Orcs can be very generous if you just handle them right way. Not the easiest neighbours - greetings from Finland and my humble thanks for your hard job.
@Valgear can you do a video on the backpacks and gear like boots, sleeping bags, etc that YOU recommend? That would be AWESOME! Much love from the USA! ❤
4:11 man, I don't know a lot about backpacks, but within the first seconds I was like "did the russians copy our cheap Bundeswehr backpack?" - hilarious that they would call it "commando" backpack. well at least the changed the hip straps/belt! Looking forward to watching the rest. Take care
I've been using the ATAKA 5 for about 3 years now as my only ruck. I don't use it daily, probably 1x/month on average for a few days in a row. I have been in/out of vehicles dozens of times with it and have used it extensively at night moving through thick brush with NODs. I have never had the QD straps release on me, but you're the second person I've heard of this happening to on an ATAKA pack. The pack does have a couple spots for your E-tool, there are gaps between the side pouches and main compartment for putting long tools in. The main issue I ran into with that was the shovel blade catches on the ruck lid when I'm trying to close it sometimes. I agree that the proportions of the sleeping bag compartment are very bad. I put my winter sleep system and layers in the main compartment and put mess kit, food, extra water, etc. in the "sleeping bag" compartment. In the summer I do the opposite. Overall, I love the ruck and I've been through miles of prickers/thorns and brush and the pack has not had one stitch come close to lose. It's been thrown from moving vehicles, fallen onto with full combat loads, dropped, kicked, spray painted, completely soaked, punched (in frustration as sleep system wasn't fitting), dragged across pavement and forest floor, etc. But it still keeps going like nothing happened. But now you have me looking at the WAS X300. Maybe it's time I retire this ATAKA ruck. I'll be sad to see it go....
I used to have a 45L assault backpack from tasmanian tiger.. one of the best backpacks i have ever owned and they are really high quality.. my suggestion for anyone needing a backpack would be to get either a tasmanian tiger or a bergen.. 😊
One of the reasons I think the Soviets/Russians got their “shovel” right is in the wooden handle. It’s removable… if you really need to save weight and are going into a wooded region (where a replacement is available) you can just carry the head. Also nothing can break as it’s just a single piece of steel. If the handle breaks it’s easily replaced. Good design.
Eh, I kinda prefer the metal shank/shaft ones, cause almost any war is gonna have mechanics, and a lot of mechanics will be welding shit together or cutting shit apart, so a fix isn't that far away. Cutting down a length of wood, leaves evidence of your presence, which you may not want, it takes time, and you will very likely be exposing yourself, when acquiring the wood. With all the drones and thermals around, I definitely wouldn't want to expose myself more than is 100% necessary. And worst case, you can always do a field repair, by snapping the tubular shaft and forcing in a wood length, or bolting a wooden length to the head of the tool, which can be easily done by the in field maintenance/logistics guys, same ones who do weapon maintenance and repair close to the front. But that's just opinion.
@@radfoxuk8113 using an entrenching tool leaves evidence of your presence. If you’re using a shovel to dig… I reckon in a pinch you can go grab a tree branch for a new handle. 99% of the time you’re using it to dig… you’re not under threat of direct fire (artillery, drones, small arms, etc). And that’s the strength. In the wilderness or on whatever operation you’re on… you don’t have to wait for a welder. You just go grab a suitable piece of wood. And if you wanna save weight and space… you just grab the wood when it’s needed. Wood for handles is cheaper, lighter, and also much easier on the hands (it’s why the material has been used for hundreds of years for tool handles). Wood doesn’t conduct heat like metal and doesn’t blister skin as readily as steel or iron or transmit shock as readily from striking or impacts. The reality is 99% of the time you’re going to be carrying it with a handle already attached and it’s not going to break. If that’s true… I prefer the lighter weight, cheaper, easily replaceable, easier on the hands… wood. That’s my opinion.
@ OR that moment when your shovel breaks and you’re forced to dig with your canteen cup… or go grab any stick and spend 2 minutes whittling it so it’ll fit in the end of your shovel and be functional again. Let’s compare the time taken with a broken shovel/canteen cup… vs repairing with a stick.
Hey. Theres also a Polish made backpacks from company called Wisport. Great quality (Cordura and great stitching) and compared to others way cheaper. Having mine for few years allready.
Nato ones fold Into shapes as well as extended, you can adopt the kneeling with it in pick mode and chip out a decent little scrape in ten to fifteen minutes and carve out some decent semi-permanent OP in a few hours with a team of you, situation dependent, I think the shape really helps with this compared to traditional long shovels.
You videos are always really informative, excellent as always, thanks! You can get your hands on examples of gear that simply 'does not exist' on this side of the Atlantic. Any tips for old, used AI-2 kits? I have some fishing gear in one and I use another (well cleaned) one as a pillbox in my day pack. I got a bunch of old dunnage lying around I gotta throw out or do something useful with. Best part of some soviet produced stuff is the wooden crate they shipped it in.
When I used aa back pack for college, I soldered together a copper pipe frame, was great, a full frame, so I could put very heavy items in without risk of them tearing their way out the bottom, just added a little plywood floor as needed, put in a foam panel used for repairing a chair, into the laptop/hydration pack pouch, it added it's own weight, but the comfort of lugging round textbooks and such, was great, especially when I went onto plumbing, and was taking round my own tools to classes. I used some 550 paracord, and a pull through bight/knot, a bit of sewing, and made my own quick release, wasn't great, but doing a double bight/knot, meant it never released on its own, a couple times the first bight got released, but the second one held it while I reset the first bight. What I like a lot is how even Chinese copies now use fabrics/materials that don't glowie, well a lot of them do, in fact in a lot of cases the main difference is fire, if it burns or melts. Thank you for the video.
2:08 got me thinking of a question that isn't directly related to the video... how long does it take for a single man to dig a foxhole that he can sit down in? How long does it take for a small group (3-5 men lets say) to dig a simple slit trench? How long to dig a bigger trench with dugouts and such? Of course it varies depending on soil quality and other factors but generally how long does it take?
An interesting way to create a hole in frozen ground as told to 101st Paratroopers at Bastogne by a British SOE trained man. Shoot the frozen ground with your Webley (British remember so 6 rounds) and scoop out the now loose frozen lumps. Place half a stick of dynamite or similar 💥stuff into the now excavated hole ignite fuse and take cover. Wait for 💥and excavate your _instant effort free_ now man sized "foxhole." 👍 I believe this was mentioned in the Band of Brothers book Ambrose wrote about Easy Company but don't remember if it was told to them directly or another Company/Platoon.
Excellent video as always! I always wondered what those attachment points below the side pockets were for. I tried to like the Ataka-2, but even just for civilian use it's a terrible backpack. The metal hardware on mine was so bad and made it almost impossible to adjust the harness while in use. I've used my ALICE pack extensively with the same style of hardware with really no issues. You can say the SSO hardware at least didn't slip, but I had to take the whole thing off to make almost any adjustment. I'm not sure if you've seen it, but Techinkom makes a similar capacity backpack (kind of like a bigger version of the common 6sh117 25L Ratnik patrol pack). It's still not perfect, but after some easy modifications it carried so much better than the Ataka-2.
I LOVE the large and medium ALICE assault packs. Im a huge fan of cold war era equipment, I got a few pieces of gear. I love the cold weather and extreme cold weather bags. That extreme cold weather bag will keep you warm and comfy in some extremely cold climates, and its full of down feathers so its super thick and has lots of paddiing. Only downside is its huge and weighs like 15 lbs on its own lol The extreme cold weather gloves/mits are really cool too.
@@bakenbeans420I like that stuff too. I have the Canadian cold weather system that has two equally thick down bags. I've only ever needed one of them to stay warm in winter in my region, and while it's still big, it makes it manageable to carry with a medium sized rucksack.
I don't know about the newer SSO bags but metal parts on the older packs are really bad in humidity and rust very easily. Even older ALICE gear from the 80s have better metal parts that don't rust as much as the SSO.
Of course depend on you work, but for infantry working in the very front positions pretty much every time rotating in and out, batteries, water food ammo, the tendency is to use only smaller rucks for quicker in and out and do resupply by drones, but all that is place and situation dependant
With the amount of times the owner of these backpacks had to retreat in a hurry made it so we in the west can enjoy stolen IP design with worse quality for cheap.
Valgear, as a collector I would be very happy to purchase some if not all of your collection. If you comment back on this video we can find a way to exchange information so that when you are ready you can contact me. If you intend to do the sale through some other avenue I of course understand that as well. Love your content, stay safe!
@REV-1 you're larping as someone who would come sideways out the mouth. The reality is you wouldn't talk to strangers in person this way if you were paid to.
"collected from various sources"
Now in Ukraine it’s really …”various”)))
I have a Vostok watch also collected from various sources.. or one.. he is in various pieces though 😅
Sustainably recycled
Foxhole estate sale
Generous chechen volunteers
The gear manufacturers don't like to think about strapping two AT-4 to your backpack 😂
Love you Val, keep it up ❤
Camelback made the motherload sling for this.
Russian SSO fears the man with the funny accent
Czech
I used to reinforce the bottom of my packs with a cut off trousers leg.. stiched with very heavy nylon.. gives 2 extra layers and lasts for ages
Orcs can be very generous if you just handle them right way. Not the easiest neighbours - greetings from Finland and my humble thanks for your hard job.
If one improves the orcs they have some tolerable aspects. 😁
@@Zoroff74excellent fertilizer.
@ - Yeah, in that form it's the most value they ever had...
Imagine going to a foreign country being injured/killed/disabled and they yoink your pack for a youtube video.
I think the whole cycle is really interesting. There's a movie that follows the journey of a dollar imagine the journey some of these trophies go on.
@@reapthewhirlwind6915whats it called?
@Valgear can you do a video on the backpacks and gear like boots, sleeping bags, etc that YOU recommend? That would be AWESOME! Much love from the USA! ❤
My dumb ass was expecting some anti-drone trophy system in the backpack
Babe, wake up new Valgear video dropped
7:45 That rant was definitely based on a personal experience 😄 Great Video
What a funny coincidence, Valgear video on my birthday
Happy birthday dude 👍
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday bro
Happy birthday my dude!!
Have a great day :)
Happy to see val alive
Indeed!
Ukraine has suffered less than 300 dead total so not surprised...
its honestly amazing how he is considering the casualties in both sides
@@tatemushroom1002do you think he has some pre-recorded death video like Paul Harrell? “If you’re watching this I am dead”
4:11 man, I don't know a lot about backpacks, but within the first seconds I was like "did the russians copy our cheap Bundeswehr backpack?" - hilarious that they would call it "commando" backpack. well at least the changed the hip straps/belt! Looking forward to watching the rest. Take care
All the best Valgear, glad to see you're still kicking - give that email a quick check when you get the chance!
I've been using the ATAKA 5 for about 3 years now as my only ruck. I don't use it daily, probably 1x/month on average for a few days in a row. I have been in/out of vehicles dozens of times with it and have used it extensively at night moving through thick brush with NODs. I have never had the QD straps release on me, but you're the second person I've heard of this happening to on an ATAKA pack. The pack does have a couple spots for your E-tool, there are gaps between the side pouches and main compartment for putting long tools in. The main issue I ran into with that was the shovel blade catches on the ruck lid when I'm trying to close it sometimes. I agree that the proportions of the sleeping bag compartment are very bad. I put my winter sleep system and layers in the main compartment and put mess kit, food, extra water, etc. in the "sleeping bag" compartment. In the summer I do the opposite. Overall, I love the ruck and I've been through miles of prickers/thorns and brush and the pack has not had one stitch come close to lose. It's been thrown from moving vehicles, fallen onto with full combat loads, dropped, kicked, spray painted, completely soaked, punched (in frustration as sleep system wasn't fitting), dragged across pavement and forest floor, etc. But it still keeps going like nothing happened. But now you have me looking at the WAS X300. Maybe it's time I retire this ATAKA ruck. I'll be sad to see it go....
The operator warrior collector historian educator returns.
Glad to see you again brother. Stay safe.
Seeing a Valgear video in my feed brightens my day. Keep up the good work
Thank you for watching!
You should really consider starting a museum after this is all over, or something similar to that.
I used to have a 45L assault backpack from tasmanian tiger.. one of the best backpacks i have ever owned and they are really high quality.. my suggestion for anyone needing a backpack would be to get either a tasmanian tiger or a bergen.. 😊
Good daysacks for sure
Ive a lovely Dakine backpack for cycling. No grenade pouches though.❤❤
One of the reasons I think the Soviets/Russians got their “shovel” right is in the wooden handle. It’s removable… if you really need to save weight and are going into a wooded region (where a replacement is available) you can just carry the head. Also nothing can break as it’s just a single piece of steel. If the handle breaks it’s easily replaced. Good design.
Eh, I kinda prefer the metal shank/shaft ones, cause almost any war is gonna have mechanics, and a lot of mechanics will be welding shit together or cutting shit apart, so a fix isn't that far away. Cutting down a length of wood, leaves evidence of your presence, which you may not want, it takes time, and you will very likely be exposing yourself, when acquiring the wood.
With all the drones and thermals around, I definitely wouldn't want to expose myself more than is 100% necessary.
And worst case, you can always do a field repair, by snapping the tubular shaft and forcing in a wood length, or bolting a wooden length to the head of the tool, which can be easily done by the in field maintenance/logistics guys, same ones who do weapon maintenance and repair close to the front.
But that's just opinion.
@@radfoxuk8113 using an entrenching tool leaves evidence of your presence. If you’re using a shovel to dig… I reckon in a pinch you can go grab a tree branch for a new handle. 99% of the time you’re using it to dig… you’re not under threat of direct fire (artillery, drones, small arms, etc). And that’s the strength. In the wilderness or on whatever operation you’re on… you don’t have to wait for a welder. You just go grab a suitable piece of wood. And if you wanna save weight and space… you just grab the wood when it’s needed. Wood for handles is cheaper, lighter, and also much easier on the hands (it’s why the material has been used for hundreds of years for tool handles). Wood doesn’t conduct heat like metal and doesn’t blister skin as readily as steel or iron or transmit shock as readily from striking or impacts.
The reality is 99% of the time you’re going to be carrying it with a handle already attached and it’s not going to break. If that’s true… I prefer the lighter weight, cheaper, easily replaceable, easier on the hands… wood.
That’s my opinion.
Ah yes, you know that classic moment when you need to dig trench quickly but instead you are making a new shovel handle and wasting time
It is also used as a measuring device.
@ OR that moment when your shovel breaks and you’re forced to dig with your canteen cup… or go grab any stick and spend 2 minutes whittling it so it’ll fit in the end of your shovel and be functional again. Let’s compare the time taken with a broken shovel/canteen cup… vs repairing with a stick.
I can attest that the british bergen is a really good backpack
Yeah the older shotback ones were great, you can zip three side pouches together and it wraps around it and zips/clips in perfectly.
@@marcusott2973 still issued today they made in mtp.
Still issued today in mtp.
Hey. Theres also a Polish made backpacks from company called Wisport. Great quality (Cordura and great stitching) and compared to others way cheaper. Having mine for few years allready.
Bro can start a museum now
I didn’t think I’d find this interesting. But it was a great video. Thanks man. Definitely subscribed.
alhamdulillah new valgear video
Another nice video. I like the professional insights you give
The Chechen Mujahideens use those as well back in time ….
I couldn't imagine digging foxholes, especially in the winter, with that tiny shovel. Hard enough with a full size shovel
Nato ones fold Into shapes as well as extended, you can adopt the kneeling with it in pick mode and chip out a decent little scrape in ten to fifteen minutes and carve out some decent semi-permanent OP in a few hours with a team of you, situation dependent, I think the shape really helps with this compared to traditional long shovels.
5:20 All the dried blood on the padding 😂😂😂
You videos are always really informative, excellent as always, thanks! You can get your hands on examples of gear that simply 'does not exist' on this side of the Atlantic. Any tips for old, used AI-2 kits? I have some fishing gear in one and I use another (well cleaned) one as a pillbox in my day pack. I got a bunch of old dunnage lying around I gotta throw out or do something useful with. Best part of some soviet produced stuff is the wooden crate they shipped it in.
The beauty of US democracy: crowd funding is a major source for funding both US healthcare and Ukrainian defence.
I had both attack 5 sucks, these bags are outdated
Trophies are so cool i think people from all sides can respect a trophy
so nice of those Russian soldiers to donate their backpacks to you
He will return the favour one day when he suddenly stops posting I imagine.
@@21kiwi24 or maybe he survives the war 😀
Wonder if the Taliban has the same amount of fun reviewing American gear 😂
@@yourfriendmouse9967 hopfully it ends soon
Great video as usual, any plans on doing a video on the Sumrak and Partizan suits?
Glad to see u alive
When I used aa back pack for college, I soldered together a copper pipe frame, was great, a full frame, so I could put very heavy items in without risk of them tearing their way out the bottom, just added a little plywood floor as needed, put in a foam panel used for repairing a chair, into the laptop/hydration pack pouch, it added it's own weight, but the comfort of lugging round textbooks and such, was great, especially when I went onto plumbing, and was taking round my own tools to classes.
I used some 550 paracord, and a pull through bight/knot, a bit of sewing, and made my own quick release, wasn't great, but doing a double bight/knot, meant it never released on its own, a couple times the first bight got released, but the second one held it while I reset the first bight.
What I like a lot is how even Chinese copies now use fabrics/materials that don't glowie, well a lot of them do, in fact in a lot of cases the main difference is fire, if it burns or melts.
Thank you for the video.
That's some cool upgrades, my school books would love that and not turned into salad instead 😂😂
@ i had backback that was..well.. plastic box wrapped in backpack like material, damn it was such a good school backpack
…..you soldered (not even standardly available threaded rod) heavy, expensive, very conductive copper and not…aluminum,pvc,titanium,wood…?
nice to see you again, was worried for a bit
2:08 got me thinking of a question that isn't directly related to the video... how long does it take for a single man to dig a foxhole that he can sit down in? How long does it take for a small group (3-5 men lets say) to dig a simple slit trench? How long to dig a bigger trench with dugouts and such? Of course it varies depending on soil quality and other factors but generally how long does it take?
I only have in mind the basic foxhole for laying flat, the norm is 15min (by Soviet standart)
An interesting way to create a hole in frozen ground as told to 101st Paratroopers at Bastogne by a British SOE trained man. Shoot the frozen ground with your Webley (British remember so 6 rounds) and scoop out the now loose frozen lumps. Place half a stick of dynamite or similar 💥stuff into the now excavated hole ignite fuse and take cover. Wait for 💥and excavate your _instant effort free_ now man sized "foxhole." 👍
I believe this was mentioned in the Band of Brothers book Ambrose wrote about Easy Company but don't remember if it was told to them directly or another Company/Platoon.
Excellent video as always! I always wondered what those attachment points below the side pockets were for.
I tried to like the Ataka-2, but even just for civilian use it's a terrible backpack. The metal hardware on mine was so bad and made it almost impossible to adjust the harness while in use. I've used my ALICE pack extensively with the same style of hardware with really no issues. You can say the SSO hardware at least didn't slip, but I had to take the whole thing off to make almost any adjustment.
I'm not sure if you've seen it, but Techinkom makes a similar capacity backpack (kind of like a bigger version of the common 6sh117 25L Ratnik patrol pack). It's still not perfect, but after some easy modifications it carried so much better than the Ataka-2.
I LOVE the large and medium ALICE assault packs. Im a huge fan of cold war era equipment, I got a few pieces of gear. I love the cold weather and extreme cold weather bags. That extreme cold weather bag will keep you warm and comfy in some extremely cold climates, and its full of down feathers so its super thick and has lots of paddiing. Only downside is its huge and weighs like 15 lbs on its own lol The extreme cold weather gloves/mits are really cool too.
@@bakenbeans420I like that stuff too. I have the Canadian cold weather system that has two equally thick down bags. I've only ever needed one of them to stay warm in winter in my region, and while it's still big, it makes it manageable to carry with a medium sized rucksack.
good to see you as always
Stay safe out there Val
they made the tarkov backpack into a real thing
Looks like the three gentlemen in the thumbnail each have a question or why else would they raise their fingers?
good to see you again
good he is alive
MPL50 Best shovel
Happy to see you are still alive.
Nice vid like always
Always amazing to see you still up and running. Thank you for the gear review.
3:20 tarkov backpacks
NIKITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!
Hell yeah I want to buy a trophy backpack
good video, keep it up!
Happy birthday bro
my favorite pack in tarkov
Finally a non member video
If you start selling such things you might get rich at some point :D
Nobody with old Audi with 500k on it will ever get rich 😂😂😂
@@valgear5525 Usually yes, but for militaria its different :D
Every time I've ever used my (fiskars) etool to dig it pretty much stays in the mattock (bent head) configuration
Hi Valgear, who made the boonie hat you used at 5:03 ?
Where will you sellthem?
alsalam alykum brothers lm from yemen ❤
waalaikum assalam brother i'm from america
@pddyywoppwdachopp you are more than wellcome brother to visit yemen any time, we would be honoured ❤
Hey Val, can you give us some feedback on the current morale of your fellow warriors? Keep it up love the content.
How much for the pack i would be keen to buy it!
I really need a well made backpack similar to these. If i can get these in the US where would i look ? Or something like these bags
"it would be immoral to purchase from russian company" lol. lmao. I understand your horrible circumstances but thats just funny
I don't know about the newer SSO bags but metal parts on the older packs are really bad in humidity and rust very easily. Even older ALICE gear from the 80s have better metal parts that don't rust as much as the SSO.
I have a knockoff version of this that I got from the flea market for like 14$
hi Valgear nice video . i have a ATAKA 2 but i don t have the frame can you give me the dimension of the aluminium frame pls .
IT'S YER BIRFTAY!!!
I see lots of old molle features..lol
How often are you guys using your big rucks?
Of course depend on you work, but for infantry working in the very front positions pretty much every time rotating in and out, batteries, water food ammo, the tendency is to use only smaller rucks for quicker in and out and do resupply by drones, but all that is place and situation dependant
Algorithm engagement comment for engagement of the algorithm
2025 and Val keeps roasting russian equipment btw quite a relief hearing from you! 😁
All the Respect 🇬🇧
Slava Ukraini Heroyam Slava
where can we find the items u are selling?
Im looking for a backpack, where can I buy one from you?
Chadpack on Tarkov
You take crypto Val?
Wake up ,babe!
Valgear is still alive and kickin' ass!
А в самому рюкзаку було ше шось цікавеньке, чи він потрапив у ваші руки вже пустим?
razynowski is a polish name, intrestingj
Nice glow in the dark backpack !
You know at distances that matter it's irrelevant right?
Welcome back!
I didn't understand the video picture
What is the thumbnail?
Don't start a war you cant win.
@TheKakan1337 100 percent agree just look at gaza but what are you talking about
@ Of course it was stupid for the Russians to arm terrorists.
Group of dead chechen guys probably
Our Chechen heroes
As a vegan (not really) I'll always approve ethically sourced produce 😊😊
super movie, thanks for this content, greetings from PL!
☝
With the amount of times the owner of these backpacks had to retreat in a hurry made it so we in the west can enjoy stolen IP design with worse quality for cheap.
tarkov be like
can you sell me a backpack?
Hello, any chance to make video about west/ east 3D leaf suits using on Ukraine?
How does he know all this stuff!!❤❤❤
So buying stuff from eshops is immoral but killing people is not. Okay.
Applauses for: it's immoral to purchase ruzzian stuff in Western shops. That's the attitude! Great example for the audience.
whats up with the thumbnail ?
☝
Don't start a war you cant win.
Valgear, as a collector I would be very happy to purchase some if not all of your collection. If you comment back on this video we can find a way to exchange information so that when you are ready you can contact me. If you intend to do the sale through some other avenue I of course understand that as well. Love your content, stay safe!
I now feel immoral for buying a gorka from russia in the past. I will donate to you on my next payday 👍
Why are you russia larping?
he's ukrainian
@@fuckleumanuken He is definitely not Ukranian, most probably Czech volunteer fighter judging from the accent
@REV-1 you're larping as someone who would come sideways out the mouth. The reality is you wouldn't talk to strangers in person this way if you were paid to.