You’re going to look at this and say, “What the heck is that?” Sure, it’s a zipper sewn to a strip of hook and strip of loop, but what does it do?
The answer is so simple that you’re going to wonder why no one has done it before. To see the answer, make the jump.
To me, it’s always exciting when a small, Veteran owned business makes a stride forward. I’m looking forward to taking a look at their ballistic data.
From their Facebook Page:
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S.O.TECH has announce that their Viper Vest MACTAC is on the LAPD approved list for plate carriers.
This is the evolution of Austrialpin Cobra Buckles developed specifically for use in the Ares Armor Derma Carrier which we previewed back in April.
The Geronimo II Maritime or G2M was designed for use by a member of the Special Boat Teams who needed the ability to incorporate positive flotation as well as a system to cut away plates.
The carrier itself is very robust and can be used to drag/pull the wearer. It is a traditional center flap design with integral magazine pouch for 3 x 30 rd mags.
In addition to a cummerbund that accepts both hard and soft armor, the G2M is available with a simple waist strap. Additionally, the cummerbund offers an integrated radio pocket and will accept kangaroo pouch for an additional 3 x 30 round mags for a total of 9 on the rig.
Check out the eyes on that Punisher engraved into the PlateFrmae.
They also displayed a cool FAST helmet cover by Platatac that has built-in spots for the V-lite and Manta Strobe.
It’s been a busy week at the House Armed Services Committee where they’ve been working on the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. In fact, it passed out of committee with a vote of 59-2 and is expected on thd House floor next week. And while, we’ve been talking quite a bit about the Enyart Amendment that directs all of DoD to adopt a common camouflage combat uniform, there are plenty of other Soldier Systems items on their plate.
From the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee we’ve seen language that:
1) Creates budget line items for protective equipment. This will move money out of Operations and Maintenance accounts and into procurement accounts providing more visibility of funding to industry in the Military Department’s budgets.
2) Provision requiring DOD to contract with a Federally Funded Research Center to study the procurement methods used to for protective equipment
3) Provision requiring the DOD to report on their body armor strategy to increase innovation, reduce weight, etc.
4) Provision requiring report on plan to provide female specific clothing and equipment.
Additionally, from the Chairman’s mark there is:
1) Language requiring IG to audit Berry amendment compliance
2) Directive report language to evaluate the risks of use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contracting and Reverse Auctions for critical safety items and protective equipment.
The HASC characterized the bill in summary press release available here but this how they refer to their work on warfighter equipment:.
“The bill facilitates the development of ever more functional, lighter, and more protective body armor by requiring each service to create a separate procurement budget line for personal protective equipment- thus making body armor a more traditional weapon system acquisition program that can build on successive generations of innovation and investment, rather than the ad hoc procedure now in place. The bill also requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive study and assessment on ways to improve personal protective equipment for female service members.”
We asked our friends at the Warfighter Protection & Readiness Coalition for their thoughts on HR 1960 and they offered us this statement:
“The WPRC applauds all of these legislative steps by the House Armed Services Committee that support warfighter readiness and ensure equipping the individual warfighter is a continued priority. This bill recognizes that warfighter equipment acquisition reform is needed to sustain industry’s innovation investments and production capabilities to meet future force requirements.”
As you know Beez Combat Systems has been building body armor carrier for sometime, But, what you probably don’t know is that they offer a custom body armor carrier capability. They can take a set of custom cut body armor and turn it into an Outer Tactical Vest. This has been pretty popular with Law Enforcement that want a custom OTV, especially for female officers. It’s also cost effective for Tactical Teams that have switched to a new camouflage pattern and don’t have the budget for new armor.
Lately, they’ve are also seeing a high demand for low vis carriers with the ability to up armor. Additionally, hard plate pockets can be added to the low vis carriers.
The carriers can be made to work with the newest chest rigs on the market as well (BCS chest rig bibs, Mayflower rigs, Haley Strategic rigs) by adding ITW QASM buckle attachment webbing and loop Velcro.
BCS offers carriers in 12 colors, including the latest and greatest camouflage patterns.
Here is the updated Beez Combat Systems Custom Body Armor Carrier Form.
Beez Combat Systems Custom Body Armor Carrier Form by BeezCombatSystems
For additional information about the Custom Body Armor Carrier process visit blog.beezcombatsystems.com/custom-carrier.
