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Tailored plce webbing sets reddit It’s basicly a half way between a shooters belt and actual webbing. Pattern 58 is cool and still somewhat viable in a pinch, but given a choice between it and the more modular, lightweight, and modern PLCE I'd go with the latter every time. so much better to have a webbing set that has pouches integrated to wide padding. GEN 4 WEBBING SETS VIEW OUR FULL RANGE. Downsides is that things will be a little more floppy since it’s not integrated into a wide belt pad, and you’re looking at a little more bulk and Based off the British PLCE webbing, this is what would be called airborne webbing because all of the pouches and belt are sown into a hippo (foam comfort pad) which was something that the Paras started doing some point in the 90s. Pretty much stitched/“tailored” PLCE webbing. Down the road I highly recommend picking up stitched webbing like kitpimp, JayJays, dragon supplies…etc. Woodland M81 ideally, DPM and OD green are okay. Bergens, Patrol packs, Webbing sets, MOLLE pouches. Or you can take a LMG specific webbing (ex. £85. US military forces were still using webbing in combat zones into the mid 2000s and in training til 2010 (some ROTC only moved away from webbing in the past few years). I have prior experience with a much, much more used and abused incomplete set that has since been put into permanent storage, and i know it is a comfortable lbe system. Tailored webbing like JayJays and Kitpimp offer. Unlike the old PLCE the pouches are sewn directly onto a wide hippo belt, so it eliminates quite a few things such as slop/flop, bulk and weight that you’d get with molle style webbing but it also allows the pouches to mount much tighter and firmly together whereas modular pouches have that little bit of extra edging material that takes up Edit: also hessen antique and prolly a few other vendors have matching PLCE DPM canteen pouches with canteens for like $10 a piece, I have 2 on my setup. The daysack and Bergen don’t fit as much in, and the webbing can’t hold as much kit as the PLCE webbing. UK's Leading Military Webbing and Tailoring Specialist. I've found good options for MOLLE but supposedly tailored is much lower profile and less floppy. Both have websites and both offer very high quality equipment, albeit at a steeper price! Surplus can be acquired via good old eBay, that being said the current issue LBE (Virtus) is more hard to find on there than the old issued equipment (PLCE). The PLCE is perfectly fine as it is and I would probably say it has things going for it over the Alice. . Virtus isn’t as good as PLCE on the whole. Sub $200 with shipping (tailored UKOM webbing is near $400). Modularity is nice but molle webbing is extra weight (usually) and more flop compared to webbing that has pouches directly sewn onto a wide belt pad. 268K subscribers in the tacticalgear community. Sure it might have the funky retention tabs but you don’t have to use it since it also has Velcro closure. Top Sellers. 99. Brits generally call it belt kit, but it's just another belt and yoke / harness based LBE system. I’ve got the money for a set of webbing, NSN 999-G0-009-2899, which is approved by the UK for cadets. 249K subscribers in the tacticalgear community. Imagine wearing two sets of backpack straps but it’s actually comfortable. JayJays Ventus NTech50 Windproof Smock. The pouches won't properly fit the 152 as they are. dragon supplies) and fit mags in those pouches. Top Sellers at JayJays! Click for more £169. If you can, find someone who makes custom webbing. Civilian tactical habits followed the phase out of webbing for tac vests and then plate carriers. I can’t confirm it, but maybe someone else can but I think you can fit two 308 mags per mag pouch. PLCE Bergen is a good bit of kit on its own, especially when you zip the third rocket pouch on the front. The only used green or DPM offerings I can find are all non-tailored or heavily used. In particular, the 2 stand out brands for this are either Jayjays or dragon supplies webbing. I understand that these probably aren’t designed for combat, but is there any reason to not use it? There are also “tailored” British PLCE webbing which you can find on eBay or kitmonster or other UK trade/surplus sites. I have a jayjay's commander's webbing and a TCA replica PRC152. Subreddit for both professional and civilian tactical gear. Tailored/stitched/custom mod PLCE would make more sense to be up near $200 though. If you can’t afford any tailored webbing, the regular issued PLCE is still usable. Not even a surplus standard complete PLCE kit should cost that much. Mag pouches are possible but you'd have to get the lid/flap tailored. Is getting a "hippo belt" a good idea in your opinion? Hippo belt is an extra accessory for comfort. Although not required to build a set of PLCE webbing some people may prefer them as if you for instance were carrying a lot of gear, it’s a little more forgiving. Otherwise there’s always a tailored options. Haven't tried it with MOD issue PLCE webbing because I really don't want to have to dig them out of the bottom storage bin but I'm confident they don't fit either. Reply reply PLCE pouches, surplus ones, should not be $200 each. A DPM gas mask bag could work as a butt pouch but mine doesn’t really wanna stay snapped closed around the belt Every piece of the webbing in the photo (except for the MK1 knife) came from kommandostore in one of the plce webbing sets they were selling recently. 83 votes, 12 comments. Reply reply PearlButter The move away from webbing is fairly recent. hxprapioxnaovvqejfgwkmbsibqzjtvdkubupzoowgxyw