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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
The MOLLE pouches are a big improvement. The ruck system is a POS, in my opinion.
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I agree with that. I liked the MOLLE system as long as you didn't have a M203set up. They had no room from 40mm shells. I had to put my magazine pouches on the last loops on the bottom just to have room for the 40mm pouches and it still only carried like 7 or 8 40mm shells. I usually ended up wearing the old school grenadier vest over the MOLLE vest instead, and that solved the probelm. My last year in I switched to a different battalion that gave more leeway on gear, so I bought the old school Y harness since I still had the M203. I found it was just a pain in the ass and liked to get tangled up. I never got to liking it. The MOLLE and LBE vest where way better as a M16 gunner only. Now the MOLLE pack, that just sucked. Those plastic frames broke on a few guys packs and they never felt right. I bought a large ALICE pack when I had the chance and liked it a lot better. Lots of guys always wanted to buy it off me. I must have bought one of the few ones the PX had, so I gave it to someone when I got out.