Modern Gear Is CRINGE: GWOT Boomer Loadout

[@BlueJeanOperator]

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[@donut750]

What GoPro NVG mount is that?

[@alexhill4727]

Every time a Ranger mentions "when I was in Ranger Battalion," take a drink. You will die.

[@crusher8017]

I know, I was Oz SF and and cringe every time I see a video by a Ranger, SF or Delta who have to keep pointing out which unit they were from. I always make comments that give people reason to think then come back with stay in your basement and play COD. Nobody questions why I provide answeres that are logical and stump suppossed military experts. If not frm the U.S. and make an SF comment, you are instantly told NO YOU ARE NOT. How would they know?

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

i don’t like when people needlessly mention their current of former profession, but this one? i’m alright with it

[@crusher8017]

@@iCookCrystalMeth But repetition gets old mate.

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

@@crusher8017 all in moderation

[@dasboot9471]

How do you know you’re talking to a Ranger? Dont worry they’ll tell you ten times before you blink.

[@EricDaMAJ]

When the hip Millennial slowly transitions to becoming tomorrow's Boomer.

[@EricDaMAJ]

@@roaringsteelmedia I'm Gen X and you ain't lying. It's gonna happen to everyone. It sucks but it beats the alternative.

[@Anarcho-harambeism]

gen alpha is already making my early gen z ass feel old@@roaringsteelmedia

[@Bravo4sendit]

early “millennial” here. Three tours overseas during the war and just turned 40. We are now the old guys

[@Fury-161]

@@roaringsteelmedia Gen X has escaped almost all the hate boomer and millenials get. It's pretty great.

[@nick8874]

boomer isnt an age man its the name of a generation @@roaringsteelmedia

[@user-oj5jr8rm4z]

Cold war and gwot are peak in terms of gear and weapon aesthetics

[@Npc1488-wc1kf]

Contractor wages made high quality gear easy to find

[@davidoftheforest]

Nam

[@austism1]

💯

[@danielpreciado3112]

​@@davidoftheforest I still rock a surplus Nam chest rig. Is it impractical? Absolutely. Does it allow me to style on all the other modern military gear larpers? Also absolutely

[@disposabull]

Try fighting against an enemy that has thermal sights on a rifle, a friend with a thermal drone feeding him your location and five friends with FPV drones while you have 2001 NVG's and a giant laser pointer advertising your location.

[@johnjacobjinglehimer4568]

There is a lack of humility within our generation that believes we're so much smarter and more evolved then our body slaying forefathers. We really do stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@corporaterobotslave400]

Ppl think they're so clever now that they have the internet; meanwhile, they've lost all focus and reasoning.

[@deathfromabove2250]

Right before I got out of the Army I had some Zoomer kid pop shit and say "if y'all knew what you were doing you would of won in Afghanistan" coming from an 18 year old kid who wasn't alive when 9/11 happened. Yeah. The modern generation has little to no respect. 🤣🤣

[@deathfromabove2250]

​@benjamingordon2902 maybe comparing an AR-15 to the M1 Garand. Yes. But run a Gucci AR against a guy who's been running an M16A2 platform since the 80s and trains regularly and it won't matter how much Gucci gear you have. If you don't train with it, it doesn't matter.

[@jonintheredZ06]

​​@@deathfromabove2250and even then I can only give you that Garand statement if we're talking MOUT and CQB, if you're on a mountainside or in the woods and you're packin ye olde 30-06 vs a 10.5" AR with an lpvo and 10lbs of crap on it and you use your advantages like the superior energy state of the 30-06 to maintain a range advantage, you could be a serious threat. As for the "advancement" the AR-15 platform is over 60 years old lol. It's not even that far removed from the Garand in terms of actual design era. And I know sbrs can still put rounds a few hundred yards on but the velocity loss results in a lower rpm/spin rate, meaning they'll lose energy faster. And some ARs with enough kit on them will eclipse a Garand in weight. I have a 6.8 Mk12 Mod0 clone I built myself, aluminum and carbon fiber PRI forend, no bipod, with a sig LPVO I happened to have on hand and an empty 25 round mag it weighs more than my Garand does (granted only by an ounce but still) Edit to add, I am 100% in agreement with you, not trying to dispute what you said, just pointing out with the right training and playing to strengths you can remain threatening even with old gear, because training and practice spells success, not how much money you have hanging in your AR.

[@lovesox]

Bro stop glazing you fookin mook

[@Tusk_III]

Nothing beats a good quad rail M4. Timeless beauty

[@Shaggy_Doo13]

Hell yeah

[@CantoniaCustoms]

Actually I know what beats the quad rail. GI/CAR15 Polymer drop in handguards. "but muh accessories and free float accuracy!" honestly a non-factor under 300 yards.

[@KILLKING110]

Until you realize that Mlock is not only stronger and lighter but is becoming the standard world wide leaving the quad rail users behind

[@Opachki69420]

@@KILLKING110 do you genuinely believe you will outlive your gear?

[@jackbower8671]

​@KILLKING110 They said the same about keymod, Quads work everytime, all the time. Don't fix what isn't broken

[@spencer7197]

Get fit, train, and find gear that works for regardless of trends. Mix old and new as long as it works

[@pablo4yu]

For me… scar17 red dot magnifier combo modlite and plate carrier w 4 mags in front 2 in quick access back, battle belt w 2 scar mags and sidearm, hhv ate helmet, pvs 14

[@spencer7197]

@@pablo4yu As long as you can run it and you can run too lol

[@Bluedevil82nd]

​@@spencer7197I went out today in my old LBV 88, weapon and ruck. I'm 51 now and obviously don't have the motor of a 20 yo paratrooper anymore. Pretty brutal today. Going to have to get in better shape and run less weight. Vietcong style

[@spencer7197]

@Snaveekim76 Ahhh a fellow a paratrooper? Fuck yeah dude, get it!!!

[@Bluedevil82nd]

@@spencer7197 AATW! Strike Hold!

[@0bserver416]

GWOT era equipment is what got me interested in military and airsoft. I was just in very early 20s when 2003 Iraqi invasion happened and woodland vest on DCU top and bottom is very iconic for me!

[@sakthifebriansyah651]

Me too. I built early 2000s navy seals and marine loadout and that what took me more into airsoft. I no longer had those loadout tho

[@JoyZofSoRRoW]

Same. I'm a Fan and Loyalist to the MOLLE webbing system. That was the time I started seeing it and pretty much all the gear I own has it since I started buying it.

[@hendrakurniawan1802]

Can't agree more, combination of 3dcu and m81 woodland is the hottest combination ever

[@Bravo4sendit]

haha i actually wore that combo during that era. while iconic, it was not the best combination

[@0bserver416]

@@Bravo4sendit Why? Because of the colour difference? "Why we have woodland camo? Anyone remember we're invading a f-ng desert country" vibe, eh?

[@justaguypassingthrough4188]

I went down the zoomer hole. I was a gwot marine 09-13. I deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. I just recently bought a colt le6920 since that was the m4 I had when I was one (block 1). Man do I love that rifle, I even got the KA handguard and I love it. I find it more interesting then the rifle I built out purpose built for shtf.

[@deathfromabove2250]

A 6920 will never serve you wrong. They're fantastic

[@ethankaryadi37]

Thanks for your service man. Would you consider switching out the KAC hand guard with the Daniel Defense RIS2 one with the front sight post cutout? Just curious.

[@couchpotato7750]

​@@ethankaryadi37its good idea if you want to push stiff forward on a smaller barrel length imo.

[@justaguypassingthrough4188]

I was in SD July of 2009.

[@Endless_Jaguar]

"If you aren't embarrassed by your generation, then you are why other people are embarrassed."

[@TheOnlyMasterChef]

I can feel the ghost of the tiger stripe clad cold warrior standing over the shoulder of this video, his ALICE gear taped to prevent jingle and his spare canteen pouch stuffed with extra mags for his colt 723. He's whispering "I was high speed once, then they changed what high speed is. It will happen to you too." And so it has. I still wear my ACH, and have my old Eagle MARCIRAS. But I recognize the times have changed. ....Also Block 1 for life.

[@angusoldwolf295]

The best gear is the stuff you own that you actually train with. You can have the coolest high speed stuff, and still get smoked by some guy with a lever gun and a flannel shirt pocket full of rounds....that trains on the regular.

[@angusoldwolf295]

I'm not in either camp BTW. Just stating the obvious. I could use more training too...

[@jonintheredZ06]

I was an instructor for 10 years, I've worked with city, county and state law enforcement for training and participated in classes and teaching with vets from all 4 dod branches, coasties, and civilian instructors and I have been saying this for years lol. Best example: North Hollywood, 1997. The two perps far outclassed the police in gear, firepower and had at least a modicum of teamwork, but nearly every analysis I was part of pointed out how many cops on scene took note of just how poor their marksmanship was. It doesn't matter if you just dumped 1100 rounds everywhere if 90% of them hit concrete and air. There were injuries but those perps did not end anyone but themselves. Compared to Miami 1986 with more or less 1v8, hardened criminal former army ranger vs 8 fbi agents (the 2nd perp only fired one shot) and most sources say the perp in this case fired around 50 rounds, ending 2 agents and injuring 5 of the remaining 6. Now, the distances in Miami were closer, but the gear was just a mini 14 and revolver, nothing modern tactizoomers would consider high-speed and that determined criminal with training was a serious, serious threat compared to two spray-n-prayers. Training trumps everything else.

[@matthewjones39]

@@jonintheredZ06That’s actually a misunderstanding. The robbers weren’t trying to hit most of the time, they were laying down suppressing fire.

[@Badger_Smacks]

Acogs and Elcans still in many ways shit on modern day optic. GWOT vibes will never die

[@blackoutalt2339]

how come? I can only think of duribility, in other ways LPVOs are more versitile

[@Badger_Smacks]

@@blackoutalt2339 cost, weight, durability, field of view, illumination - no lpvo gets even close to how bright the elcan can get, and edge to edge class clarity

[@bentuovila5296]

Still love my acog more than any modern optics.

[@joshuachapman2065]

It's not that ACOG's and ELCAN's are better than modern day optics... it's that they've been pushed to the absolute limit, their flaws and benefits are known intimately. You know where you stand with them, pros and cons, there is no mystery.

[@victordogeman]

LPVO’s do everything, but they do them all mediocre. The 1x is never as good as a red dot, whether it’s a Romeo 4T pro/ aimpoint t2 / Eotech exps3 / vortex UH1 gen 2. Throw in a 3x magnifier and now you have 3x on par with an Lpvo as far as field of view. For mid range, the ACOG TA31 has the best field of view, is significantly lighter and infinitely more durable than an LPVO. Throw in a canted dot, especially something like a micro rifle dot IE the Romeo 4t pro or aimpoint T2, and you’ve now got the best 1x and the best 4x, with the elcan only slightly behind in field of view, by 1/2 degree. So 36-37 feet @ 100yd with the Acog, 33-34 with the elcan, and low to mid 20s with the magnifier OR Lpvo @ 3-4x. The elcan also has a true 1x, centerline, built in. Moving on to 5-6x and above, a proper long range scope (3-18, 5-25, etc) will have a far superior eye box/ field of view compared to the LPVO, and can still accommodate a canted dot as well. The Lpvo is the heaviest option, especially once you add the mount, and every single performance metric on an LPVO is outclassed by some other setup.

[@RabbertKlein]

If you still think of Medal of Honor Tier 1 and Navy Seals running around the mountains of Afghanistan with Orc Industries level 5 PCU softshell tops and bottoms and AN/PEQ2As as "peak tactical" go ahead and hit that subscribe button

[@EQ9962]

Oh the memories. While we are on memory lane. During the initial push pic rails werent even a thing yet. Carry handles, iron sights and taped on lights pushing 100 lume. Tip of the spear

[@AfromanKKK2]

Gwot was going on in the back ground for so long, it’s wild to think that it’s over.

[@EnragedAngloSaxon]

it will never be over, just like the "war on drugs"

[@MrOtistetrax]

Wait. We won the GWOT?

[@up_dogF1]

​@@MrOtistetrax he didn't say we won, just said it's over.

[@MrOtistetrax]

@@up_dogF1 yeah I guess I was trying to make a joke about how it can’t be over, because you can’t win a war against the very concept of terrorism, which is what we seemed to be trying to do. Or something. It wasn’t a very well thought-out joke, tbh.

[@Valorius]

The tactical look absolutely peaked in Vietnam with MACV-SOG. (ex late cold war era US Army grunt here). *No look* has ever looked as cool as a OD green angle cut pocket, H harness LBE, wide brim Vietnam era SOG deep recon team, for pure tactical aesthetics. I personally think the new age high cut helmet look is dorky looking.

[@JohnDoe-wt9ek]

If its aesthetic, I agree. Vietnam made a banger outfit, and even the Tiger Stripes (a US Improved version of the French's own "Frog Uniforms") just hits that itch with regards to "Hardcore MFer's".

[@Tony.795]

@@JohnDoe-wt9ek Tiger Stripe was a camouflage pattern developed by south vietnam. It was inspired by the French lizard pattern that was used by the french troops stationed there and there were many varieties of it. The quintessential 'John Wayne' tiger stripe first appeared in 1962. All uniforms in these patterns worn by US forces were made in country and were authorized for wear but it was never an official gear item. The ERDL was the first widely used US camouflage pattern after the duck hunter camo.

[@matthiasthulman4058]

On the topic of Tiger stripe, I suggest checking out Greek Lizard camo patterns. Pretty neat, but seemingly never available in American sizes.

[@theMightyWhytey]

Back in Grog’s day Grog wear saber skin tunic! Peak good looks! Grog mogged on noobs in deer skin loin cloth! New armor scare Grog! Why bang stick? Why no spear?

[@seamusesparza1943]

OG 107 green proved to be a better general camouflage than the fashion competition the different service branches got into back in the 00s.

[@TWP13]

Trying to fit peltors under the early ACH was a nightmare. Also: we're not talking about OG GWOT if we're not talking about IBA or IOTV with full SAPI and DAP setup lol.

[@bentuovila5296]

Carry handle m16s.

[@ReverendMeat51]

IOTV was great. I remember "upgrading" to MTV. That was a dark day

[@gingerlicious3500]

This. I appreciate the rest of the "peak GWOT" aesthetic, but high-cuts are vastly superior if for no other reason than you avoid the "peltor skull-crushers"

[@Prairiewolf45]

Hearing protection is for sissies Except 3-M bumble bee plugs

[@TwinsM16sRU]

Back to LCE gear from Grandpa's closet.

[@blackoutalt2339]

Im a zoomer still running Alice gear lmao

[@eikduff]

Always love the WH 40k references

[@coaklandva]

lol "Larp" tactical. 😂 They defenantly know their target audience.

[@12345678927164]

Most are LARPers. A few are warriors.

[@gmyza4849]

All this new stuff is cool but sometimes I look at the M16A4 with bayonet and think everything peaked right there

[@Hannibal-019]

I couldn’t agree any harder/more.

[@Front-Toward-Enemy]

Nah things had already peaked by that point.

[@talltale9760]

A1*

[@nobodyimportant9127]

Same

[@corporaterobotslave400]

Shout out to all the MCMWTC graduates! My Dad was CO there in the late 80's; you can thank him for installing that rope tow so you could learn to combat ski. Pickle Meadows for the relax. I could not find any issue helmets that fit my massive noggin [too smart for the military] so I went with an $80 Apex bike helmet and adapted it old school like Navy SEALs; totes my nods fine.

[@Poxyquotl]

HAHA! When I went there, JAN of 2017 that down rope pull was broken so we spent the day HIKING up the hill and skiing back down. I down-hill ski'd previously so it was NBD but man I saw so many stupid wipe-outs.

[@cm-pr2ys]

Station a regiment there!

[@Ducati121]

Peak was rocking all UCP, an IBA that never fit properly because I was broad chested, an M16A2 with mismatched FN and Colt upper and lower, a gooseneck rail mount with an Aimpoint COMP m4, and cant forget the the kevlar pauldrons that my BC at the time was obsessed with everyone wearing.

[@Legalizeasbestos]

When it comes to the Kevlar pauldrons, that seems to make a LOT of sense for a conflict like Ukraine with most casualties being artillery. However I assume being an occupying force in Afghanistan and Iraq it ended up just being a pain in the ass right?

[@Ducati121]

@@Legalizeasbestos They were restrictive to movement, made it a bitch to properly shoulder your rifle, and really just not worth the extra weight they added. Air bursting artillery is going to fuck up your day pauldrons or not.

[@KalashmanNC]

There’s really people out there that don’t think a 6094 and a full cut ACH fuck? Wack.

[@C420sailor]

Aw hell yea. I’m rockin a 6094 and a high cut (I’ll repent later) and a rattle canned quad rail’d M4 with a front sight base is my ride or die… Still got my ACH in the closet though, wont ever get rid of that bitch #GWOT4lyfe

[@065Tim]

2001 or a sohah are cool as F

[@ThatGearCollector2002]

Nothing wrong with an ACH/ECH, it’s by far the best budget helmet one can afford.

[@raging_ferret4915]

I'm in a police tactical unit in the UK. The first drill you carried out forms part of our qualification for our carbines, albeit with a mag change between the kneeling and prone. Great video.

[@warblerblue]

Here in the US, civilians carry mag fed ar15s and don't need a license or permission to keep from His Majesty's government. We probably shoot more rounds informally and in sporting matches than a lot of military personnel.

[@anthonyburdine2873]

That Block II handgaurd is as ergonomic as a hand full of Legos

[@MattMerica76]

Skill issue

[@te179]

@@MattMerica76Tf does that have to do with skill? Lol Reeeee

[@dasboot9471]

Good for the skin when you fall on it too

[@kabloosh699]

​@@MattMerica76 no it's not. Quadrails just provide excess metal on the gun. Mlok allows you to add rails where you need it saving on weight on the gun.

[@Mortablunt]

Quad rails are gay.

[@DKsupreme69420]

RETVRN TO M16A4

[@andrewmohs4734]

Just finished my A4gery build and couldn't be happier. I 550 corded and ducted tape the butstock to make a sling attachment point on top. The tape just adds to the vibe over all. I even duct tapped my lights tape switch. 😍

[@mattkilgore5328]

20 inch barrel is a vibe

[@enginepy]

It’s a really good gun if it fits the engagement range and as long the ergonomics don’t interfere. For me, the 10.3 made more sense but I also had to keep a second rifle to make up for the range limitations. Ammo had to be right as well.

[@theMightyWhytey]

Return to club! Embrace tradition!Reject modernity!

[@cousinzeke4888]

Allow the A1 to wrap you in its loving arms.

[@NoctumIndistries]

No matter what you think about the gear you can feel the passion Operator has for this loadout, I can't help but share it, the sturdyness and the proven history of the items would make me rock this any day.

[@bogdanoffgaming4158]

I really like the look of the gear during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

[@victordogeman]

Also worth mentioning - whatever optic you run, if it’s magnified, it’s worth running a fixed front sight of some sort. You can use the blurred image of the front sight in the bottom of your sight picture to be sure that you’re head position is properly centered. I’m partial to Scalarworks PEAK irons but anything metal will do

[@commandernomad2817]

I want follow up videos where you slowly and consistently replace each and every part of the setup with older and older pieces of kit lol. Today we are going to try replacing our Lorica segmentata with a leather loincloth and panther pelt. Now while the Lorica segmentata offers great protection against bladed weapons and low velocity missiles it is heavy and we need to maintain our high speed tactical posture. We may give up a little bit of protection but we will be able to clear city walls and room clear dungeons much faster. And thanks to the lower weight we can carry more loot while pillaging. And while we are at it these disposable pilums are expansive, this iron is just a fad, instead a long spear with a copper tip will serve us just as well. (im just having fun btw)

[@lancelancer8313]

that impression of botkins at 0:30 is insane.

[@sebleonard8273]

When I was serving, I didn't have an Eagle MBAV, they weren't common, despite being popular and were expensive. I had a CIRAS, anyone else remembers these chonky boys? I even had a groin pad made by an afghan shop.

[@MinimumSpeedOperator]

We had the MCIRAS cause water lol 😂

[@17Mordred]

Still have my MCIRAS 😁

[@MinimumSpeedOperator]

@@17Mordred Yes!!!! Cause water!!!! It actually is one of the best all around plate carriers for deployment long everyday wear thy offers good coverage great webbing and boy you can get it off fast if you absolutely needed to.

[@Indylimburg]

Wish they'd let me keep my MCIRAS. We liked them quite a bit. Well designed. The only thing that would have made them better is if they tapered with the plate at the top of the chest. We cinched them up with 5-50 cord or zip ties.

[@MinimumSpeedOperator]

@@Indylimburg certainly EAGLE makes quality stuff.

[@zeparagonze6148]

Now do a reverse gwot boomer loadout. Laser cut and tegris everything. Call it, The future is now old man loadout

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

I wear what our SF scouts wore in the early days of Operation Enduring Freedom. Bare bones plate carrier with necessary pouches only, an H-harness for utility outside of that, and a small assault pack for food/water/radio/spare ammo. The pack can be dropped without affecting the harness, and the harness can be dropped without affecting the plate carrier.

[@rakyatjelata403]

Do you have any resource for the loadout, im very curious

[@MinutemanMedic]

Fact: if you aren't running the latest gear trends, you're going to die when SHTF.

[@demetriusk7421]

Looking at all these kilometer-long handguards with holes, skeleton-type plate carriers the size of bikinis and weird optic mounts , it becomes clear that the tactical industry gave us everything we needed back in the 2000-2010's

[@IvIidnight]

Langden Tactical just released a Beretta PX Storm that they worked their magic on! Thing looks amazing and they couldn't get it to malfunction. 1911 Syndicate just dropped a video on it with the owner of LT breaking the upgrades down. The video is worth a watch, but more than that, I would love to see you get your hands on one!

[@mxxkxxg]

The PX4 is a beast. The only things it really needs though are the low pro decockers, a nice set of sights, and a D spring.

[@CA.0verview]

14:46 hey brother for drills id recommend a MXAD drill. For rifle Set up two ispsa targets , targets set at 20 yards and 40yard (1foot apart ).Time standard 2 second. For pistol , same targets one set a 7 yard and the second at 12 yards standard time is 6 seconds. The focus of this drill is to fights against tension. Stay relaxed . 6 rounds on the first target and 2 rounds in the second. You can go far to neat or near to far. Have a good one homies 🔥

[@glock22357]

Sure. Train yourself to only react to an auditory stimulus. That's real-worl AF.

[@ramblingimbecile2295]

All combat drills should now include not being fragged by a drone

[@zr6671]

worst moment for the big army in the GWOT was the introduction of the acu: change my mind

[@axlem4549]

Huh? They are still wearing the Acu to this day. You mean UCP?

[@Bravo4sendit]

Walking around looking like a confused gendered mind craft character. That is a decade we won’t get back

[@zr6671]

no UCP is multicam; ACU is the grey digital camo that literally blended in with absolutely NOTHING @@axlem4549

[@zr6671]

@@axlem4549 no OCP = Multicam; ACU is the grey digital camo that blended in with absolutely nothing.

[@jurassicturtle3666]

​@@zr6671that's plain wrong and you know it. There are thousands of floral print couches in grandmothers' homes out there in the world just waiting for someone in ACUs to come along

[@luke7750]

What gloves are you using? Sorry if you already addressed it and I missed. My hands sweat really bad and it drives me crazy with certain materials. The gloves look like leather which I love

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

One of my favorite airsoft loadouts was my GWOT/OIF USMC 03xx loadout with the IBA/LWH (or the PASGT, I used a PASGT because poor) and the MARPAT. Major vibe check. I rocked an M14 with my kit as a DMR, but also had an M16A4 for if the M14 went down. My real steel kit is a Coyote Weesatch (of course it is! :P) setup with my LEO duty belt and Glock G45... have a 11.5" suppressed AR for close in work and an M1A (seeing a trend here?) for the long range stuff. I rock a cheap knockoff bump, but still have the real PASGT for when neck pain is worth it.

[@eaSTS9]

cringe why brag about using LEO and military gear in airsoft especially when your name is a gaming channel and you talk about how your mom paid for you to drive tanks on it? ":P"

[@ReaperofValhalla]

I enlisted into the army 2020 as 11X before I knew what that actually meant. I was told I was slotted to 12B (Combat Engineer) but in truth I was 11C (Mortarman) bound by needs of the army. One of the things I learn besides how to be a better thief, lair and con artist is that the “latest and greatest” of anything is always a cash grab for somebody. We got M16s, M4s and the scouts got that new Sig Rifle. We never use anything but single shot on any of them because if that’s the case that means the MGs are down and things gone from FUBAR to PUD. Your $500 AR would almost certainly be on par with the average blank M4 if not better and most gun owners have more spare time to dedicate to training with their preferred weapons than most soldiers. We use red dots and ACOGs but command wanted us to use risers with the iron sight “just in case” and that apparently the risers help with soldiers performance. well the carry handle the M16s used to have integrated did just fine as a riser so now they waste more money on Risers. 2 billion dollars were spent to collet data and test new camos to replace woodland, ACU/digit pattern was not part of that program but was still selected because the marine corps looked cool with their new uniform and the army wanted to copy it. They just happen to pick the one color scheme that only works in the Rocky Mountains where everything is a touch shade of blue. My NCOs used to tell us stories how uniforms got stained outside the wire and anything resembling above the bare minimalist logistics were almost a pipe dream In the sand box. So replacement uniforms were hard or very slow to come by. Their uniforms which were concrete colored and digital patterned started resembling desert or mountainous tiger stripe camo just by the nature of their jobs. So they swear by it and have multiple sets just in case of foreign or domestic Red Dawn. Hell during a DTD event when we went down to Louisiana with the local training regiment and some US Allie’s from South America for a joint training OP. Some of the foreign soldiers for OPFOR started popping enough flairs and smoke to make NODs unusable. It seem like a civil war movie with all the smoke and flairs going off. Though they did start a small fire with it and we had to cancel for a few hours until it was deemed safe the fact of the matter was it being 2 am we couldn’t see shit with the bare eyes or nods.

[@Shawn_Cote]

What gloves are you using?

[@jamesgunnyreed]

Great video! 16", 18", and 20" AR's are where its at. Nice to see someone doing drills at rifle engagement distance instead of Bill Drills 7 yds. I always get a chuckle out of kids today wearing thousands of dollars worth of armor, gear, night vision, and running $2000. rifles with another $3000 to $4000 worth of optic, laser, magnifier, lights, suppressors, and many times its a tax stamped SBR. I'm all for people doing their thing but its just ridiculous when all they do is go to an indoor range a couple times a month. I went to Iraq in 2003 with an M16A2, M9, old school H-Harness, flak jacket and Kevlar. The same stuff I had been using the previous 11 yrs. The only upgrade in gear we got was desert cammies. LOL. Room clearing with a 20" rifle was no issue. It was all we knew. Now 16" AR's with collapsible stocks are like short barrel carbines to me. I have some fancy new school gear myself. A plate carrier and modern helmet with comms and hearing protection built in sure is nice. But I still have my old Kevlar and Flak jacket from 2003 (it was reported as combat loss).

[@JustSumGuy01]

I used to be for the modern M-Lok handguards and they are still cool but nothing beats old quad rails. Heavy, rigid and just solid

[@CantoniaCustoms]

I've got a soft spot for CAR15 handguards.

[@JustSumGuy01]

@@CantoniaCustoms retro AR 15s are so hot right now. I got a video of mine

[@lithium1770]

mlock is better though

[@wolfgang_h3t]

I hate mloks on AR platforms, it's already a light platform with a small gas system, the extra gurth of the quad helps more than hinders. My SCAR on the other hand kinda needed mlok, too gurthy lol

[@CantoniaCustoms]

@@wolfgang_h3t I'm impartial to mlok but by the time you're finished strapping all your tacticool onto your mlok handguards you're back at square one with a gun that weighs more than the standard CAR15 with the GI handguards lol

[@rekt6408]

Still have my tan Eagle MBAV. Did the same as you bought it for airsoft, joined, realized the IOTV sucked and the MBAV had an NSN. That beast carried me through hell and back for 6 years till the JPC 2.0 finally relieved it of duty. She still sits as worn on a hanger on the wall. 10/10 fantastic PC and still completely serviceable. Edit: I ran the exact same pouch configuration plus an admin pouch up top that folded out with a little battle board in it. It is the standard by which all my new kit gets judged. Plus the fun of the CSMs and 1SGs that would tell me I couldn't wear it. I'd just respond it's issued and show the NSN tag. So stupid of a dumb PVT-SPC but they ended up changing policy to if it has an NSN you can buy and wear it.

[@Civilian_principles]

Peak GWOT is the LBT-6094 and I will die on that hill. Perfect plate carrier that will hold up and surpass 99% of stuff on the market now

[@Gearparadummies]

I've owned three repro and one legit 6094s. I call them the "little big vest" because they aren't as cumbersome as one would thing and still carry a lot if needed.

[@bradywassam5232]

I appreciate your use of the safety selector switch when changing positions. Drives me nuts watching some "experts" miss out on this basic safety task.

[@johnrogers1038]

Lots of fundamentals get tossed out on guntubers channels. It seems like they think shiny shit makes for more lethality and impervious to gun shot wounds. We had plates on all my deployments from ‘07-13. We still got behind walls, rocks and piles of dirt because, you know, fundamentals (of not getting shot)

[@Dagger_6-w7t]

I clicked on this video because I saw the MBAV. I rocked one of these for a while. That shit was high speed at the time haha

[@sandmanlxv]

You’re a man after my own heart. I recently just got hold of a real 2007 Gentex TBH-II, and a repro Pre-MSA Paraclete RAV.

[@blu9021]

Block 2 is still a vibe

[@Timboslice475]

Damn, having a pipe hitter like you talking about getting stuck an ACH really is humbling as a grunt who spent his last two years in the marines with a high cut and 31s.

[@kevm348]

Nutnfancy just had a SAWC heart attack

[@MrBangen2012]

As a new Infantrymen, early GWOT era combat/combat gear is the biggest reason why we join. We being 25-30 year olds. Great video 🔥

[@cheetos-edit3095]

LBT is still based

[@CantoniaCustoms]

because if you absolutely have to outsource, rather than to the chinese outsource to peru instead.

[@woodystube1000]

Great video, thank you for making it! We all believe the gear we used was the best compilation possible because…well, that’s what WE used. In reality, gear is now in a seemingly-constant state of evolution. Some is better, some is just different.

[@WOLF3GOIF]

I remember getting to Kuwait with a flak vest ready to stack bodies. Then they issued woodland IBAs with ceramic plates and felt indestructible. We had the ACH with the crappy old school webbing that dug into your scalp. Which I always took off and almost paid for it. Was prime choice for a dragunov without head pro.

[@Squimd]

You looked 100 percent like Judge Dread with the helmet and eye pro on. 😮

[@hellomynameis2767]

Funny you talk about going to irons. In the arghandab 2010 my Eotech shit the bed forever and I had to use my irons when our op got attacked. GWOT taught me well. Well said brother.

[@oneballwizard406]

No shit? I've been looking for a reason to run irons only on my 16" and this might be it

[@dasboot9471]

Eotechs are garbage in my opinion, nothing but problems

[@chizorama]

It's sad that using irons have gone the way of writing in cursive, it's lost art.

[@johnrogers1038]

Same, on a raid in Ninewah province in Iraq ‘07. Eotech died forever but irons kept me in it.

[@chernobylthing3932]

Hey, great vid! Minor correction: you said that you're holding the finest weapon of war in the intro but there was no big pointy stick.

[@GustheGunGuy]

Reject MOLLE, return to ALICE

[@baghdaddy3531]

Based

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

The whole combat belt and suspender trend gave me a hella good laugh as a return to the old ALICE systems.

[@wilsongulick4608]

@@VictoriaCortes1717 Ha, I was going to say the same basic thing but M-1956.

[@anthonywood4894]

What is the green coat are you wearing?

[@kanejakejimmy]

I love iron sights. If that makes me a Boomer? Dat's cool.

[@crusher8017]

It does mate, I trained on the FN SLR with iron sites. Dead shot out to 400m.

[@justicesimpson5280]

Any particular reason you used the g19 over the g17 while deployed? I suppose there isn’t much difference outside of size all things considered (which could be the main reason), just curious.

[@BlueJeanOperator]

Honestly not sure.

[@the_gaming_rabbit8017]

GWOT gear really was peak tactical gear

[@chuchie805]

Looking up at the helicopter at 12:39 is such a vibe. Literally me.

[@georgiabowhunter]

I'm a pre Multicam GEN X GWOT vet and still rock all my issued Woodland MOLLE gear.

[@ThraceVega]

I managed to snag a Ranger Green Eagle Industries Maritime CIRAS a couple years back, still in original packaging, for less than 150 bucks. Very aesthetic.

[@thereddaikon]

What GoPro mount do you use? Every mount I've bought for an NVG shroud sucks. They are either too loose or too tight with the GoPro.

[@Crangaso]

GWOT gear is the GOAT - Quad Rails & overt plate carriers all day!! Block 2 is real sweet - ACR for the win.

[@mattkennedyuspsa]

I scored an ACH off Facebook for $150, it came with upgraded pads, a cover, and a ring mount.

[@Grant-y1s]

Great video! Curious what jacket that you've got on. Looks legit.

[@RC-1148]

[Puts on M1 pot and locks rifle] Thats all a gimmick sunny.

[@gharrett2092]

Having issues fitting my ear pro under the ach any recommendations?

[@UndertheTreesPNW]

Remove a pad on each side to make room for the head band, maybe get a size larger. I used my ear pro under the helmet for years like this

[@stevewilson7819]

I stepped up a size for the helmet shell, and went with Gentex pads. The crown pads are split rather than being one big circular pad, and I moved the side pads apart. Basically had three pads in the front and three in the back. And the Gentex pads can be opened up and a layer of the padding removed. That made all the difference.

[@LiterateDuck]

Take a shot every time he says “Ranger battalion”

[@ModernTacticalShooting]

Gunfighter cut ACH for the win, I wore one my last 2 tours in Afghanistan even though I had access to Ops-Core. Heavier but I found was more comfortable....Still have it!

[@HansTheGreatestApocPlayer]

Another argument is to just continue using what you were issued since you are trained on that gear. I live in a country with strict gun laws but I kept my service rifle and invest the hours that would be spent looking for a better gun/gearset training on what I have.

[@epiccowboymemes2042]

Have to love all of the engineering/decision making that went into the URGI amounting to more felt recoil at almost the SAME weight as the Block II.

[@KipKil1igan]

I ended up taking my creeman helmet and changing the insides to the ach suspension and added opscore rails to the outside. Turns out like a low cut opscore

[@stirfry741]

I agree with like half of what you say. I agree durable carriers are better than laser cut light weight stuff, especially after a few days of fighting, the mch helmet over bumps feels silly tho. I don’t want to wear a ballistic helmet constantly, that’s why I bought bumps. They never were meant to replace the ballistic helmet for real use. They just lessen the strain on my neck. I also run a mk18 SBR with an RC2 with 77 grain OTM/TMK. Within 50 yards you hardly notice a difference. The added dwell time from the can seems to push me out further than 50 with similar explosive fragmentation from 55 grain stuff.

[@silvermediastudio]

ACH is the jam. In addition to bullet protection, they provide far superior protection from fragments, blunt trauma, and even blast overpressure. RE: the shooting - in the prone, get your support elbow under the bore axis. This is a superior position for NPOA and will help avoid muscle tension. For the other positions, try to use the sling for additional stability, by wrapping it once around your support hand and your support elbow. These traditional marksmanship fundamentals will reduce dispersion and not hurt split times.

[@mikewallace6322]

The only thing the MBAV was used for was as a back plate carrier for your RRV because selling them separately to the government as a supplemental to the load out kit meant additional contracts. I’ve got 4 complete kits including the stocking lists and the MBAV and the MBSS were both separate purchases by big gov but the end result was 1 million percent sexier.

[@TRoutdooradventures]

I literally just built an A4 and i put a front sight post light mount and a1 furniture on it with a 723 stock. Then i bought an m9….. i actually like the set up so its my primary go to guns. Primary arms 5x prism with one of their pistol dots on top. Left hand thigh holster from a marine who picked it up on his 07 deployment. Sling dangles to the right. It works better for vehicles

[@voidslayerOS18]

when i was deployed in 2015, i used my deployment cash to build out a custom DD upper with a 14.5" barrel, pinned comp, block 2 rails and a mid length gas system, then i threw it on a psa lower lol, ive never had an issue with it.

[@christopherfinn5425]

I still use my woodland iba from my first deployment in 2004, and my iotv from my second deployment in 2008. I love the setup. I still use my og ach from my first deployment and I'm getting a ar upper mod to basically change it to a semi m16a2 with the knight armament rail :) ps I also still have my EO tech 512

[@itsskryan0ne857]

What hearing do you run?

[@Mochizuki031]

Is there a dealer that sells the PGD Mich in the US? I wanted to get one for a video to compare different MICH/ACH part compatible shells in the future.

[@MrBioniclefan1]

This is kinda of a dumb question but does larp tactical make interceptor body armor vest?

[@dannyhayes664]

Was he in Ranger Battalion ?

[@john-gg5mk]

Why is the eotech on a riser? Wouldnt you be able to cowitness with the iron sights without the riser?

[@TheNinjaman97]

I got my own MICH 200 and the only thing that's on it is an old school MS200 strobe. Have a JPC2.0 with haley's DC3R-H and decided to keep the back slim. so far it hasn't let me down and debating on grabbing that Repro MBAV set up you got for the Wife. Found you through MSW and in all you seem like a genuine dude. Gonna keep up to date on your content you push out.

[@vertigo591]

I still run a MICH. Only change I’ve done to it was put in a ratcheting head strap. Though my man needs to get himself a huskey mk 2 ews to complete the look. If he can still find one.

[@yngchino1130]

Musket nap sack and 3 flint lock pistols all while wearing m81 as god intended

[@enginepy]

My best kit setup was Mk18 (mod 0 type) on my M16A2 lower, M68, mag coupler and vert grip. Light, PEQ-2 and suppressor only when needed. M9 and standard IBA with eagle pouches. Baseball cap usually, sometimes ACH (didn’t love it). One knee pad. Safari lane hard holster modded to wear up high by hip. Perfection for me

[@TexasADV]

I bought an old PASGT off ebay, sent it off to customACH to have it high-cut. It's a great setup which costs soooo much less than an opscore

[@elekbalazs88]

What type of gloves you have? Anyone know?

[@magaz]

9:38 “these plate carriers are very gerbil” is what I was sure you said at first

[@jonahhuff184]

As part of the gwot, I have to concure. I was lucky enough to get my last issued rifle set up with the full block 2 accessories and a 1-4 vortex.