Plate carrier question

[Elk34]

So how many magazines would you carry on your plate carrier. I know mission dictates what you carry., so enlighten me .

 

[weenis]

A lot of people are running 7 total. 6 on body, 1 in gun. On the front of the carrier, there's usually spots for 3 or 4. People will run the remaining 2 or 3 on the plate carrier, cummerbund, on their belt, or any combination of the 3.

 

[Solar_Empire]

7 total is the average. I run an old school Blackhawk chest rig, which can hold 7 plus the one in my rifle for 8.

 

[Elk34]

What's above average

 

[tlieberman240]

Mission/purpose dictates. 7 mags is believed to be the standard go to, but it honestly depends on what you're doing. I typically run 4 on the carrier and one on the belt for rifle, plus 2-4 more for pistol, depending on my loadout and whether I'm running AR or subgun.

Some pretty good videos done by Garand Thumb on YT that dives deeper into plate carrier setup.

 

[Elk34]

I run a proof research barreled SBR ar15 in 556 and my secondary is a G40.

 

[Elk34]

I usually have 3 or 4 made up for different scenarios and choose for mission . I sometimes need to change up my high cut Mich helmet its level 4 as well

 

[Elk34]

Negative. Read it again. My original question was, how many magazines people are carrying on their plate carrier. I don't care what you do, cop, agent, military. Just wanted to know what the thought was on how many mags you should carry. That's it. Not what do you carry in your first aid dump pouch, where do you carry your side arm. How many mags do you carry on your back, do you run your plate carrier high or low. I dont care. It was just about magazines and ammo count that's it. Dont get upset over it. We can all be friends here.

 

[Elk34]

Please tell us more. I love the ranting. I ask questions to draw people like you out. Now I know who you are. I have a good profile now. I got a good reaction out of you. It just takes a couple of questions with very little info to get you going. I like that. Some just tell me what I want to know, but people like yourself get upset because you didn't get more background or more personal info. You can't leave it alone and you start to attack the OP for Gods know what.

 

[Elk34]

My behavior is mine not yours. You want to chase me go ahead, have fun. You still won't get anything out of me.

 

[Elk34]

No, go on I think you beating a dead horse is what you like. Feel free to keep it up. You must like to here yourself complain.
I think you get some kinda excitement out of constantly arguing over nothing. You must have been a officer or something like that in the military.

 

[Tim McBride]

1 in the gun and 2 mags on my PC. Setup to be low profile, I can toss a button up shirt over the PC and be fairly inconspicuous unless someone looks close.

 

[Elk34]

So it's not a tactical plate carrier?

 

[Tim McBride]

It holds plates and has front and back PALS webbing. On the front PALs I have two side by side single m4 pouches.
The term tactical applies to how you use something, not necessarily to the gear itself.

 

[Elk34]

Ok I used at one time 2 plates that had slots cut for webbing ,A, for the shoulder s and B to keep the 2 plates to my body. No place to put mags but I could wear a button up shirt and no one would be the wiser.

 

[Medjay]

look at a lot of carriers from Velocity Systems, Ferro Concepts, Spiritus, Hayley etc. The plate carrier manages the plate (protective) load. These carriers are all equipped with buckles (swift clips) in the chest placard to engage differently configured loadouts and many of them are using zip-off panels on the back to further enable multi-role use. This ensures the operator the same amount of protection across all platforms, is more cost-conscious and only requires the user to purchase differently set up rigs to meet the mission.

Or, pretty much exactly what JAGER said on the first page. Before you got into a really weird pissing contest with him.

 

[N33D]

Do they make plate carriers for girls?

 

[Biggame223]

There are a lot more "female friendly" armor options out there than there used to be...

Here is one example...

http://www.tyrtactical.com/products/details/featured-products/female-enhanced-pico-integrated-carrier-epic/

 

[tlieberman240]

5.56 Heavy load (14 mags) for SHTF events
5.56 Light load (10 mags) for 'Oh, look, an active shooter showed up'
12 gauge for close proximity and structure environments
Bolt rifle for stand off RSVPs

Lol 10 mags is "light load"? If you've gotten yourself into a situation here stateside where you need 10 mags on you to handle an "active shooter" situation, you severely messed up somewhere. I can't even imagine carrying 14 mags. All the firepower in the world, but no mobility, so probably first to get shot anyways.

I use a Spiritus LV119 with Micro Fight chest rigs. Multiple rigs for different setups between 5.56 rifles and 9mm PCC. Between that and a belt, I run between 6-8 mags total, including 1 in the gun. Plus 2-4 pistol mags. The micro fight rigs attatch directly to the plate carrier and can be switched via the swifclips within 10 seconds.

I can't imagine running any more than that here CONUS. Your mindset is clearly different than mine with regards to creating a loadout, but I'm curious to the real benefits vs the compromises on carrying so much ammo.

 

[Elk34]

If you don't have a resupply and multiple targets, you will need ammo. Mind you here in the states you can probably pick mags up off the ground for a restock.