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Grey Ghost Gear LiteLok Pack

By: Stickman

15-12-2011

Grey Ghost Gear started out as a clearing house for tactical gear, but quickly moved into producing its own line of nylon equipment. Recently they have expanded from a few assault packs into chest rigs, three day packs and pouches. However, as interesting as that may be, its not what this article is about. Six months ago, Grey Ghost Gear dropped a new assault pack into our laps with the caveat of needing to keep it quiet until they were ready for a release.

What makes the new Grey Ghost Gear LiteLok Pack stand out is the material. LiteLok is a material developed by Duro Industries and Glen Raven Technical Fabrics. The claim to fame for this material is it weighs 30% less than typical 500D nylon. Duro Industries states “LiteLok® exhibits excellent breaking strength and outstanding abrasion resistance performance.” That certainly sounds good on paper, but how does it hold up in real life?

http://www.greyghostgear.com/packs/lightweight-assault-pack-2-1

Click the below picture to jump to the rest of the article.

USMC Corpsman Assault Pack inbound

By: Rob Curtis

10-11-2011

Contracts

Just this morning, the Marine Corps issued an RFI for the Corpsman Assault Pack (CAP). The CAP was referenced with a placeholder in the Marine Corps Pack System (previously known as FILBE) contract and the pack is a USMC owned design. So, they are putting this out to see who wants to sew it for them, not to solicit ideas on its design.

The Corps is looking for 10,000 packs, total, each one consisting of the Corpsman Assault Pack, 18 medical inserts, a sustainment bag, trauma pouch, and thigh rig.

Grey Ghost Gear Lightweight Assault Pack

By: Stickman

12-05-2011

Photo Recon, Photo Recon, Product Announcement, Review

We mentioned a little while back that Grey Ghost Gear was established as a clearing house for tactical gear. It hasn’t taken long for them to move past that, and start getting their own label on items, while still keeping prices low. Take a look at the new GGG lightweight assault packs, we did, and after a month of using the one shown below we figured we tell you a little about it.

Click the picture for info, lots of pictures, talk about guns, and why I picked up two of these …

Camelbak gives the Urban Assault some teeth with the UA Concealed

By: Rob Curtis

24-01-2011

Product Announcement

Take the Camelbak Urban Assault and add three concealed pistol carry options. No features were harmed in the making of this new bag. The front slider pocket has been widened and lined with Velcro to accommodate a pistol holster. Inside the main compartment, a stiffened strap will hold both a pistol and magazine holster. Lastly, on the back the lumber pad has a concealed zipper that opens to reveal a pocket that will hold a full size pistol. The bag comes in three new colors to give it a more urban look; red, blue and gray. Look for it mid March for $200.

Arc’teryx Aerios 14 hydration pack

By: Rob Curtis

12-06-2010

Product Announcement, Review

It was last fall when the Aerios 14 joined the GearScout long-term test fleet.

At 854 cubic inches of cargo room, the 14 is the largest of three packs in the new Aerios trail running line.

It weighs in at a svelte 1 pound, 3 ounces. The fabric is feather light and stands up to typical trail abuse. Its AeroForm back panel breathes well and a framesheet adds needed structure. It’s built to hold a 70-ounce water bladder, but you can fit a 100-ounce water bladder while still leaving enough room for snacks, a lightweight jacket, gloves and a stocking cap.

And yet it sat in the gear locker; on many days it was neglected in favor of the other packs we’re abusing on the trails. With all those great features, what gives?

Big Army is looking for a medium ruck

By: Rob Curtis

18-12-2009

Contracts

The Department of the Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) is looking for help in designing a new large assault pack that will have an internal capacity of 2900 cubic inches and be specifically suited to airborne operations.

We’ve previously heard the new pack referred to as the medium ruck and now as the large assault pack. This is going to be in addition to the MOLLE assault pack and large ruck, not a replacement for either.

The Army is looking for an external frame pack that gives an airborne infantryman the capability to comfortably carry a 60lb. load. The new pack will carry more weight than the current assault pack can bear and will allow greater mobility than is afforded by the large rucksack.

Other baseline requirements for the pack include an integrated single point release system and Velcro style lowering line suitable for rotary and fixed wing personnel airborne operations, a storage pocket for the hook-pile-tape lowering line, 18 personnel attaching straps and the single point release handle when the large assault pack is not rigged for airborne operations.

The Army will close their solicitation for information December, 30 2009.

The Army’s system contains two packs at this time, the MOLLE large rucksack, with 4000 cubic inch capacity, and the MOLLE assault pack, with an 1800 cubic inch capacity.

Mystery Ranch Big Horn

By: Rob Curtis

07-10-2009

Product Announcement

The new Mystery Ranch Big Horn is the 3-Day-Assault pack’s big brother. Similar to their recreational Big Sky pack, the militarized bag is decked-out with a “stuffit” pocket (a.k.a. beaver tail), a beefed up suspension system and about 1000 more cubic inches inside for a total of 3000 cubes.

X-Frame is MR’s internal frame system. It consists of a couple of bars that cross and form a stressed frame, holding the pack and it’s contents up. There are a few pockets and a hydration bladder sleeve in the otherwise wide-open main compartment.

Outside, the removable waist pads slip over the waist strap and lock in place with a combination of Velcro and a tri-glide on the pack’s waist belt. The waist belt can be folded and stowed neatly up inside the pack when not needed, but you’ll have to pull the waist pads off to make this happen. As on the 3DA, there’s also PALS webbing on the sides for a couple of extra pouches, water bottle pockets and water resistant zippers.

Weighing in at 5 3/4 pounds, it’s a beefy pack. But, it’s bomber built up in Bozeman, Montana, and backed by a no BS lifetime warranty. The $390 pack just shipped and is available in Multicam, coyote and foliage.

More pics, including the guts, after the jump.

New Old Corpsman Assault Pack Goes Commercial

By: Rob Curtis

02-10-2009

Product Announcement

Propper and Arc’teryx are bringing the USMC’s Corpsman Assault Pack to the commercial market. At it’s root, the CAP is a beefed up ILBE assault pack that’s a bit bigger, has two compartments that combine, a couple of aluminum frame stays and a padded waist belt. Looking at it, the CAP looks like the ILBE programs version of the three-day-assault pack. The pack was originally fielded only to recon units and corpsmen but Propper sees a wider market for the CAP.

The CAP will be available in Multicam, Coyote, Green, Black, AOR1, AOR2, Digital Tiger Stripe and Army Universal Camo.

Grey Ghost Gear LiteLok Pack

USMC Corpsman Assault Pack inbound

Grey Ghost Gear Lightweight Assault Pack

Camelbak gives the Urban Assault some teeth with the UA Concealed

Arc’teryx Aerios 14 hydration pack

Big Army is looking for a medium ruck

Mystery Ranch Big Horn

New Old Corpsman Assault Pack Goes Commercial

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