[First Impressions] US Army Airborne TAP

[@douglashenze2534]

At 6:30 when you're talking about the front buckles being backed up to the strap. The reason for having the ability for the front panels to drop lower is so that when a soldier gets fully rigged up with their parachute, they can wear the harness, but drop the front so that it clears the reserve parachute.

[@VentureSurplus]

Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Appreciate you sharing that!

[@TheClandestineCamper]

I bought one of these off eBay as soon as this video came out, and this thing is pretty solid. Most people's main concern was the sizing of it being too loose, and I am not a wide guy, and it fits like a FLC vest if you just snug down the side adjustments. Looking forward to the future videos to see how you kit it out. This A-TAP is the cool uncle to the FLC

[@DrConfed]

Got issued this back in 2017 as part of the field testing phase. Jokes on those civilians, before they gave us these, we got RFI like 2 months beforehand. So my unit made us wear our plate carriers for literally all training we did. A few months later, when they came back to get our feedback, and we told them we didn't wear them, they got so pissed they made half of us give them back when we were all supposed to keep them.😅

[@N238E]

Why am I not surprised.

[@thefucrew9865]

Reminds me of a FLC, mixed with the Eagle H-Harness kit.

[@juweikwen4030]

US Army Airborne TAP ==> Looks nice but price at high side USD $99 at least. Hopefully the price will be around $29 to $39 soon if possible. US FLC ACU still cheap and good for the time being if has a budget concern.

[@VentureSurplus]

They're going to be a bit pricey for a long time. Limited issue, very few hit the market at a time, and it's also going to warrant a slightly higher price just due to what it is for a while.

[@manofaction1807]

When these came out, we threw them in the back of the closet, and just lived with our Web gear and suspenders, because .. it was new. We didn't like "New" when we were jumping. First series was ACU colored, and had a bunch of snap fasteners and plastic clips that would tangle up on anything and everything. We ended up using 100 mile an hour tape, and 550 chord to field modify these. The leadership had hell to pay getting a unified Field Uniform back in those early days. All in all, we used them a few years later, when the next couple of iterations came out, but it didn't really take. They ended up in the back of the closet.

[@ryno9677]

I’ve been waiting for these to start popping up. They’re a super cool set up

[@JayBlanco11C]

3ibct in the 25th got thoose in 2017, I personally thought they were a little to ridged, and didn't dig the harness, but dig the first spear tubes.. for issued gear tho, not bad I'd buy one

[@VentureSurplus]

It definitely is a bit more rigid then I expected. I think it's good, and bad too.

[@Mifune41]

These look awesome. Looking forward to see how you set one of these up.

[@ScottyD0578]

Bought one off of EBay last year for $100. Nice rig. Thanks for the video.

[@herknorth8691]

Easy to see the similarities between this and the FLC.

[@Villain_Actual]

The one I was issued when I was in was huge.. idk if they come in different sizes or they’re just made big but I had it tightened all the way down and it was super loose, and I’m not a small guy…

[@austinshannon4197]

Go Washington huskies and I have kaidon salter heisman frontrunner, 10 and 0 liberty university flames qb. I assume the U.S. Army takes that as a high honor since the U.S. Army fights for liberty.

[@douglassshephard3732]

It is A lot better than the old Tap Like this lot

[@kreiger9]

Tanks much!

[@fanman8102]

I’m old so it reminds me of JayJays. Looks like we’ve almost come full circle, minus the belt.

[@ironteacup2569]

I have one of these but I haven’t set it up

[@kedragon6460]

What, Condor MCR7 Ronin Chest Rig comparable,

[@HITROVTIME]

When you start to sell this item?

[@davebona9592]

Why fastex buckles on back those are in the most awkward spot.

[@rl-762]

It’s so when you unclip them, combined with the other straps, the tap drops low enough to clear a main and reserve parachute

[@apamburn]

It looks a lot to me like the USAF h gear Gen 1 harness. Do my eyes deceive me?

[@VentureSurplus]

Not quite, but is similar to some of the DFLCS stuff.

[@PT11B]

Seems like a miss with the FS tube. Should have just done a flexible zipper like the FLC or Fastex buckles like a Spiritus Split Front Rig.

[@GrumpyoldPlumber]

I’ll never go back to a split rig or harness without front adjustable buckles.

[@ContraIsBased]

better than the current back-breaking TAP

[@VentureSurplus]

Definitely has it's perks.

[@ab5olut3zero95]

Looks unnecessarily complicated.

[@VentureSurplus]

It's really not overly complicated, and it's much simpler the older H Harnesses.