The British military recently upgraded it's soldiers pe

I like the new helmet design

>>31024599
It doesn't seem very A E S T H E T I C but it looks practical at least. I would have gone with a few subdued colours, but obviously full camo is a much better way to not get shot.

They ought to get the rifles replaced, though. SA80 is a piece of crap.

>>31024608
It looks very similar to the helmet used by the U.S airborne but I'd say it has a much more streamlined and destructively British look to it.

>>31024599
how does the glasses weigh 0,5kg

Looks even more US Army-like with the new helmet, except that the uniform cut isn't fucking ACU-tier hideous.

>>31024620
What a stupid comment

>>31024599

I heard that they are going to be replacing osprey because it was too heavy.

>>31024620
>They ought to get the rifles replaced, though. SA80 is a piece of crap.

Memes never end.

>Continued testing of the L85A2 in adverse conditions demonstrates its reliability over contemporary rifles, including the M16. Although it is heavier than most conventional and more modern bullpup rifles, its full-length barrel gives higher muzzle velocities and better terminal performance than both the M4 and the M16. Rounds from an M4 will only reliably fragment out to 50–100 metres, while the L85A2 and M16 allowed fragmentation out to 150–200 metres, and the L86A2 has an even longer fragmentation range.

>>31024599
having actually used it, it's complete utter shit

Some guy on the youtube comments also said that it's shit. And again, the helmet is literally the only "good" bit.

Not to mention, it looks fucking retarded, clunky, and it's uncomfortable to wear. It's like the MoD only made this to look more "future" and make a pollitical statement to say that "yeah we look after our troops."

Osprey is so much better.

New helmet looks great

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>>31024620
The A1 was shit but the A2 is pretty good. It's quite out dated now and pretty heavy, theyre looking to replace it by 2020. The Royal marines from 43 commando were issued with the C8 Colt Carbine last year to protect Britain's Nuclear weapon sites.

>>31024643
>theyre looking to replace it by 2020

Don't talk shit all your life.

>>31024651
What? The MOD is supposed to be starting replacement trials by 2020, I didn't mean that they were literally looking to fully replace it by then.

>>31024661
Yeah, and that's a great source to back up what apparently only you know.

>>31024661
Still talking shit, twice now.

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>>31024599
>>31024599

>>>>/out/ reporting in

this setup is still to heavy. its not because there aren't lighter alternatives. it's because of the limited budget and the militarie's low priority regarding bodily wellbeing.

>>31024633
>What a stupid comment
+1

>>31024679
It's because it has to not fall apart as soon as you look at it funny.

>>31024679
>I am a massive faggot
Any radical benefit from having a helmet that ways 0.5kgs will be outweighed when it falls apart after one day of use, not that you'd notice the savings under your 50kgs of kit

>>31024700
>>31024707
>fall apart

i talk about things like titanium or cuben and other topnotch materials. but like in the past today's infantry serves still as meatshield / mule.

>>31024719
No, you just don't know what you're talking about.

>>31024719
>cuben
The material is used in yachting, performance sailing, windsurfing, inflatables, airship hulls, medical applications. its perfect for backpacks, packs, tarps, ponchos etc. but it costs at least twice as much as cordura nylon.

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They should have saved the money and just gotten new helmet and plate carrier. Use Osprey if you think you need massive protection and then a good MOLLE plate carrier for everything else.

No one needs to be issued a shitty daysack and shitty webbing since everyone who isn't a remf/commonwealth has their own motherlode/talon/blackhawk and conventional webbing and/or molle battle belt, and everyone who is a remf/commonwealth can get by with the issued MTP daysack, the Northern Ire daysack and PLCE webbing since they don't use it or just don't care.

>>31024808
>Talking shit about the norn iron day sack
You will not find a comfier daysack, cut the pointless pocket off the top flat and its still an extremely good design

>>31024640
>"yeah we look after our troops."
Because they fucking don't.

Why are there 35p Poundstretcher flapjacks being sold on base for over £1? It's ridiculous.

>>31024808
they have already.

http://www.army.mod.uk/news/27112.aspx

>>31024599

Looking classy, professional. I like it.

>>31025866

You won't when you have to actually wear the bloody thing.

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Finally jumping on the glorious American "Multicam and oakleys" train I see. It really does look great.

>>31025917
>Multicam

[TRIGGERED]

That's MTP, silly billy.

>>31024599
Not going to lie, with the spine support and the modularity sell they make on that video I was pretty hype, ten seconds later I see anyone that has used it saying it's shit save for certain parts. While I know people are generally inclined to just get rid of what they don't want and replace it with their own stuff kit wise, I'm just kind of stuck wondering how they managed to fuck up so badly with the development of new standardized gear and why nobody made a point of acknowledging how shit it is.

>still no sleeping bag that doesn't fill an entire bergan

>>31024599
>kit
anyone else cringe when people on 4chang use that term?

DPM is best camo
reeeeeeeeee
why cant we have some wars that aren't in deserts

>>31026404
What, as opposed to gear, getup, uniform, webbing, baubles, tactical accessories, techwear, military garments, flashy bitz, issued clothing or spiddleypoobob?
I'm not sure why it'd make you cringe, it's a pretty general expression.

>>31024661
Give us a source then, the man in the pub does not count.

>>31026454
it just sounds gay as fuck anon.
sorry to make you feel so butthurt OP

>>31026454
'gear' actually sounds better

>>31026404
It's not a super special operator term.

>>31026437
deserts are ragheads need to die

>>31026227
Don't even get me started on that shit. Not to mention the plastic clips on the bergen that would break with slightest amount of force applied

>>31026487
>One extremely casual and interchangeable word for equipment for another
It's fair enough if you personally prefer one word or the other, but it really doesn't seem like something to get worked up about.

>>31026539
i sperged my dr pepper all over my keyboard when i read it.
sorry, i'm calm now anon

I just got issued a new helmet and some kit. Not sure if its the *new* stuff or just newer kit than my old stuff.

I also can't think of a single person that didn't buy their own daysack...

>>31026487
Gear is slang for drugs

>>31024599

Why don't Brits adopt the ACH already like everyone else instead of using shitty round helmets that offer no ear/neck protection?

Didn't you learn your lesson from WW2 where your shitty brodies got BTFO by Stahlhelms and M1 helmets

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>>31024599
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>>31026950
Is that a galil?

>>31026970
That's a Chauchat 2.0

>>31026970
It's an AUG with a heat vision scope you fucking retard

>>31026931
>ACH
>Neck protection

>Mk 7 helmet
>No ear protection

>>31026522
>Put pocket on top flap of bergan
>Bergan immediately hits the back of your helmet if you put anything bigger than a cyalume in it

>>31024640
>Osprey is so much better.
>It's like the MoD only made this to look more "future" and make a pollitical statement to say that "yeah we look after our troops."

Everyone is still deploying with Osprey, seems like Virtus is only being trotted out for multinational exercises where we want to show off. People are getting the helmets through which look quite good, but also like they have lots of breakable bits on them.

For fucks sake though just give us a plate carrier.

>>31026227
Four season sleeping bags aren't exactly cheap

>>31027098
The Virtus STV is a plate carrier at Tier 1 protection level.
But I'm betting nobody will ever be told to scale down to Tier 1 on operations. Will always be at Tier 3

>>31025917
They've been wearing mtp for years

>>31026931
Kys retard

>fall over in it
>Can't get back up

Had a go in this shit the other day, set up as a plate carrier the armour is lighter than osprey but isn't as comfy, and its a pain in the dick to get it on in the dark

The spine system is a fucking joke, I went prone with everything connected and it took me about five minutes to struggle back to my feet

New helmet is comfy though, and the webbing is at least better than PLC, but still not as good as custom stuff

New Bergan and daysack are literally Hitler

>>31027760
Found out you can use the spine as a vehicle jack, and if you get a squaddie to sit on it, and jack up the height, then if the squaddie stands up it flies 12 foot in the air

>>31027760
You gets daysacks?
WTF we had to private purchase.

Luckily there was a vendor on ebay only 20m down the street. Ebay user: Warrant_Officer/[email protected]

>>31026931
the Mk7 is ballistically superior to the ACH.

The brodie is ballistically superior to m1 and nazihelm, higher quality steel and sloping.

>>31027021
MK 7 is the only reason I'm alive.

On the downside i now have tinnitus from same incident,

wah sir?

>>31027760
>The spine system is a fucking joke
well yeah, it's a fucking stupid idea
It'd be like trying to move with a broom handle up your back clenched in your arse crack

>>31026459
Keep it down!

he was the 117th man on the embassy balcony 1980

>>31027917
Lol no we don't get daysacks
They had one sat there that we all got the privilege of trying on

I think it was the first time I ever picked a piece of kit up and immediately knew it was shit, it feels like its made of crisp packets and the strap layout is incredibly shit

>That feel when still rocking NI daysack

>>31026459
>Talking shit about the GS Pub Walt

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>>31027987
>he brodie is ballistically superior to m1 and nazihelm, higher quality steel and sloping.

captcha: train station

>>31024808
> Still using jetpacks here in the i see

Only remftards actually use that cummerbund and side plates on osprey anyway.

Mind you the only time i ever worse side plates and i took an IED to the side, the plates fractured under the force, spalled and shit.

I would have been better off not wearing it. Already got shouted at 80% of the time for not wearing a lid.

I can't see despite being IC i see oh the see.

>>31025284
One of the Wags was selling soldier magazine for £4.99

>A FREE FUCKING MAGAZINE THAT YOU CAN GET FROM YOUR LOCAL BARRACKS, BASE, OR AFCO.

Needless to say the bitch got shagged by a whole section with husbands consent before getting the moneyshot and divorce papers pinned to her face.

>>31027987
Eh, it was better for shrapnel for sure

>>31028422
Fuck no, fougasse, gravel and shingle pile dyke 40m long

Mostly blast trauma, person in front of me lost their arm, first 4 on patrol (ANA commandos) ripped to shreds

>>31028088
10/10 filename

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>All the British soldiers ITT
>Casual references to major IED contacts, bukkakes and squaddie-jacking

I'm home lads.

>>31024599
Why do the British need a kit?

>>31028172
Are all women in the UK sluts? All I hear about from over there are how easy and ugly the women are.

>>31028809

Only if you're a squaddie

>>31026950
>update riffle
>shitcan it
Miaou.

>>31028809
>Are all women in the UK sluts?
Not really. But they're really vulgar and buttfuck ugly.

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>>31028691
First time we ever used one we hovered it a little where it just span round in circles.

We sorted out the trim and tried to send it over a compound.

it went up and up and up until we lost it on tracker... it ascended to heaven to join allah

We bought out another and did the same, a gust of wind took this one annd we ha to drive after it and picked it up 2 miles from where we started.

3 weeks later we were on foot patrol in a village 15 miles away. Found a kid playing with it.

Asked him and his old man where they found it, It quote "was a gift from allah" we asked him what he meant and he said "it fell fom the sky hitting his son on the head so hard it gave him a bump.

We looked towards the sky like wah, like a bunch of tossers

>>31028871
>>31028852
>>31028809

> only for soldiers

>>31024625
>Destructively British

I like your line of thinking.

>>31024679
ul fags get out
military gear has to actually hold up to something more intense than a stiff breeze

Fucking glasses lol...

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>>31028809
>>31028852
>>31028988

>yes

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>>31029049
Ruined covers

>>31024643
that was because it accepted frangible ammo for use around nuclear reactor dumbo