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Here’s Kent from Mystery Ranch demoing their new, dead-simple and relatively inexpensive armor support system called “BASE” (Body Armor Support Equipment) at Modern Day Marine Expo, 2011. The system– belt, strut and PALS adapter will run you about $150 and should be out inside a couple of months.

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Dana Gleason, Jr., gave us a tour of the Ranch’s updated Comm pack, the Comm 3. The new pack adds modularity to the ruck. It’s set up to carry almost any radio in the main bag, four 5590s in a smaller external bag and a laptop in a third removable pouch. It all hangs on the Mystery Ranch NICE frame. The first version is setup for a CF19 Toughbook, but other configurations for different computers are in the works. The coolness in the new version is the removable laptop case that holds up to 24 feet of cable so commo types can run their radios from a far without losing the protection of the case. Other bits include a clear window top and passthrough for cables. They’re still working out the price but look for it on Mystery Ranch’s website in the late fall/early winter.

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Here’s one we’ve been itching to tell you about since we saw it at Shot. The Mystery Ranch Overload is the Clark Kent of backpacks. It looks pretty mild mannered just sitting there — but unclip a few buckles, and the frame opens up like a taco to reveal an adjustable area that is ideal for carrying heavy and awkward items such as mortar system parts or ammo cans. This arrangement makes the load more manageable because the weight of the “overloaded” equipment is carried centered and close to the back, instead of strapped to the outside/top/front of the pack.

Here’s the man himself to explain his creation. There are few photos below showing the rig hauling some Marine Corps mortar tubes and base plates. The bag alone weighs 4.5 lbs, holds about 4,200 cubes, costs about $389 and should be in stock by early April. If you already have a NICE frame (standard or BVS), your good-to-go. Otherwise you’ll need to shell out for one.

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SAER

Mystery Ranch showed us two of their newest designs, the SAER and the LD Alice. Check out out the photos and info in the captions:

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Mystery CinchThe Mystery Cinch is a 1″ wide strap that secures your pack’s shoulder straps to your body armor, shown here on an Eagle Industries RAV, using existing PALS channels. With the cinch’s ends secured at the front edges of your vest’s armholes, it wraps around your pack straps, keeping them from sliding off your shoulders. It also obviates the need for a sternum strap.

As a bonus, on smaller packs that don’t need a waist belt it creates a ghetto one-point release that lets the wearer shrug his shoulders out of the pack straps once the cinch is split. MR used one of ITW Nexus’ newer buckles called the MQRB, which is a beefy metal buckle that will hold up better than a typical sternum strap.

The anchor points go under the PALS without weaving so you can mount something over it. The cinch will work with all backpacks whose straps are long enough to accommodate it and will cost about $30.

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Mystery Ranch TactiplaneAfter winning the SOCOM BALCS competition for a large recce ruck back in December 2008, Mystery Ranch gave the winning pack a name and shared some details this week. The new pack is 9 lbs, 10 oz, and holds 6900 cubic inches in 3 compartments. The internal frame pack accommodates and stabilizes loads of more than 100 lbs.

The TactiPlane is full of Mystery Ranch features like the Bolster Ventilation and Stability (BVS) system that keeps the pack stable when wearing body armor and aids in ventilation when carried without body armor.  It also uses a modified low profile lumbar pad to further integrate with body armor.

The main compartment is 5500 cubes, with the top and two back pockets holding 700 cubes each. No details on price or commercial availability yet.

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