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US GI Load Bearing Vest LBV LBE

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SharmanAJUSMC:
ok i know you guys are all hyped up on your highspeed cyote brown chest rigs and stuff, however newbies should concider a used or new government issue Load Bearing Vest. I can personally attest to this gear as i spent some years using it in the Marine Corps.

there are two basic kinds of GI LBV, one is a molle vest basically and one is a vest with propriatary mag pouches.

the vest will hold six m16 style mags, and has two frag pouches. you must combine this gear with a duty belt (often refered to as a pistol belt) which you can use to attach any of the gi pouches or canteens. there are d rings on the back for holding a butt pack also.

this gear is really good, and VERY inexpensive, i got two gentlely used on ebay for $5 each!  similar deals can be had check out ebay.

the best thing about this gear is that it is designed to carry heavy loads, i doubt even the most fanatical airsofter could wiegh it down with as much gear as you do in real life, but he someone did they can rest assured that it will distribute the load evenly and still be comfortable.

take my word for it, high speed gear is cool to look at and to wear but not to buy, why spend so much on a vest when you could dump that money into some more mags, or bbs or what have you.

Firehead:
I too was issued one of these. The newer "enhanced" version is a piece of shit. Mag changes are a pain in my ass, and the shoulder pads are way to fuckin' big. I hate rucking with that thing on, the pads run up on the neck, and when you got a sunburn, that shit hurts. Performing a quick mag change is nearly impossible. I found that the grenade pouches are utterly useless. IMTing with frags in the pocket starts to hurt after a while. I'm having modification made to my issue LBV, hopefully that will improve EVERYTHING wrong with this LBV.

SharmanAJUSMC:
damn you guys got a shitty underfunded unit then, even the corps dropped the old school lbv for the interceptor vest a couple of years ago. I assume your a reservist, or station at huchuca (yes i spelledit wrong do i look indian to you?) why unit are you with?

SharmanAJUSMC:
you should have been wearing your flak/sapi plate carrier under your lbv so the grenade pouches would not hurt you.....

Firehead:
I'm in the ArNG. My what? I don't have one of those(I got a flak jacket, but we never wear it during training, especially becuase it does nothing to stop bullets).

I'm in the 1/158th Infantry Regt, Charlie Company. We are getting deployed in January, so we are going to get tons of new/good shit.

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