hey guys how's it going this is jason
with tactile rifleman uh today i'm going
to talk to you about a body armor setup
in a typical seal platoon guys
will have their body armor set up in
different ways depending on the mission
environment and their role in the
platoon
in a 16-18 man platoon you could have
different body armor setups
across the board what i'm going to go
over today is a body armor setup that i
typically run
for assaults and low visibility
operations
what i got here is my london bridge
trading 6094 alpha
it's a great universal setup
i like it because it fits real if it's
really good
and it's modular and i can use it for
like a majority of the missions i can
find myself in i'll take you on a little
tour from the front around the side
the back and then around the other side
like i said this isn't a
a one all be all of body armor setups
it's just something that i've used
giving you guys some tips and tricks on
maybe something you guys can use as well
coming to the front here i've got a
three magazine pouch set up with your
basic rubber retention band
holding three m4 mags a lot of you guys
are going to have a minimum magazine
requirement
i have three on the front and i can
place different mag
magazines around my body and around my
kit to to
get that minimum mag requirement of your
individual platoon
i like to stay relatively flat in the
front i know a lot of guys like to put
pistol mags or admin pouches up here
every once in a while if the mission
suggests i need something administrative
up here on the
on the top i'll do it but overall i like
to stay pretty slick
in the front reason being is anybody
who's been ever been in a fire fight you
just can't get low enough to the ground
i don't want anything impeding
me from that micro terrain so i keep my
front relatively slick
i've got a little ir chem light for
friendly force identification
nothing sexy just something i can crack
and then put in a side pocket
to distinguish me from whoever needs to
get shot
coming around the side here i
don't like to take up every single molly
with with a with a piece of with a with
a bag on it
uh ounces equal pounds and for some
reason operators like to
to add extra space with extra extra
pouches
it this this wrap in particular has
plenty of space on the side
for any pouch you need additionally it
has extra pouches on the inside here if
you can see
for radios and side plates
i have a a tourniquet on my left side
with a just basic molle retention as we
come around
i've got a seat belt cutter cutter here
for emergencies
it takes up very little space and serves
as a cutting tool for
for multiple things i like to keep that
thing on there coming around the side
continuing around
i just got a basic utility pouch this
thing can hold anything from smoke
grenades
an extra flashbang i got a couple chem
lights in here
you can put night vision in here if
you're not using it or need it at the
particular moment
but it's just a basically basic left
side utility pouch for anything that you
might need
additionally on the side i like to use
weapons retention
i got two types of weapons retention
this particular one
is i'm sure everybody's seen it before
you can stow your m4 in there for
prisoner handling or climbing or
anytime you need to purposely retain
your rifle
on this particular setup uh i have kind
of an old school
an old school set up i i like to use
from
back in the proverbial day uh i have a
an unused carabiner this thing's been
exposed to seawater
so i don't use it for any kind of of
weight bearing
as we all know if you expose your
carabiners to sea water they're no good
for that particular weight limit so
i taped uh i taped the bale down slid a
piece of one inch
tubular nylon along the bungee to
protect it tied a knot on the end
and it just serves as a real quick
weapons retention
that doesn't take up much molly space
the way it's utilized is you
you sling your rifle to your to your
side
take this take this ball sling it around
the rifle
uh obviously it it demonstrates a little
bit better when i'm wearing it so i got
it
and then you retain the ball into this
carabiner
it's quick it's simple and it's made in
the usa
so coming back around
i've got a a drop pouch here
it could be used for sensitive side
exploitation stuff extra mags
anything that your little heart desires
to drop in your drop pouch
i like to keep it wrapped up because if
i don't
the guys are going to put rocks and
stuff in here to mess with me
so any kind of drop pouch i like to
store that stuff up so i can have full
control of the crap that's put in my
drop pouch
uh i'll talk about the the side pouch
here for a moment uh
i like this wrap because the grit the
radios that we use can be stored inside
of the pouch now granted when these
radios start to get
get hop and they get a little bit warm
so
there's a there's a setup that we can
sometimes use with the
prc 152 green radios that we use
to put half the radio in here i can run
a little cord around the side
to uh to a battery just to keep that
profile the radio
a little bit lower because it does tend
to get a little bit high up into
my side so additionally i've got a pouch
for side plates
some guys run without side plates some
people do personally
i like the the protection it adds to
that side region
and it really doesn't weigh that much
additionally it kind of helps form
fit this body armor on the back here uh
nothing unfamiliar i've got one antenna
here that
is remotely coaxed to the radio that's
in the side pouch
i never have never had any problems
getting reception every once in a while
i might have to turn my back to the bird
my my job in the platoon was to control
close air support so
fortunately i got to carry two radios
around one to talk to aircraft
and uh one to talk inter-squatter with
the ground force commander to let them
know what's going on in in my security
position or wherever i might find myself
um the the white antenna in here
i have laced in particular the the only
reason i haven't taken out is because
it's the total ass pain to unweave it
but i like it in here because it's a
cingars
antenna if i ever needed to deconflict
with the regular army
they talk on a different channel than we
do and and this is a great end this is
the antenna
that i use to do that
on the other side with the coax on the
other side here i put another
uh another antenna another broadband
antenna for my personal
radio the coax weave through here is
just to necessitate that this coax goes
into the radio obviously it's a
sensitive item so i don't have it
actually in my kit
but it'll go on the other side and in
the radial pouch the other side
it's got a button retainer i've never
had any issues with it falling out or
being uncomfortable but like i said
after a while those things get pretty
hot so you're going to feel that radio
heat on your side
another set of side plates that i keep
in um
and on the the side here i got my other
tourniquet uh
i have it upside down for easy access i
got two tourniquets on both sides so i
can reach them
from from either from either hand
i have i know there's a lot of open
space here but like i said uh
i just don't want to if i if i had to
put something on this i could
but if i don't need it i'm taking it off
i don't need extra crap on my kit
uh wearing it down and uh gentlemen
ounces equal pounds and after about 10
click offset infill this thing can get
pretty heavy so
i like to stay pretty light
a carabiner that hasn't been exposed to
salt water is always something
good to keep on the kit i can put it
anywhere hang anything on it
but it like i said it has not been
exposed to salt water it's clean
and it will hold the weight that it's
supposed to hold without any
any any any issues this particular body
armor has a little bit of space
and for for medical pouch purposes
they uh they give us this nifty little
medical kit
that slides right up into your body
armor yeah it can get a little bit bulky
but uh you know we're gonna want that
medical pouch
this slides up right into the body armor
fits really nice it's a little it's a
little snug but obviously worth it so if
any of you guys are wondering what my
third la or my second line medical pouch
is it's it's up in my body armor
there's the the other side of this
medical kit is obviously in the back
here
and it's just a good little addition to
this body armor
for maritime operations i run swimmer
plates that uh
that have a little bit more flotation
than your regular uh
level level plates uh if i have to wear
any
more additional kit or if my stuff
starts getting a little heavy and i'm
doing maritime operations
i will add some flotation to it like i
said in the seal teams we have to
consider the maritime element
it's a pain in the ass getting that
floatation in but you're going to want
it if you ever take a take a dip in the
drink
that's about it gentlemen a quick review
of my london bridge 6094.
i love this wrap i can wear it like
pajamas and uh thanks for watching
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