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Originally Posted by Blinky
"Front line experience" is completely different than what a standard loadout for a soldier here in Canada is. In-theatre, a soldier can carry whatever he may need so long as it is authorized by the CoC. Here in Canada, however, when going on exercise a troopie is issued five magazines - four for their vest and one in their weapon. This vest was created/tested/approved before Canada became actively involved in a combat mission. Hell, back in the day troops were issued only five mags per person with loose rounds on stripper clips kept in the buttpack of their webbing. And that was the standard for places like Bosnia, Cyprus, etc. Hell, some tours didn't even want soldiers carrying weapons let alone carrying live rounds.
I personally found the TV a god-send because it meant I could wear my equipment while operating my vehicle (I was a recce soldier for seven years). Sufficed to say, it was a pain in the ass to have to lug, dump and re-mount the old '82 pattern webbing all the time.
Regardless of anyone's likes or dislikes of the current issue TV, the thread is about the repro body armour. And since I know we can all argue the migratory patterns of the North American ground squirrell, perhaps it'd be best to steer this discussion back to the original topic.
Has there been any sort of progress with this idea? Has a prototype been produced?
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I beleive there was a prototype produced by CP Gear in OD and TAN
So Far I think he's trying to get at least 10 people that would buy one for sure before they produce one in CADPAT for sale to the public... or at least those 10 people who want one...