ATS Tactical developed this new harness following the release of the ATS 7.62 SFCH. The 7.62 harness was designed by an SF friend of theirs and was made for a deploying unit, but the design worked so well it was modified into the 5.56 version seen here. The rig is constructed of 500D Cordura. Each pouch holds a single 30 round 5.56/.223 magazine. They are held in by their bungee retention system, with nylon pull tabs. Each side of the harness has a built in 9”x 7” map pocket. To the outside of each side of the rig there’s two channels and three rows of PALS webbing and each magazine pocket of the harness also has two channels and three rows of PALS on its face.
Each side of the harness is 10 inches by seven inches, and the harness is closed by two ITW/Nexus GhillieTEX one inch Fastex side release buckles. Overall width of the harness is about 22 ½ inches. To reduce weight, the waist belt has been redesigned to release only from the left side, and a webbing retainer has been added to secure the running end of the strap. The upper harness attachment points use the lighter ITW/Nexus Ladderloc and also use the webbing retainer. The shoulder straps have also been redesigned to accommodate the ATS MCH Hydration Harness or a smaller and lighter modular carrier such as the ATS 50 Ounce Hydration Carrier. The cross strap portion of the harness has a very lightweight 4 channel and 4 row grid of PALS webbing with a clever design that does away with the base material that PALS is usually sewn to, instead using a double row of webbing bar tacked to itself and box-X stitched to the harness.
The 5.56 SFCH is available in Multicam, Coyote Brown, Ranger Green and deepest darkest Black. It’s made in The USA from the finest quality Mil Spec, American produced materials and sewn by Americans. As with all ATS brand gear, it is covered by a lifetime warranty against manufacturer’s defects in materials and workmanship.
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My only dislike is the width of the split, but I guess that can’t be helped – other solutions like velcro and zips are either too loose, too easily opened or too fiddly – but the SR buckles put the mags very close to the arms, so when you’ve used up your support-hand-side mags, it’s a big stretch unless you train to shuffle mags across as you reload/pause