"You want to keep it as light as possible on my plate carrier I only have..... 10 mags, door charges, 3 med kits, 2 flashbangs, 2 grandesm camel back, NV, 2 day sacks"..... I'd hate to see what you SF guys take out for a non "basic" loadout lol. Good video though, appreciated
@@tinnyshoots6129 the reason he gives for side mags is so you can reach them from either side. Funny thing is: that's why you put them on the front, then run a kangaroo rack on your main triple rack for bangs, charges, more mags, flashlights. Shit, you can put anything in a kangaroo pouch. Lotta guys don't like more stuff on the front besides the standard 3 rack because it makes driving mil vehicles tedious, and that's true. Those kangaroo pouches usually remain empty, METT-TC dependent. Also, typically there is a happy/fast mag on the support side of your plate carrier AND your belt. That puts you at 5x (or potentially 8x) 5.56 mags. Two short of a basic combat load. Those last mags can be in a quick access on the back of your kit or in a pouch on your back as your last ditch backup. Lotta guys also run a kangaroo pouch on the support side as well for multi-use. However, kit preferences are like assholes: everybody's got one. But there definitely are better and worse setups depending on mission.
I've been watching a bunch of your older videos like this one lately, because they've been showing up in my feed. This video was great, definitely a serious and to the point plate carrier! You have everything you need and nothing you don't.
Things have come along way since I served in Division (82nd ABN) 1982-1985. all we had back then was combat belt ammo pouches and canteen holders w 1qrt canteens!! Thx for your video AATW!!
I really like a lot of points made in this. Too bad my unit forces us to waste space with our IFAK and NVG pouches on the sides, which then makes us stack our rifle mags front and center. I much prefer mags on the sides and putting the stuff I don't need immediate access to in the back, like you show.
Carl, I've called you out plenty over the years. You still and always have made great videos. I want to wish you and your family the best for 2022 and I hope I never have to apply what you have taught me, other than to " do my own thing" Happy Holidays you old softy :)
No thanks needed, I served a very short period, I had a bad shoulder! Got sent home! I understand completely how important you guys are, and to see disrespect to those who serve or served, negative! I'm not and never considered myself a soilder by any means! I never earned that title! But I was still proud and took the same oath and stand by that oath today!
Even as a civilian like myself (medically disqualified as well), we can take steps to protect ourselves and others. Violence and evil exist in this world and preparedness and training are priceless.
I can tell you now, every part of the gear these men carry have a specific reason to be on his Rig! Be respectful of the comments you make to these men,they do what they do so we can sleep better at night! If you do not understand then ask! These guys are teaching you things that they damn near died learning! Remember everything has its purpose! Learn from them, and respect them!
I like the mention of carry what YOU need and that other units carry other stuff. Even for civilian kits. Don’t carry what he does specifically just carry what you need. He’s giving reasons that have words of wisdom as to why this is here or there. Don’t carry useless junk, patches etc.
I still go back and watch old videos. It just feels like things are getting weirder in the world and I need to keep my brain sharp. Thanks for the video.
I love your videos, Very informative. also thanks for taking the time to further Educate us Civi's on how to practically set up our kits. P.S Thank your for your Sacrifices
Meh, to each their own. Every instructor, even the bad ones, generally have hidden gems. If you consider what he is saying as bullshit that is your opinion. What he is spouting mirrors a large portion of what military and law enforcement officers say. Put up your own videos and opinions and let people compare instead of simply bashing people.
@@TacticalRifleman the one most important thing I noticed is that the operator isn't just valuable to foreign countries, but an added asset to our own. What I learned in two weeks from 5th group was a Life Time of knowledge. I guess my point being is the things you you guys learn (these simple things) you need to pass on. As an NCO I was told to never sit on knowledge. Always pass it on. There's so many simple tasks you the operator know to minimize your thinking process, I believe it's your obligation to share with others. Not necessarily on this forum because of security clearance and so on. But to our fellow brothers and sisters.. There's always a platform to which we can share and pass on our experiences. Thank you brother for carrying the flag!!
Excellent Question. You’ll see in a couple other videos that I do sometimes run a Breaching Shotgun behind my right shoulder. So, it’ easier to already have a home for the shells than it is to try to add one while you are heading out to the helicopter. Plus, even if I don’t carry a shotgun on that op, if we hit a building with dozens of locked doors, we have shells we can quickly pass to the Shotgunner if he runs low. Picture a hospital or school; how many heavy push doors are there? Sometimes hundreds. So, a few extra shells never hurts.
Shotguns are so common place in a unit these days, 4 shotgun shells would be a life saver to the man carrying it. They aren't hard to store and don't weigh much either
Ironically, I was just looking for ideas on this to update my rig. One thing we did on the private security team I was on was to place our trauma kit in the same place on all of our kits so we all knew where at least one was so we didn't have to search for in when patching him up.
Zack, That was my unit's SOP, so I followed it. I do have a med pouch (on my belt) that I can reach with both hands. Many of you bitching about my "back kit" can't reach their own front kit, if that side arm was incapacitated. There is only limited real estate on the front. I can reach tourniquets and my Med Pouch with either arm injured. Can you? If so, fine; run what works for you. Thanks for watching. TR.
I personally prefer little to nothing on the front. When the shooting starts, two inches that mags add is huge when inches from death. I also hate cleaning my mags before reloading the AR-15. I'm not saying mags on the front are wrong, just not preferred by me for that reason. Thanks everyone for letting me put my two cents in.
I really would love a video on a SAW gunner kit set up please. I'm trying to find ways to be effective and lethal without carrying 1000 rounds on front of my chest and sucking while I need to suppress the enemy
Not a big fan of the tourniquet attached to body armour, particularly CATs. The velcro gets gummed up with mud/sand etc as soon as you go prone which makes it much less sticky. The plastic windlass bars on CATs also snap easily when it gets wedged between the plate and the ground when prone or if you dump your armour (we've all done it). Our SOP is to keep one in each arm pocket and 2 in the med pouch. You can never have enough TQs in an IED rich environment.
Sgt C4 I'd say 2 is a minimum. Our standard is 2 for a femoral wound. You can bleed out from a femoral hit in minutes, so experience has dictated that we don't waste time assessing the effectiveness of the 1st one. Just smash 2 on from the get go.
great video. had an exercise this week and had ammo pouches on the front sides of my vest. had to low crawl and they weren't in the best place. I am a leaner and lighter is better. first back surgery and a pending second helps me keep all the gucci shit off me and and spread the word to my guys. thanks for the info
I keep seven 5.56 mags and five 9mm mags on my kit along with a small Camelback backpack attached to my kit and that's it... I keep two 9mm mags and two 5.56 mags along with a dump pouch a knife and my holster on my war belt and my med kit is a fannypack i usually wear backwards having the pack against my back. That's been my set up for over 10 years
I run a slick carrier. Beez. Then my chest rig is mission dependent. 308, Recce, or whatever. They are all set up pretty similar so muscle memory works across all rigs. That's just how I was trained.
Well, you never know when you need to know this. Better pay attention. I've read several books written by SF operators but in all honesty, in a crisis situation, I doubt I'll remember it. In theory I know everything I need to do from protecting myself from a bomb blast to a hostage situation. In practice, training primes theory
Try fitting a Harris SPR and the new Harris Falcon on your gear... I run with FasMags on my 5 mags, I just find them better than any other pouch on the market. My two TQ's are in the "triangle" area on my chest and the second is in my med pouch (IFAG). But its realy up to what the rifleman needs and his job. I got a ton of crap I need to carry with me besides stuff that goes boom and finding a place for my 9mm mags is next to impossible
Great video, but for me being torn up with physical injuries from climbing ladders for 35 years I can't carry much unless I plan on mounting a turret in my Argo
Great video thank you, and thank you for your service. Can you do a video on how you set up your War Belt? What if you had to ditch your body armor what would you keep on your belt to keep you in the fight. Thanks.
Can you do a video on your rifles? I saw the "how a navy seal sets up his rifle" video. Loves it. Just wanted to see all the other rifles ive seen while watching your vids.
While working security we were placed on outlook in the middle of fucking nowhere it was so dark u couldn't see a fucking foot infront of you, we lost all that coolguy attitude real fast and we were fucking lucky we went through all that where's my " " training.
It's interesting that you have two ifaks. Both meant for yourself but used by different people. We in the normal Army have one ifak for myself or a teammate to use on the individual soldier it belongs to.
Go with what you know and what you practice with. My old unit's SOP was to go heavy on the med gear. Better to have and not need, than run out in a fight. Notice I mentioned "what you practice with." Many units, unfortunately, don't do enough medical training. Several of the items in a issue IFAK I consider a waste, and are dumped to carry more items that have multiple uses. Thanks for watching and for you comments. Strength & Honor, TR.
Hey guys! Love this video, has this setup for Karl changed specifically at all? And how does Zee set up his kit? Would be super interested in an updated video, potentially talking about different ways you might also modify your set up for different tasks and requirements.
I don't wear armor now, as I am retired. I do have several sets for teaching classes, depending on the client and situation. If the need arises where I need Kit...I'll just put this same set back on. Thanks for watching, TR
As set up in the video, what is the overall weight, minus water in the bladder? Also, what type of armor plates are you running? Inquiring minds wanna know. Thanks for the Intel Dump, Brother. God Bless, Be Safe and..... Overnout
I want to start off by saying thank you for your service to our country and thank you for making videos like this because I like to hang out with that drink and stuff and learn what they know especially setting up something like this cuz I've never been in the military I have no clue what I'm doing. Put the pool guy stuff on there because it's cool but now I'm learning not so cool if you need it in a hurry keep it to the minimal I'm trying to figure out which is better a chest carrier or a plate carrier I wish somebody would answer me and let me know that it answer to that question
really like this video but I see in some comment people who complain but never ben on battleground probably my opinion is to do what best suits you I cook for a living and most of the time I see that you never do the same from what teach you in school you handle your equipment from what is best for you I the result is good you don't do anything wrong
That's all well and good for the military guys, they have a supply and logistics train that is miles long. If societal collapse happens, most of us ( AKA : Civilians ) don't have the luxury of combat resupply in the field ( by air if necessary ), trained and well supplied medics to patch us up and give us a fat shot of morphine and tranquilizers if we catch a round or 6 ( and believe me, if you catch a round, especially in a place that requires medivac or you will die, another luxury most don't have, you are going to beg for powerful opioids and benzos [a strong shot of morphine and Valium, or similar] ). We have to think of everything we need and decide how much of what to bring to cover all bases and still be mobile and combat effective. Not an easy feat. This means lots of mags for your rifle and your pistol, vacuum sealed ammo to reload those mags at least once ( I use a kitchen vacuum sealer and label the bags as to caliber, bullet weight and type, number of rounds, and so on ), combat knife, a couple pipe bombs ( we don't have military explosives and grenades ), drugs and meds, full trauma kit, and lots more. This is among the reasons I don't run plates ( I'd rather carry that extra 30 pounds in ammo and gear ) or plate carriers, I use Tac Vests and chest rigs ( since I mostly use AKMs for rifles and .45ACP for pistols, preferences of weapons are usually a Yugoslavian M-70 rifle or the Zastava ZPAP M-70 rifle, and Glock 21 .45ACP pistol ), I usually carry/wear and train with a Russian ANA Vest Alpha chest rig, and Spetsnaz Tactical Vest to carry rifle mags, meds bags, trauma kit, and so on, and military pistol belt to carry my pistol in a single attachment point thigh holster with attached mag pouch, 4 double pistol mag pouches [MOLLE compatible type, 2 on each side of the buckle], along with my KA-BAR combat knife, rifle bayonet, sometimes a newer style GI butt-pack at the small of my back, and sometimes also a short-bladed machete or Vietnam Ranger tomahawk also on the belt ( never anything pistol and blades on the chest rig/tac vest, that's what your pistol belt is for ), and usually an assault pack with MOLLE ( I generally use a U.S.M.C. APBO3 assault pack ). Large rucks are most likely going to be kept at or near the "jump-off" point. A couple people will scavenge up a vehicle or 2 when the objective has been taken and the wounded treated, drive back to pick up everyone's large combat rucks and some resupply, and replace any wounded that aren't combat effective with fresh replacements, should we have those luxuries. That's the plan anyway, plus as many contingency plans as we can think of and train for. Being a group of trained civilians with limited resources and manpower is way different than being a much larger group of military with all the logistics and resources to resupply everything as much as you want, plus the ability to call in tanks/various mechanized support, air-strikes, artillery and mortars, close in air support, paratroopers/air mobile reinforcements to absail from Black Hawks while Apaches circle around with heavy loads of lots of firepower and keep everyone apprised of the sitrep with a bird's eye view using FLIR
Can you make a video going in depth on your complete radio/comms set up? I'm particularly interested in your antenna and how you stowed it, and how it is connected to your radio. I'm also curious if you're using steel or ar500 plates with your antenna set up, and if so if you've noticed if it's affected your radios ability to receive/broadcast. Keep up with the great videos!
We'll look at doing a radio setup video down the road. As for antenna placement, I run it up behind my pouches on the back of my PC, and then connect it to the radio via a coax cable. Radio needs to be where you can access it to change channels. I do not run metal plates in a my PC. Titanium plates are great for very low-profile concealable body armor, but not for Assault kit.
Seems reasonable. I agree with the mantra. ounces equal pounds, pounds equal pain. My only question is do you really not use some type of dump pounch (mag retaining pouch)? Maybe that was on your belt and I just missed it..
I set my gear up to have a backpack, so most my mags are up front, not on sides for balance. And with the bag I cant carry the extra weight of having 900 more mags on the cummerbund. There are 6 additional 30rd mags on molle in the rear if I happen to get into one of "those" engagements. But for 99.9% of everything else 4 30rd for my primary and 3 24rd side arm mags are enough up front. My coms are also on the bag and helmet. That bag is a lot more important too me than a carrier if I have to ditch something. Rest of my shits on my belt and legs.
I carried 7 full 5.56 mags, 5 full 9mm mags, a Kbar and a Benchmade Adamas, Alice pack, Med pack, camelback, 2 MREs 2 crash grenades, 2 flash, 1 smoke, a Leatherman tool, NV gear extra gloves and whatever else I thought needed based on the missions
Hi Karl some questions: 1. do your rifle mag bother you during transition to the pistol? i think that they might. 2 what medical gear you keep in your bicept pockets. 3. how come you do not have rifle mags infront? 4. why haven 2 IFAKs when your No2 can find in the back also the IFAK you keep in your belt. 4. the back pouches why have them when you can use a small backpack. isn't it easier to have a backpack. Ok for CQB i do agree to have mags and flashbangs in the back. but in general my experience is that it is better to have stuff in abackback. i would like to hear your insigh. 5. where you keep your radio? thank man
it is a Blackhawk Nightedge mounted on the front of the armor. It is a high quality knife with a number of great features. There is also a small fixed-blade knife (by the front buckle of the belt) for when I don’t have my body armor on. We have a video about having a knife on your body armor: th-cam.com/video/GbmWD0O4JJg/w-d-xo.html
Typically carrying a shorty as a breaching tool, still running a rifle like all the other guys. It's a no-no to directly engage an enemy combatant with a shotgun anyway.
I know it's a pain in the ass. But, If you could make another in depth (step by step) walk through of your plate carrier and your battle belt that would be outstanding!
lol just carry what you need. we got a toaster a microwave an entire ammo can slung off the right shoulder. and oh you gotta have an explosive breaching charge and a detonator that shits a must.
Hey there and greetings from Germany. Great video. However I have one question about how you transport your Tourniquets. I was told that the material and integrity of a Tourniquet may suffer if exposed to direct sunlight over long periods of time, which is why they should apparently be carried in pouches. Can you tell me, whether there is any validity to this?
Sunlight breaks down everything. However, my tourniquets will wear out from training with them WAY before the sunlight breaks them down. Train with your gear. TR
"You want to keep it as light as possible on my plate carrier I only have..... 10 mags, door charges, 3 med kits, 2 flashbangs, 2 grandesm camel back, NV, 2 day sacks"..... I'd hate to see what you SF guys take out for a non "basic" loadout lol. Good video though, appreciated
We don't actually set up our kit like this. I've never seen a guy, on ANY oda in my bn, set up their kit like this.
@@Chrunops especially curious about no mags on the front but mags on the primary side
@@tinnyshoots6129 the reason he gives for side mags is so you can reach them from either side.
Funny thing is: that's why you put them on the front, then run a kangaroo rack on your main triple rack for bangs, charges, more mags, flashlights. Shit, you can put anything in a kangaroo pouch.
Lotta guys don't like more stuff on the front besides the standard 3 rack because it makes driving mil vehicles tedious, and that's true. Those kangaroo pouches usually remain empty, METT-TC dependent.
Also, typically there is a happy/fast mag on the support side of your plate carrier AND your belt. That puts you at 5x (or potentially 8x) 5.56 mags. Two short of a basic combat load. Those last mags can be in a quick access on the back of your kit or in a pouch on your back as your last ditch backup. Lotta guys also run a kangaroo pouch on the support side as well for multi-use.
However, kit preferences are like assholes: everybody's got one. But there definitely are better and worse setups depending on mission.
@@Chrunops I can see your points, I’m thrown off because to me it’s a sorta backwards way of thinking tbh
they also have a bow and an rpg in their pocket for some reason
Sweet and to the point - no fancy introduction or goodbye poems - absolutely love it!
"Up here I keep a firing system for an explosive door charge"...... hell yea, just what I need.....
Glad there was no sugar coating on the video. Short and to the point. Thumbs up
I've been watching a bunch of your older videos like this one lately, because they've been showing up in my feed. This video was great, definitely a serious and to the point plate carrier! You have everything you need and nothing you don't.
Things have come along way since I served in Division (82nd ABN) 1982-1985. all we had back then was combat belt ammo pouches and canteen holders w 1qrt canteens!! Thx for your video AATW!!
i was there 86-90. people are clueless about duty at Bragg .
I really like a lot of points made in this. Too bad my unit forces us to waste space with our IFAK and NVG pouches on the sides, which then makes us stack our rifle mags front and center. I much prefer mags on the sides and putting the stuff I don't need immediate access to in the back, like you show.
Get a war belt buddy, move some of that load to your hips
Karl was jacked as f*ck 😮💨 six short year’s ago 🧐
Carl, I've called you out plenty over the years. You still and always have made great videos. I want to wish you and your family the best for 2022 and I hope I never have to apply what you have taught me, other than to " do my own thing" Happy Holidays you old softy :)
Merry Christmas
Excellent, no-nonsense assault kit rundown. Thanks for the reminders!
No thanks needed, I served a very short period, I had a bad shoulder! Got sent home! I understand completely how important you guys are, and to see disrespect to those who serve or served, negative! I'm not and never considered myself a soilder by any means! I never earned that title! But I was still proud and took the same oath and stand by that oath today!
I will never be an Operator, cus of my health issues, but this channel is amazing. Love it and hate it in the same moment.
Even as a civilian like myself (medically disqualified as well), we can take steps to protect ourselves and others. Violence and evil exist in this world and preparedness and training are priceless.
I've been a subscriber for about 2 months...this is the best channel on YT!
Thanks! we appreciate the comment. Help us grow our channel by sharing with anyone you know who might be interested. Strength and Honor, TR
you don't have to help us, but dam glad you do ... maybe we will survive shtf now...
You should check out Tu Lam aka Ronin on YT Green Beret
valuable information.
I can tell you now, every part of the gear these men carry have a specific reason to be on his Rig! Be respectful of the comments you make to these men,they do what they do so we can sleep better at night! If you do not understand then ask! These guys are teaching you things that they damn near died learning! Remember everything has its purpose! Learn from them, and respect them!
Thanks for the support, TR
Dude nice background!!!... junkyard looks warlike........makes the viewer more intrigued......!!!!!!!!
I thought it was filmed In Detroit
I like the mention of carry what YOU need and that other units carry other stuff. Even for civilian kits. Don’t carry what he does specifically just carry what you need. He’s giving reasons that have words of wisdom as to why this is here or there.
Don’t carry useless junk, patches etc.
you need patches to be identified, you tryin to pull a sneaky on me?
@@smackdatmoney medical, ID or flag I understand. The rest is junk. Too many think it’s a coloring sticker book or a platform for personal views.
@@mtower235 I might run 1 personal patch but I think a plate carrier with more is kinda cringey
I still go back and watch old videos. It just feels like things are getting weirder in the world and I need to keep my brain sharp.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching, TR
I love your videos, Very informative. also thanks for taking the time to further Educate us Civi's on how to practically set up our kits.
P.S Thank your for your Sacrifices
Thanks for taking the time to comment. We put out a new video every Friday so subscribe and keep checking back with us. Strength and Honor, TR
Got an,idea for how you run your rig. Now how about your battle belt? Good vids, short and sweet.
Please, Ignore the BS espoused by this guy. He might have a hidden gem, but I couldn't get through the crap to find it.
Meh, to each their own. Every instructor, even the bad ones, generally have hidden gems. If you consider what he is saying as bullshit that is your opinion. What he is spouting mirrors a large portion of what military and law enforcement officers say. Put up your own videos and opinions and let people compare instead of simply bashing people.
That is because you aren't a real operator.
Excellent vid, would've been great before I deployed. Operators have a no nonsense approach. Love that.. thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching, TR
@@TacticalRifleman the one most important thing I noticed is that the operator isn't just valuable to foreign countries, but an added asset to our own. What I learned in two weeks from 5th group was a Life Time of knowledge.
I guess my point being is the things you you guys learn (these simple things) you need to pass on. As an NCO I was told to never sit on knowledge. Always pass it on. There's so many simple tasks you the operator know to minimize your thinking process, I believe it's your obligation to share with others. Not necessarily on this forum because of security clearance and so on. But to our fellow brothers and sisters..
There's always a platform to which we can share and pass on our experiences. Thank you brother for carrying the flag!!
Why have shotgun shells if you don't have a shotgun? Is it for a buddy who breaches doors?
Excellent Question. You’ll see in a couple other videos that I do sometimes run a Breaching Shotgun behind my right shoulder. So, it’ easier to already have a home for the shells than it is to try to add one while you are heading out to the helicopter. Plus, even if I don’t carry a shotgun on that op, if we hit a building with dozens of locked doors, we have shells we can quickly pass to the Shotgunner if he runs low. Picture a hospital or school; how many heavy push doors are there? Sometimes hundreds. So, a few extra shells never hurts.
Kgb Pirates to make some mickey mouse bombs
Tactical Rifleman good video bro
Shotguns are so common place in a unit these days, 4 shotgun shells would be a life saver to the man carrying it. They aren't hard to store and don't weigh much either
master key ; )
Ironically, I was just looking for ideas on this to update my rig. One thing we did on the private security team I was on was to place our trauma kit in the same place on all of our kits so we all knew where at least one was so we didn't have to search for in when patching him up.
we did the same thing!
We did the same. It's a very important part in making a "uniform". The trick is to mandate the least possible, but get the max out of the mandated.
ela re patrida :D
Carl Becklehimer we did the same thing but it was assessable to us and not this stupid idea of putting it on your back out of reach
Zack, That was my unit's SOP, so I followed it. I do have a med pouch (on my belt) that I can reach with both hands. Many of you bitching about my "back kit" can't reach their own front kit, if that side arm was incapacitated. There is only limited real estate on the front. I can reach tourniquets and my Med Pouch with either arm injured. Can you? If so, fine; run what works for you. Thanks for watching. TR.
I personally prefer little to nothing on the front. When the shooting starts, two inches that mags add is huge when inches from death. I also hate cleaning my mags before reloading the AR-15. I'm not saying mags on the front are wrong, just not preferred by me for that reason. Thanks everyone for letting me put my two cents in.
I really would love a video on a SAW gunner kit set up please. I'm trying to find ways to be effective and lethal without carrying 1000 rounds on front of my chest and sucking while I need to suppress the enemy
Lose all your cool points hahaha awesome stuff!
*lose
I was hoping for it to be tacticool
I miss telling people that when I was in, "I saw that, pick back up them cool points, it was just me" 🤣
I've started saying this 😂
Not a big fan of the tourniquet attached to body armour, particularly CATs. The velcro gets gummed up with mud/sand etc as soon as you go prone which makes it much less sticky. The plastic windlass bars on CATs also snap easily when it gets wedged between the plate and the ground when prone or if you dump your armour (we've all done it). Our SOP is to keep one in each arm pocket and 2 in the med pouch. You can never have enough TQs in an IED rich environment.
Is 1 enough for people that don't have to worry about IEDs?
Sgt C4 I'd say 2 is a minimum. Our standard is 2 for a femoral wound. You can bleed out from a femoral hit in minutes, so experience has dictated that we don't waste time assessing the effectiveness of the 1st one. Just smash 2 on from the get go.
PaddyInf Oh I never thought about that. Thanks.
I'm a little late to the party, but as my Platoon Sergeant once said to me: "You got 4 fucking limbs, don't ya?".
@@MunitionsDudTester love this comment
Thanks for protecting our country and great video!
This is an awesome channel. Thank you for all the content and most importantly thank you for your service. True heros
Thanks for watching, TR
This man is a legend
Nah, I'm just a regular that did 25 years in SF and want the rest of the world to learn from my mistakes & successes. Thanks for watching, TR
great video. had an exercise this week and had ammo pouches on the front sides of my vest. had to low crawl and they weren't in the best place. I am a leaner and lighter is better. first back surgery and a pending second helps me keep all the gucci shit off me and and spread the word to my guys.
thanks for the info
I keep seven 5.56 mags and five 9mm mags on my kit along with a small Camelback backpack attached to my kit and that's it... I keep two 9mm mags and two 5.56 mags along with a dump pouch a knife and my holster on my war belt and my med kit is a fannypack i usually wear backwards having the pack against my back. That's been my set up for over 10 years
8 pistol mags is a bit excessive for a sidearm.
I run a slick carrier. Beez. Then my chest rig is mission dependent. 308, Recce, or whatever. They are all set up pretty similar so muscle memory works across all rigs. That's just how I was trained.
Solid plate. No complaints here. Go with what you know. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR
Man. Great advice! All makes sense to me... I've just gotta gear-up.
Well, you never know when you need to know this. Better pay attention. I've read several books written by SF operators but in all honesty, in a crisis situation, I doubt I'll remember it. In theory I know everything I need to do from protecting myself from a bomb blast to a hostage situation. In practice, training primes theory
really enjoyed this, would've liked a breakdown of the belt too to see the 'full package' as it were.
Mag straps for when I fall watching my hot Pocket reaching perfection in the microwave
Good video. Quick and clean, I like it!
Underrated channel.
first set up I've seen with mags on side so you can get small prone
Yeah, I’m not much on caring what others think looks cool. I’m more about what works best for me. My kit was always changing. Thanks for watching, TR
3 Extra mags and a Glock pistol in a chest rig. Another pistol in a drop leg holster. Med kit. Hydration bladder. Good to go in call of duty.
Try fitting a Harris SPR and the new Harris Falcon on your gear... I run with FasMags on my 5 mags, I just find them better than any other pouch on the market.
My two TQ's are in the "triangle" area on my chest and the second is in my med pouch (IFAG). But its realy up to what the rifleman needs and his job. I got a ton of crap I need to carry with me besides stuff that goes boom and finding a place for my 9mm mags is next to impossible
Great video, but for me being torn up with physical injuries from climbing ladders for 35 years I can't carry much unless I plan on mounting a turret in my Argo
Nice load out young man. 300 rds of .556 x 12 = bad day for bad guys...
Carry the basics...
Has 20 m4 magazines
Basics
Errr yeah, he uses an m4
120 rounds minimum, I run 6 on the chest, two on the back and two on the belt
Please do a video talking about rucksacks and a bags. I know this is a old video, but one of my favorites!!!
I'll add it to the video idea list.
@@TacticalRifleman dang u still respond all these years later nvm of utube
Back your vest with high impact plastic from a Black 55 gallon clench top drum. Expanse in vest gets stuck in plastic
Great video thank you, and thank you for your service. Can you do a video on how you set up your War Belt? What if you had to ditch your body armor what would you keep on your belt to keep you in the fight. Thanks.
Good video but only carry what you need your weapon and carrier is packed brother love it
Can you do a video on your rifles? I saw the "how a navy seal sets up his rifle" video. Loves it. Just wanted to see all the other rifles ive seen while watching your vids.
Hey man, can you do a video on your personal full setup (plate carrier, belt, rucksack, helmet) from your old days in SF? Thx!
While working security we were placed on outlook in the middle of fucking nowhere it was so dark u couldn't see a fucking foot infront of you, we lost all that coolguy attitude real fast and we were fucking lucky we went through all that where's my " " training.
All i carried was my buck knife, bag of Redman and ear plugs, my 5"-54 did all my taking from the forward gun mount. ;p
Love the blood on the smoke pouch. 😂 keepin it tactical.
Could you provide a video on the differences between standard ESAPI and the Swimmer Cut and pros and cons and recommendations?
Great vid brother! Would love to see how you run your battle belt!
A battle belt video is definitely on the list of upcoming videos. Thanks for commenting. Strength and Honor TR
Ammo, water, radio. Everything else is creature comforts.
Is there Blood Stain on the Vest 1:01 ? Middle Pouch .
It's interesting that you have two ifaks. Both meant for yourself but used by different people. We in the normal Army have one ifak for myself or a teammate to use on the individual soldier it belongs to.
Go with what you know and what you practice with. My old unit's SOP was to go heavy on the med gear. Better to have and not need, than run out in a fight. Notice I mentioned "what you practice with." Many units, unfortunately, don't do enough medical training. Several of the items in a issue IFAK I consider a waste, and are dumped to carry more items that have multiple uses. Thanks for watching and for you comments. Strength & Honor, TR.
Gotta say that I hate the bungee straps, as soon as you're on your guts the damn things always get caught or get pulled off
7 years ago kydex inserts werent a popular thing 😅😅😅 you can now have mags in pouches without having retention bands
Excellent video Brother, Thank You
Outstanding, thank you sir!
Hey guys! Love this video, has this setup for Karl changed specifically at all? And how does Zee set up his kit? Would be super interested in an updated video, potentially talking about different ways you might also modify your set up for different tasks and requirements.
I don't wear armor now, as I am retired. I do have several sets for teaching classes, depending on the client and situation. If the need arises where I need Kit...I'll just put this same set back on. Thanks for watching, TR
As set up in the video, what is the overall weight, minus water in the bladder?
Also, what type of armor plates are you running?
Inquiring minds wanna know.
Thanks for the Intel Dump, Brother.
God Bless, Be Safe and.....
Overnout
I want to start off by saying thank you for your service to our country and thank you for making videos like this because I like to hang out with that drink and stuff and learn what they know especially setting up something like this cuz I've never been in the military I have no clue what I'm doing. Put the pool guy stuff on there because it's cool but now I'm learning not so cool if you need it in a hurry keep it to the minimal I'm trying to figure out which is better a chest carrier or a plate carrier I wish somebody would answer me and let me know that it answer to that question
Plate carrier
1:00 blood on the flash bangs 🤔
Niiiice!
If Christopher Walken was an operator lol Great content tho 🔥
I love this video, but Carl, but I have to question,...who is your landscaper?
That would be Don, our Master Breacher.
Excellent advice. Plus you sound like Christopher Walken which is cool too
really like this video but I see in some comment people who complain but never ben on battleground probably my opinion is to do what best suits you I cook for a living and most of the time I see that you never do the same from what teach you in school you handle your equipment from what is best for you I the result is good you don't do anything wrong
That's all well and good for the military guys, they have a supply and logistics train that is miles long. If societal collapse happens, most of us ( AKA : Civilians ) don't have the luxury of combat resupply in the field ( by air if necessary ), trained and well supplied medics to patch us up and give us a fat shot of morphine and tranquilizers if we catch a round or 6 ( and believe me, if you catch a round, especially in a place that requires medivac or you will die, another luxury most don't have, you are going to beg for powerful opioids and benzos [a strong shot of morphine and Valium, or similar] ). We have to think of everything we need and decide how much of what to bring to cover all bases and still be mobile and combat effective. Not an easy feat. This means lots of mags for your rifle and your pistol, vacuum sealed ammo to reload those mags at least once ( I use a kitchen vacuum sealer and label the bags as to caliber, bullet weight and type, number of rounds, and so on ), combat knife, a couple pipe bombs ( we don't have military explosives and grenades ), drugs and meds, full trauma kit, and lots more. This is among the reasons I don't run plates ( I'd rather carry that extra 30 pounds in ammo and gear ) or plate carriers, I use Tac Vests and chest rigs ( since I mostly use AKMs for rifles and .45ACP for pistols, preferences of weapons are usually a Yugoslavian M-70 rifle or the Zastava ZPAP M-70 rifle, and Glock 21 .45ACP pistol ), I usually carry/wear and train with a Russian ANA Vest Alpha chest rig, and Spetsnaz Tactical Vest to carry rifle mags, meds bags, trauma kit, and so on, and military pistol belt to carry my pistol in a single attachment point thigh holster with attached mag pouch, 4 double pistol mag pouches [MOLLE compatible type, 2 on each side of the buckle], along with my KA-BAR combat knife, rifle bayonet, sometimes a newer style GI butt-pack at the small of my back, and sometimes also a short-bladed machete or Vietnam Ranger tomahawk also on the belt ( never anything pistol and blades on the chest rig/tac vest, that's what your pistol belt is for ), and usually an assault pack with MOLLE ( I generally use a U.S.M.C. APBO3 assault pack ).
Large rucks are most likely going to be kept at or near the "jump-off" point. A couple people will scavenge up a vehicle or 2 when the objective has been taken and the wounded treated, drive back to pick up everyone's large combat rucks and some resupply, and replace any wounded that aren't combat effective with fresh replacements, should we have those luxuries. That's the plan anyway, plus as many contingency plans as we can think of and train for. Being a group of trained civilians with limited resources and manpower is way different than being a much larger group of military with all the logistics and resources to resupply everything as much as you want, plus the ability to call in tanks/various mechanized support, air-strikes, artillery and mortars, close in air support, paratroopers/air mobile reinforcements to absail from Black Hawks while Apaches circle around with heavy loads of lots of firepower and keep everyone apprised of the sitrep with a bird's eye view using FLIR
Can you make a video going in depth on your complete radio/comms set up? I'm particularly interested in your antenna and how you stowed it, and how it is connected to your radio.
I'm also curious if you're using steel or ar500 plates with your antenna set up, and if so if you've noticed if it's affected your radios ability to receive/broadcast.
Keep up with the great videos!
We'll look at doing a radio setup video down the road. As for antenna placement, I run it up behind my pouches on the back of my PC, and then connect it to the radio via a coax cable. Radio needs to be where you can access it to change channels. I do not run metal plates in a my PC. Titanium plates are great for very low-profile concealable body armor, but not for Assault kit.
Worth noting to store your magazines upsidedown. That way if you lose a bullet the bottom of the pouch will catch it.
Another reason is that it keeps dust from fouling your mags (gravity). Also, water drains faster.
Seems reasonable. I agree with the mantra. ounces equal pounds, pounds equal pain. My only question is do you really not use some type of dump pounch (mag retaining pouch)? Maybe that was on your belt and I just missed it..
I have a dump pouch on my belt. Go back and watch the video we did just on my belt. You'll see it. Thanks for watching, TR
respectfully request info. on wearing both body armor & a 3 day assault pack
Cool stuff! Thanks for the video
Is that how you ran your plate carrier when you were still in the military? Interesting set up, but it makes sense. Thanks for the video.
Yep, that is the setup I would use when doing Assaults with my old special mission unit. Different setup for RECCE or PSD.
how about a sniper kit?
Awesome video! Thank you
Glad you liked it!
Dang everyone in the comments found something wrong with your kit lol, good video thought I enjoyed it!
I set my gear up to have a backpack, so most my mags are up front, not on sides for balance. And with the bag I cant carry the extra weight of having 900 more mags on the cummerbund. There are 6 additional 30rd mags on molle in the rear if I happen to get into one of "those" engagements. But for 99.9% of everything else 4 30rd for my primary and 3 24rd side arm mags are enough up front. My coms are also on the bag and helmet. That bag is a lot more important too me than a carrier if I have to ditch something. Rest of my shits on my belt and legs.
Solid plan. Thanks for sharing. TR
an interesting and well informed vid thank you
Goddamn! That must be heavy with all that stuff on the Armor! but great explanations why the stuff is at what exact place.
That is about 60lbs worth of gear.
I carried 7 full 5.56 mags, 5 full 9mm mags, a Kbar and a Benchmade Adamas, Alice pack, Med pack, camelback, 2 MREs 2 crash grenades, 2 flash, 1 smoke, a Leatherman tool, NV gear extra gloves and whatever else I thought needed based on the missions
Set it up how it’s comfortable to you and train with it. Simple
Another great video
Hi Karl some questions: 1. do your rifle mag bother you during transition to the pistol? i think that they might. 2 what medical gear you keep in your bicept pockets. 3. how come you do not have rifle mags infront? 4. why haven 2 IFAKs when your No2 can find in the back also the IFAK you keep in your belt. 4. the back pouches why have them when you can use a small backpack. isn't it easier to have a backpack. Ok for CQB i do agree to have mags and flashbangs in the back. but in general my experience is that it is better to have stuff in abackback. i would like to hear your insigh. 5. where you keep your radio? thank man
Light Infantry motto: Too light to fight, to heavy to run!
“Says don’t weigh yourself down with unnecessary stuff” Carries a shit ton of extra gear
Thank you for your service sir...my vest is setup very similar to yours but how did you secure your knife to the vest and what type of knife is yours?
it is a Blackhawk Nightedge mounted on the front of the armor. It is a high quality knife with a number of great features. There is also a small fixed-blade knife (by the front buckle of the belt) for when I don’t have my body armor on. We have a video about having a knife on your body armor: th-cam.com/video/GbmWD0O4JJg/w-d-xo.html
Great vid, great advice
Thanks for watching, TR
Imagine being the shotgun guy in a firefight whdre they are shooting from 600 yards out.
Typically carrying a shorty as a breaching tool, still running a rifle like all the other guys. It's a no-no to directly engage an enemy combatant with a shotgun anyway.
@@Wile_E._Wolf oh ok
My question is, what is the soldiers most basic equipment he will need in winter and hot weather conditions out of the combat and why he needs them ?
keep it coming great vid
I know it's a pain in the ass. But, If you could make another in depth (step by step) walk through of your plate carrier and your battle belt that would be outstanding!
Is that a kitchen sink I see attached to the back side of your kit? 😎
lol just carry what you need. we got a toaster a microwave an entire ammo can slung off the right shoulder. and oh you gotta have an explosive breaching charge and a detonator that shits a must.
Excellent vid,,,,appreciate it
Hey there and greetings from Germany.
Great video. However I have one question about how you transport your Tourniquets. I was told that the material and integrity of a Tourniquet may suffer if exposed to direct sunlight over long periods of time, which is why they should apparently be carried in pouches. Can you tell me, whether there is any validity to this?
Sunlight breaks down everything. However, my tourniquets will wear out from training with them WAY before the sunlight breaks them down. Train with your gear. TR
Could we get a comms vid??
He said the bare basics and had his carrier maxed out 😂🤦🏽♂️