Hello, My name is SwiftandSure, and I am a Gucci-Kit Monster.
While I've mentioned the odd time on here the gear I have, I've never shown it on here. This is my CEFO for rifleman role, some of it I've had since I was 15 in the ACF, some from the BA, the rest I've bought and blagged for my time in the RDF.
I've posted it up as an example to some, whilst looking for constructive criticism myself. Plus most of us love to talk about kit one way or another.
The principles I've tried to work towards with my CEFO are as follows:
- Try to maintain as a low a profile on the front and back of the rig so that I can lay in the prone position, and sit in a vehicle seat.
- Keep weapons related gear on the left, and utility on the right.
- Have a trauma kit to hand
- Have navigational aides to hand.
- Be able to survive and fight for 24hrs without my daysack, and 48-72hrs with daysack.
- Daysack must have sufficient space to carry large SINCGAR + Batteries + Spare ancillaries. (I consider that the most bulky item to have to carry within the pack, so if I have space to pack that, I have space for spare link/ammo/pyro etc).
- The distribution of kit across the rig has been designed that if I don't need it bugging out or assaulting a position, then it goes in the daysack. I want to be as light on my feet as possible.
- There must be space available on rig to fit a Marconi PRR.
So here it is...
Chest Rig
Warrior Assault Systems (WAS) Centurion Chest Rig. Working left to right, I have a WAS fold out dump pouch, 2x WAS Smoke Grenade pouches, on the left is a WAS medic pouch doubling as a utility pouch. On the upper panel, I have 2x WAS pistol mag/torch pouches, a WAS admin panel, Templar Assault Systems (TAS) GPS pouch, and WAS single point sling. Rear panel has a WAS hydration bladder pouch.
Belt Kit
TAS padded MOLLE belt. Left to Right. 1x WAS double open mag, 2x WAS smoke Grenade pouches, 1x WAS large dump roll. 2x WAS small vertical utility pouches.
Daysack
TAS Recon Patrol Pack Mk1, with WAS utility pouches on the front, and a WAS double mag pouch on the side.
In the Chest Rig
-Capacity for 8 mags in mag bank. The HK fits quite nicely in there too.
-Behind mag bank in a zipped compartment I keep an OSI laminated map with marker pens.
-Dump pouch, you'll note I have two, while I normally wouldn't advocate doubling up on kit, the thinking behind the two is that the lower dump is for mags, while the upper is for anything else that needs dumping mid attack - spare ammo, intel off a corpse/POW in a hurry, maybe an improvised NOD pouch. Also would be accessible if I need to fire from the seated position in a vehicle.
- 2x smokes. Of the 4x smoke pouches I have, 2x have lifting tabs inside them, I believe they're designed to accommodate 2x frag grenades in the one pouch, the tab allowing you to pull up the lower grenade.
- Above grenade pouch I've tied in a roll of black electrical tape, it's secured to rig via velcro cable tie.
- Medic pouch
-2x Israeli FFD
-1x scissors
-2x pairs of surgical gloves
-1x CAT
-1x Battlefield 1st Aid TAM
-1x Permy marker (for morphine / TQ notification) (need to get colour other than red though)
-4x Glowsticks 2x Red 2x Green
-Detachable lanyard with emergency compass, whistle, White LED torch (for signalling), head torch (red filter), lighter, about 15m of Paracord.
-12x Spare batteries (6x AAA 6x AA) for PRR, NODs, GPS, torches etc
-Pills - painkillers, sh1tstoppers, caffeine boosters, compeed plasters, etc
-1x Foil blanket
-Pistol mag pouch 1 has a monocular (because the optics on our rifles are poo)
-Pistol mag pouch 2 has a penknife (proper swiss army job, was a gift, and can't afford a MUT yet)
Admin panel
-Notebook cover with rite in the rain note pad (and aide memoir), laminated report cards (cccc, ammo/cas, route cards, range cards, stag list) chinagraph pencils (sharpened both ends), mechanical pencil, 2x biros, fine permy marker, compass and stainless steel mirror.
- A4 laminated map of immediate AO with satellite photo overleaf (usually with OSI grid overlay that I do myself)
- pencil sharpener for chinagraph pencils (attached via paracord)
-GPS pouch - Garmin 401 Foretrex - (a fecking must have!! love this gadget!)
On the flip side of the upper panel, the rig is designed to accommodate armour plates, but as we don't use them, I've slotted my Nirex book in there, with TAMs, templates, maps, aerial photography for mission critical data.
- Single point sling. I haven't trialled it yet, I'm taking a punt on it. I usually use an SA80 sling, but I find that the clip at the back can get caught between your daysack/bergan sometimes. So I'm going to give this one a go. Would anyone have any experience of similar slings?
-Hydration pouch, I have a 2L Source bladder, which I'll remove and place in daysack when carrying CEMO.
I also keep 2 large heavy duty zip ties handy for quick deployment for Prisoners or anything that needs fixing.
In the rear back panel I keep a lightweight folded Irish flag for spontaneous moments of conquest, photo ops, and as an emergency aerial recognition marker.
Belt Kit
- Double open mag pouch - two reasons, it's easier to access from the prone, or I can use them as a "last mag" indication.
- 2x Smokes to compliment the chest rig, and helping to keep my front profile low.
- Dump pouch, as explained, for mags.
- 2 small utility pouches, I've gone small because, if I put a big pouch on there, it would only get filled. 1 pouch has E-rat with chem heater and small basic survival kit, the other houses a red filtered maglite, gloves (Mechanix M-pact), and cam cream. Simples
I'll put up about the daysack another day, as it's getting late. If you want links to where I got some of my stuff, just ask.
Unfortunately, so far this year, it's not getting a lot of the rough treatment it likes on the ground, but hopefully that'll improve soon. So forgive me for it looking so clean
While I've mentioned the odd time on here the gear I have, I've never shown it on here. This is my CEFO for rifleman role, some of it I've had since I was 15 in the ACF, some from the BA, the rest I've bought and blagged for my time in the RDF.
I've posted it up as an example to some, whilst looking for constructive criticism myself. Plus most of us love to talk about kit one way or another.
The principles I've tried to work towards with my CEFO are as follows:
- Try to maintain as a low a profile on the front and back of the rig so that I can lay in the prone position, and sit in a vehicle seat.
- Keep weapons related gear on the left, and utility on the right.
- Have a trauma kit to hand
- Have navigational aides to hand.
- Be able to survive and fight for 24hrs without my daysack, and 48-72hrs with daysack.
- Daysack must have sufficient space to carry large SINCGAR + Batteries + Spare ancillaries. (I consider that the most bulky item to have to carry within the pack, so if I have space to pack that, I have space for spare link/ammo/pyro etc).
- The distribution of kit across the rig has been designed that if I don't need it bugging out or assaulting a position, then it goes in the daysack. I want to be as light on my feet as possible.
- There must be space available on rig to fit a Marconi PRR.
So here it is...
Chest Rig
Warrior Assault Systems (WAS) Centurion Chest Rig. Working left to right, I have a WAS fold out dump pouch, 2x WAS Smoke Grenade pouches, on the left is a WAS medic pouch doubling as a utility pouch. On the upper panel, I have 2x WAS pistol mag/torch pouches, a WAS admin panel, Templar Assault Systems (TAS) GPS pouch, and WAS single point sling. Rear panel has a WAS hydration bladder pouch.
Belt Kit
TAS padded MOLLE belt. Left to Right. 1x WAS double open mag, 2x WAS smoke Grenade pouches, 1x WAS large dump roll. 2x WAS small vertical utility pouches.
Daysack
TAS Recon Patrol Pack Mk1, with WAS utility pouches on the front, and a WAS double mag pouch on the side.
In the Chest Rig
-Capacity for 8 mags in mag bank. The HK fits quite nicely in there too.
-Behind mag bank in a zipped compartment I keep an OSI laminated map with marker pens.
-Dump pouch, you'll note I have two, while I normally wouldn't advocate doubling up on kit, the thinking behind the two is that the lower dump is for mags, while the upper is for anything else that needs dumping mid attack - spare ammo, intel off a corpse/POW in a hurry, maybe an improvised NOD pouch. Also would be accessible if I need to fire from the seated position in a vehicle.
- 2x smokes. Of the 4x smoke pouches I have, 2x have lifting tabs inside them, I believe they're designed to accommodate 2x frag grenades in the one pouch, the tab allowing you to pull up the lower grenade.
- Above grenade pouch I've tied in a roll of black electrical tape, it's secured to rig via velcro cable tie.
- Medic pouch
-2x Israeli FFD
-1x scissors
-2x pairs of surgical gloves
-1x CAT
-1x Battlefield 1st Aid TAM
-1x Permy marker (for morphine / TQ notification) (need to get colour other than red though)
-4x Glowsticks 2x Red 2x Green
-Detachable lanyard with emergency compass, whistle, White LED torch (for signalling), head torch (red filter), lighter, about 15m of Paracord.
-12x Spare batteries (6x AAA 6x AA) for PRR, NODs, GPS, torches etc
-Pills - painkillers, sh1tstoppers, caffeine boosters, compeed plasters, etc
-1x Foil blanket
-Pistol mag pouch 1 has a monocular (because the optics on our rifles are poo)
-Pistol mag pouch 2 has a penknife (proper swiss army job, was a gift, and can't afford a MUT yet)
Admin panel
-Notebook cover with rite in the rain note pad (and aide memoir), laminated report cards (cccc, ammo/cas, route cards, range cards, stag list) chinagraph pencils (sharpened both ends), mechanical pencil, 2x biros, fine permy marker, compass and stainless steel mirror.
- A4 laminated map of immediate AO with satellite photo overleaf (usually with OSI grid overlay that I do myself)
- pencil sharpener for chinagraph pencils (attached via paracord)
-GPS pouch - Garmin 401 Foretrex - (a fecking must have!! love this gadget!)
On the flip side of the upper panel, the rig is designed to accommodate armour plates, but as we don't use them, I've slotted my Nirex book in there, with TAMs, templates, maps, aerial photography for mission critical data.
- Single point sling. I haven't trialled it yet, I'm taking a punt on it. I usually use an SA80 sling, but I find that the clip at the back can get caught between your daysack/bergan sometimes. So I'm going to give this one a go. Would anyone have any experience of similar slings?
-Hydration pouch, I have a 2L Source bladder, which I'll remove and place in daysack when carrying CEMO.
I also keep 2 large heavy duty zip ties handy for quick deployment for Prisoners or anything that needs fixing.
In the rear back panel I keep a lightweight folded Irish flag for spontaneous moments of conquest, photo ops, and as an emergency aerial recognition marker.
Belt Kit
- Double open mag pouch - two reasons, it's easier to access from the prone, or I can use them as a "last mag" indication.
- 2x Smokes to compliment the chest rig, and helping to keep my front profile low.
- Dump pouch, as explained, for mags.
- 2 small utility pouches, I've gone small because, if I put a big pouch on there, it would only get filled. 1 pouch has E-rat with chem heater and small basic survival kit, the other houses a red filtered maglite, gloves (Mechanix M-pact), and cam cream. Simples
I'll put up about the daysack another day, as it's getting late. If you want links to where I got some of my stuff, just ask.
Unfortunately, so far this year, it's not getting a lot of the rough treatment it likes on the ground, but hopefully that'll improve soon. So forgive me for it looking so clean
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