Gear recommendations please

[Hoplophile]

Anybody have feedback on that SKD chest rig?

If the pouches are a decent match for what you need then it's a good quality rig at a great price. Depending on your size you can probably keep a belt holster in place so long as you don't add a pouch to the side.

[Dave L.]

Sorry? ETA: Okay, modular tactical vest. Thanks, I'll check it out. I left the FMF when we still had gen 2 MOLLE 782 gear, so the MTV was new terminology for me.

Yeah I saw that thread, have got some good ideas, thanks. Now I'm thinking of a belt rig like Dingers, except with a belt holster. Anybody have feedback on that SKD chest rig?

Personally, I favor plate carriers such as High Speed Gear's Wasatch. A platoon from 1st Force Recon gave everyone on my Recon team one(the had left-overs) while we were in Iraq-istan. They were great, they will fit over the interceptor and easily over soft armor vests. The mid section folds down so you could use it like the SKD if you want- I only wear rigs similar to the SKD if doing PSD and wearing a button-up-shirt over it- but with the Wasatch you can put a camel back pouch on the back or breaching gear. You can also cut up pieces of ISO mat and make layers to cram where the plates would be if you were conducting AMFIB raids and wanted to float a little better.

A little advice: be more clear on your intended use for the gear i.e. home defense, military, PSD, or if you just want something for when SH$T hits the fan- there are a ton of great guys on this website that will gladly send you in the right direction if they know exactly what you want the "gear" for.

[Dave L.]

http://www.highspeedgearinc.com/prod...prod=HSG%2DWAS

[rob_s]

A little advice: be more clear on your intended use for the gear i.e. home defense, military, PSD, or if you just want something for when SH$T hits the fan- there are a ton of great guys on this website that will gladly send you in the right direction if they know exactly what you want the "gear" for.

That's exactly what I was going to ask; what's the role for the gear.

[Hobbes]

I'll give you some background that might help- I'm an 0331, so most of my training time was behind a 240. Not really useful for anything else. I'm in a commissioning program now, and will be a butter bar in about 2 months. I'll be going to quantico after that and will have some dead time before I start my mil training and want to take a class or 2 -for military purposes but also for protecting my family. Obviously at some point I'll be going over to Iraq.
The gear I would use mainly for classes, and if it works out and I'm allowed to, take it on deployment with an added, issued plate carrier underneath of course. Or possibly the Wasatch...
Thanks again for the advice.

[K.L. Davis]

Sorry? ETA: Okay, modular tactical vest. Thanks, I'll check it out. I left the FMF when we still had gen 2 MOLLE 782 gear, so the MTV was new terminology for me.

You could be an early adopter The MTV will only start delivering next month.

Seriously, there is more than a little wisdom to the idea of using the same equipment at work and "off duty" -- The MTV is a very nice vest, no two ways about it... I think it was like 9 out of 10 Marines in the evaluation that picked the MTV?

[Hobbes]

Seriously, there is more than a little wisdom to the idea of using the same equipment at work and "off duty"

Couldn't agree more, if I'm authorized of course. I would like to keep a pistol on my belt, so whatever training I get can be translated to off duty carry.
Anyways, I've been looking for an MTV but only found one for over $900

[STLRN]

Congrats on the commissioning, however at TBS you will wear TBS issued gear. There is really only one way to do things there, and it is the TBS way. Unless you are one of the few, you don't know what your MOS is yet, you could end up an 0180 and you may not need 782 gear at all.

Having said that, MTV is the Spartan II. If you already have armor it is only a couple hundred dollars, the Interceptor armor goes right into it the Spartan II, MTV.

[Hobbes]

Oh yeah, I know I'll do things the TBS way. I'm more concerned with after TBS. And you're correct I won't find my new MOS until about half way through TBS. Whether I'm a grunt again or the adj (puke) I still want to become a better shooter. Most of my training I believe will be centered around leading, and plt level tactics. I'll look up the Spartan II.