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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
It the one thing I have always thought of the MOLLE system, especially SAW gunner set up. Pouches too big in location where laying in the prone would be an issue.
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The nice thing about MOLLE is the flexibility to reposition pouches where they work for the individual, though with some stuff like belted ammunition or the 40mm rounds mentioned earlier you get more into "least worst" than "best" sometimes.
It is really nice to be able to rework the kit beyond the basic rifleman/SAW gunner/medic whatever sets they issued. Building an ALICE rig suitable for mounted operations in Humvees (especially up armors with all the extras we cram in those vehicles before people even get into them), for instance, is tricky, but its easy with MOLLE.
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Interesting note it seems when the MOLLE Vest was issue to replace the old ALICE gear that much of the gear such as ammo pouches, canteens weren't issue, the troops used the old ALICE attach to the new vest. So that answer one of my question in that the old butt-pack probably were used too...
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The adaptor panels seemed to be used more in the early days, but there's still stuff issued that is set up for ALICE and doesn't have purpose built MOLLE containers. My current TA-50 in the AK NG includes a two quart canteen and arctic canteens that don't have MOLLE pouches. I use my own vest and pouches, but my guys with the issue stuff are running a mix of ALICE LBVs and MOLLE FLCs. Pre-deployment that would all change but if we ended up in a come as you are kind of war today the guys in my section would be running all sorts of mixed and matched kit.