a glove, the SAW pouch is a bit saggy and the Eagle pistol pouch is damn moving everywhere

so the dimensions for ALICE is at least correct

I need another mag pouch, other than that just going to add the medium pack

Ignore the multitude of mre spoons lol

What I’d really like is a two part backpack solution

With a lightweight hydration bladder and tiny day pack permanently on the harness, and a 30-40L ruck that can be quick detached

May have to just make it myself but if anyone knows of something, would be much obliged

I just don’t want to deal with so many sets of straps. One good harness should be enough

hmm, figure out how to put a WAS harness and then attach a Camelback on it?

I was looking at something like that. I’ve seen people do a small camelbak then a medium Alice, but you end up with two or three sets of shoulder straps then

There’s got to be a way that I tie the camelbak into the harness, and then rig some kind of QD pack on the outside of it in a stable tight config