This is the first public look at the MR PC. It’s releasable and uses the already existing BASE frame (Body Armor Support Equipment).
Look for more details soon.
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Slick looking carrier. I’m not a fan of buckles on the shoulders. It digs in pretty good if you’re wearing a ruck with any weight to it. Placing the buckles farther forward so that they sit on the front of the plate where the strap connects to the vest might be more comfortable. That PC is slim enough having a buckle there shouldn’t interfere with shouldering your weapon.
National Molding Quick Release? If so, where is the release button?
Pics show the cables terminating at the male buckles, which collapse when pulled. From what the photos show, 3 of the 4 buckles that hold this thing together are associated with that cable. Would seem that the release is on the back of the vest, maybe that strap over the wearer’s right shoulder visible in the 3rd photo?
was thinking the same 🙂
Knowing Mystery Ranch I wouldn’t be surprised if they have come up with a way to integrate their packs with this.
They better have. XD
The shoulder buckle is padded underneath and the rear panel is integrated with the hip belt as in a backpack set-up. Can’t tell for sure, but that part looks like it has some kind of vertical load bearing stay.
Weight transferred off the shoulders and redirected to the hips. Reduced mobility and maneuvering for the sake of saving some shoulder and back ache.
That’s almost like saying using a waistbelt on a ruck is just abut saving some shoulder and back ache.
Have you ever worn one of these integrated belt/PC systems?
Its not about just a little ache, and there is plenty of medical literature out there to support the direction stuff like this is headed.
:0, will want.
When they told me the ASAP was no longer going to be a body armor solution my heart dropped. I have a current gen 1 base frame that I use with my IOTV…could they add more coverage for soft armor on this? Any chance they go with a scalable solution.
What is/was the ASAP?
http://www.mysteryranch.com/military/assault-patrol-packs/asap-pack
Originally the concept was to use quick attach buckles to put it on your armor carrier. They were having issues with the buckles they were using, I think National Molding made stronger buckles but at that point they moved away from the idea and the current ASAP does not have those attachment points.
Honestly that would have been your perfect “assault” pack enough to put skivvies, a hydration bladder, an MRE, extra batteries for a 152 or MBITR. And some mission planning items if you happened to be of my ilk.
Very nice… smart idea and looks to be very well designed and thought out! well done guys!
Lame shoulder pads (in terms of thickness for support, not the release portion as that is impressive) and weak cummerbund set up makes me believe they should rethink think.
I would absolutely buy separately their base armor add on support for my carrier, but altogether, this carrier doesn’t bring much if anything new to the party that isn’t already being done. Kudos to them, but I hope it’s priced right for those that do want it
I think the PC is kind of an after thought, I agree it’s nothing special. The loadbearing belt is a pretty big deal and I expect to see the concept expanded in the future. opens a lot of doors for a more holistic load bearing system.
I am no expert in this area, so this is more of a question than a comment to those more knowledgable in this area. If you need to build quick release into a plate carrier, why not use the three ring concept used in civilian and some military parachutes. I believe that is a well tested concept and solution to having a quick release plate carrier? Does anyone know if this has been tried or if it is even a viable concept to test? I look forward to hearing from the experts on thus.
Combining body armor and backpacks into one load carriage is the way of the future. It’s not only more comfortable to wear, it eliminates redundant extra weight.
This Mystery Ranch product looks like an inferior copy of an already developed integrated system. It looks like it will restrict movement and the shoulder buckles will cause pain under pack straps.
These guys have thought those issues through.
http://www.attackpak.com/pages/advanced-load-support-als