Mission drives the gear- what chest rigs work best for what roles?
You just enlightened me to this paticular item! It covers a lot of the bases I was looking for. Thanks for sharing!My context for a chest rig is for Military (currently a reserve Infantryman). I use an LBT 2586G chest rig, with two Eagle canteen utlity pouches (one each side), then a smoke, a frag, a TQ, small Admin and a strap cutter on the front. Carries 6 mags. Med kit is a fanny pack.
for LE work I use a plate carrier opposed to a chest rig.
If you use a chest rig, you really need to hit up EGL for a VOCR rig. A custom chest rig is pretty badass. I love mine. Will post pics later on. for context, I am an active duty infantry squad leader.
Diamondback Tactical chest rig, with fixed 5.56 pouches and pistol mag/GP pouches
Do you ever find yourself feeling like you are lacking or handicapped by showing up without hard plates? Granted im assuming you are wearing soft vest to start with.I currently have a Haley Strategic D3CR as my Active Shooter/ Major Incident kit for work as a patrol cop. I've obviously got the 4- M4 and 2 pistol mags along with medical kit, 2 pairs of cuffs, flashlight, knife, and chemlights. I just through this on top of my uniform so it's in addition to my duty belt loadout and medical supplies I'm already carrying.
I like this set-up because it's easy to don which, for Active Shooters, allows me to make contact with the shooter faster to stop them from murdering and either fight me or self select while still having a capable loadout upon arrival. I can even put it on while seated in the driver seat of my car.
Do you ever find yourself feeling like you are lacking or handicapped by showing up without hard plates? Granted im assuming you are wearing soft vest to start with.