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Thanks for such a nice post

I like this concept of testing the PIG chest rig. It looks like testing them in an actual environment not in Lab. This testing is actual to check durability, strongness, water proofing, comfort level etc of all the equipments. I like to come their and try this out.

Quality post. Good points.

Plenty of cringe worthy language and “impressionists” on this side of the pond. Makes me miss the good old days at the fort and section 8, we were serious about taking ourselves too seriously….

Oh man, I had a set of Highlander and Typhoon (whatever the black version is called) both brand new with tags that i sold for dirt cheap not to long ago because i needed money. They sat on Ebay and FB groups for weeks before somebody finally bought both. Oof.

La combinación debe usarse con precaución.

It’s back! https://www.platatac.com/catalogue/chest-rigs-and-carriers/platatac-vm-load-bearing-chest-rig.html

It is really disappointing for me because I know they make mock off ones but they don’t make them in my size and it’s also difficult to even find real cryes. hopefully some mock off company will have a high enough demand to make big sizes and I know crye will not just start making them because it’s not standard nato anymore. I am 2xll and 46L

I believe I have original gen1 woodland combat pants with no tag and I’ve owned gen2 custom combat top and bottom.can u help me figure this out?thanks

Did you ever sell them ?

I have a pair of identical pants in OD Green sold by sportsman’s guide in ripstop nyco with the same label. The only had Green, Blue and Black colors. The white label on the bag they came in states – New USMC NYCO Ripstop field.
They have the same inside label as above. I believe they are genuine or subcontracted crye made.
Sportsman’s Guide also sold the G2 combat shirts you featured as well as G2 multicam field pants in the correct softshell material. All three were sold for $80.
I believe they were tests or overruns – I think you are correct in your theory that crye were in the running for a mass contract before they fell out of favour with the military.

Hi mate,

Do you know a good guy or store where I can buy Crye AOR 1 shirt and pants and other original staff?

Thank’s Eric

2nd MSOB issued, and had in supply a decent amount of a very similar shirt. It may be the same thing. They were woodland MARPAT with a sand torso. The tag read “Army Custom”. I have no idea how they got there as they have a non standard supply line. To my knowledge they were issued for various training operations. The USN has a YouTube video on SARCs where you can see both the AC in MARPAT Woodland and a G3 in MARPAT woodland.

By the way I’m asking because I,m also in the German army and i was looking for so long for a crye desert bw.

Greetings

While I agree with the overall sentiment, there really aren’t any nice organic solutions to self access to a pack with a plate carrier on. Crye has a means with the AVS1000, which I have to an extent jury-rigged on my Ferro Slickster with, ironically, a Haley Flatpack. In this instance the low profile straps are perfect for my needs.

Live and let live!

My personal wishlist has your two mains plus a few extras:

1. Delete the ankle pockets
2. Where matching fabric is available use 500 denier cordura for the knee pad pocket (not sure if that would affect function)
3. Vertical zipper on front of cargo pockets for secondary access
4. Fine mesh internal gaiters to keep ticks etc. out
5. Where the camouflage pattern has an orientation, orient all pockets etc. appropriately (it appears the thigh pocket fabric on yours are oriented vertically instead of horizontally)
6. Delete the rear zippered pockets (don’t use them)

Hey there. I am highly interested in what you have going on here. I am interested in fully customizing and tailoring my atacs-au gear setup. I have an extra pair of some great atacs pants with great features that i want to utilize to create an entirely new custom pant build on top of something super comfortable. I need a lot of help though and dont know where to look. I hope you may be able to help me out.

Helpful review.

Very nice! Keep up the work. Do you think Roman will branch out into other designs for pants?

How does this compare to the Crye Field Shell 2?

I am on the fence about which one to get…

How do I actually contact him? just pm on facebook?

Go to fireforce venture if you are looking for rhodesian brushstroke camo. They have it in the original army cut and in operator styles.

I really would like to get an XL set of the Desert Night Camo.
I do not need the liner as I live in tropics but should be great
for night hunting here.

Can you advise?

Great comparison vid.

Another reason I like to use a higher mounted red dot optic is to more closely mimic my cheek/chin weld on my stock when I’m shooting under NODs utilizing a laser.

Great article!
The extra flaps in clothing, whether the placket on a shirt/jacket or the fly was for gas protection and/or infrared protection. Of course, that didn’t work after a washing or two, and most soldiers/Marines/et al removed them, whether it was in WWII or in the 1990s.

can grab this from India?

Cool camo, wonder why Brookwood discontinued it. If have in mind to sell it…

Pilling is what holds me back from buying G4 clothing.

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your site and the work you do, very much. You’ve helped me with purchases (what to get, what to avoid, etc.) immensely.

How do you think about Gen.2 of Assault Shirt AR? Did it get better or Arc’teryx LEAF didn’t catch any of those problems?

Cheers for the review! Highly considering the GFG atm as Onward Research prices in Europe are truly high. Btw Finland is not part of Scandinavia and we like to keep it that way.

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I bought an AMCU combat shirt recently, grew fond of Crye G2 and G3 since I dug into airsoft in these few years and wanted to get gear that was used in Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Especially love the square velcro panels of G2-style, not so much for the vertical velcro bars of G3.
Got a TMC G3 in Tiger Stripe and EvolutionGear Minotaur replica, since authentic Crye are too luxury for games… Currently trying to get some Crye style in Canadian CADPAT & Swedish M90, original Crye version don’t exist AFAIK, Shadow Strategic looks promising but I still have to email them to see if the current variant is the one with G2-like velcro panels. For M90 there’s a Chinese camo fabric shop that print them in NYCO but the woodland variant is out of stock for now, and I still couldn’t find a shop that takes custom Crye cut order with good accuracy.

I have seen guys running these in the Ukraine with no problems bought my own pair and they’re definitely lighter than the G3s but still feel quality only time will tell

These like most Australian Camo clothing of the last 15 years or so, aside from Camo colours are the same across all three branches of the ADF. So stuff like the pleated knees are for all uniforms, these predate the new combat and field pants so this pants pattern was designed as the army pattern from barracks to battle zone.

It was a way to cost cut across the ADF, one clothing style (with minor tweaks like the pen/light stick pockets and heavy duty zippers over the standard ones for navy), one Camo pattern (with different colours for the 3 branches). Even the newer AMCU/GPU/MMCU pattern is used across all 3 branches just with the blue for RAAF and greys for RAN. Only exception is the combat uniform which is one for all. It’s a smart move to keep costs down. The AMCU pattern in the combat clothing style is the official combat/deployed clothing for land based deployments now for all 3 services. With the field/barracks pants being different but same. It’s all about trying to strike up the balance.

I noted in your shirt review about the reflective strips, these were a high vis thing in case of MOB but as you noted the Camo could hide the person in the water. The Camo for the Navy was twofold, one it created its own unique ‘corporate uniform’ easily recognisable to civilians thanks to the show Sea Patrol and the Camo pattern hid stains from working on ships at sea easier than the solid grey overalls used previously.

You nailed something I am currently struggling with: why am I paying full retail for Crye Precision when I can butyTru-Spec for much less and still get the exact same fabric? Do you own Tru-Spec? If so, what has your experience been?

I owned some Tru-Spec T.R.U. pants and while they didn’t fit as closely as the Cryes I own, they were good quality. And the Tru-Spec company people are actually friendly, helpful, and easy to talk with; their counterparts at Crye are sadly anything but.

Even so, it’s hard to break the Crye habit … : /

I would agree that the cryes are over priced. But damn do they fit/wear well. I’ve had some sizing inconsistencies with the truspec tru line and while it is nyco like the cryes the stitching is somewhat subpar and I’ve blown the fabric out on a pair or 2 in what I felt was not a lot of time. I’m good with paying a little extra for the better fitment and craftsmanship seeing as my g3 field set has significantly outlasted my TRU field set in similar conditions.