Belt Kit | Using Hill People Gear as Minuteman Loadout
This is a subject I am NEW to. I have been accustomed to the way the Conventional US Military has ran their kit for the last 20ish years. On a plate carrier (or in my case IOTV 🤮) or on a chest rig (or in my case the FLC 🤮).
That means a few different things.
1) the weight rides MOSTLY on your shoulders and upper back.
2) your real-estate is pretty limited, ESPECIALLY when you’re a mounted troop.
The U.S. Army and her counterparts have been running kit this way for a long time. Contrast that with the British Infantryman setup and you have a whole different world. BELT KIT.
Why is that? There’s lots of reasons why our kit differs. I think an overarching theme here is mission set. I cannot speak for the Brits but the US military has put a lot of its focus on mounted operations. The make up of the US Army is predominantly IBCT’s (Infantry Brigade Combat Teams) in which there are a lot of dismounted infantry. With that said, the GWOT has consisted of A LOT of mounted patrolling in MRAP’s, Bradley’s, and HUMVEE type vehicles earlier on in the war. As a mounted troop your belt and back have to be generally pretty clear for you to be able to ride in vics. So in turn… you get chest rigs, plate carriers, minimum battle belts, etc.
If you go further back into history you will find that the U.S. had the ALICE system during the 70’s through the early 2000’s depending on the unit you were in. Before that the M1956 load carrying equipment (LCE) in Vietnam…. And before that the cartridge belt was the go to for US troops in World War Two and Korea. So what was once OLD… is now NEW… and so it goes!
Belt kit… why? Because it’s a) cool and b) practical depending on the *MISSION*.
Details on the kit configuration:
The tara does dock to the m2016. If my torso was a tad longer, it would work even better.
PROS: streamlined and not strappy.. looks cool too lol!
CONS: can’t access kit in pack while running it. Sweating in the heat. Another option is an ALICE pack. ALICE packs aren’t very comfortable but the airflow is great!
The GP pouches are better than traditional mag pouches IMO because they’re multi use. Need more water? Add a canteen. Need a NODs pouch? Boom!… same thing goes for smoke grenades, etc etc. Regular mag pouches are faster, but they’re more single use.
Kit Contents:
✅ Ammo x 8 mags in GP pouches + 1 in “pistol”
✅ Chow for two days, puffy jacket, hygiene kit, and weapons cleaning kit, in the #tarahumara
✅ Energy shots, snivel gear, canteen cup, 550 cord, emergency kit, poncho, H2O filter, glock field knife in m2016 buttpack from @hillpeoplegear
✅ 1 liter water bottles w/ duct tape around them x 2 in bottle holsters from HPG
✅ compass and emergency 1st line kit
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