Military Surplus Sunday - Molle 2 Woodland Complete Fighting Load-out and Ruck 

The buttons in the claymore pouch are for the 6 mag bandoleer. They are also in the Patrol pack and Assault pack in the outside pouch.

The LBV was not good kit and it was replaced faster then any load bearing gear in the 20 years I spent. If you want to go old school just get an H harness, buttpack, canteen pouches, IFAK and 4 ammo pouches. Don’t put 12 magazines up front pulling your weight forward like that. Have 2 ammo pouches up front and 2 on the sides by you canteen cups. Keep that weight spread out.

this is not a 1990's pack but a 2000's pack, woodland molle gear of various generations was only produced 1999-2006

Great tour around the system.I served in the mid 70's and the only camo we had was the cloth cover on our steel pots.And the vehicles.

...the snaps in the claymore pouch were for either an IV or magazine bandoleer...

Army Navy Outdoors Is selling the Ruck, complete (frame, all straps, main pack, sleep pack, two sustainment pouches) for $90.00. When I ordered mine, the guy didn't even know they had been in stock. When I received it, it looked pretty new. Just storage dust, but in excellent condition. That was just a few days ago.

Great and informative! The Camelbak was delivered in 2 different very simple versions with the MOLLE 1 and 2 systems, later in camo with attachments. Also, the IIFS buttpack with the first version, and the assault pack was smaller. The early 1990s trial/USMC only - a very flimsy frame and kidney pad assembly

Love the butt packs! First introduced in 1956.. I still use the same pattern '62 canvas model I used in the late 80's.. works well with the two pocket canvas ARVN style alice pack.. light and easy.. If i recall the original butt packs were '56, 62 & 67.. dont know about them after that.. great vid, thx!

Thank you very much for posting this!

Could we get an update video on the surplus gear videos? Do you still use them? Also some assembly videos would be awesome. Aloha 🤙🏽

Excellent video, Love the details, Great job

Very informative. Excellent presentation.

Great video. I have been wanting this info as I am pre-MOLLE trained.

I use the sleep system bag on my ALICE Hellcat, but I put a shelter in that bag, I live in the tropics so I use the rain poncho and liner for my sleeping bag, which is rolled up in my one person tent. I call it my SIOU system. Lol. Sleep. In. On. Under. Kind of a combined all in one sort of affair. Its works for me. Great video, I have that same identical ruck system as well.

You never beat the old style woodland my absolutly favourite kit gear. Used this kit for long range recon airsoft and 48h event never have a single problem. The best 150 euro spent in gear buyit 10 years ago and still rocking as new

I found a molle ruck that was probably super early production, it was similar to woodland camo pattern but it was desert colors and had 2 good sized separate bags The sleeping bag system on the bottom was pretty huge and expanded out backwards not upwards I took everything off the frame (easier said than done on those....) And used the suspension on an Alice pack 👍👍👍👍 kept the frame and bags for spares

I used downeast frames to do a Hellcat conversions to both medium and large ALICE packs. Along with the modern MOLLE shoulder and waist belts, the ALICE found new life. 3River mentioned the adapters. They are great to use.

That's considered a waist pack's it can be used as a stand alone, or could be attached to the 3 day assault, patrol, and molle II pack.

Those two buttons you are talking about in the claymore pouch is the exact distance to attach a magazine bandoleer, just like in the assault pack.

Saw pouches work great for pmag D-50's 😃

good video! the small pack you have there is actually the patrol pack, not the 3 day assault pack. it was replaced by the assault pack before the cammo changed and can only be found in woodland. it is smaller than the assault pack. heres my recent video on it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nacd3ANldHA.html i just recently was able to get my hands on one and i have found them to be very rare. yours looks great. the buttons inside the claymore pouch are to snap the 6 mag bandolier. they exist on all the claymore pouches of all the packs. you need to get one of those bandoliers to really complete the set.

Great video. Subbed.

This guy has some good info very knowledgeable

Thank you, I'm an old guy looking for something newer and with more flexibility. also, not an M-4 guy. This looks like it will work for me and my fire sick.

Nice vid!

The buttons are for the 6 pouch mag bandolier.

Beautiful

Thxs for mentioning that ak mags fit!

The snaps in the claymore pouch are for the bandolier

The snaps in the claymore pocket are for a bandoleer.

good clean BDU set-up. everything I find is always beat up and worn out. still have some ACU magazine pouches from when I got out of the army. seriously wished they kept BDUs.

I have the flc in woodland and it does have the zipper.

I think the buttons snaps are for the bandolier

Thanks for the vid , i feel like if i tried to put that pack together it woulda been a lot more money.

Idk about the main rucksack, but the clips in the claymore bag on the patrol and assault packs were used to attach a 6 mag bandoleer. So, maybe it's the same deal with the rucksack. And great video btw :D

the buttons inside the pocket re for the magazine bandoller

I've got the pack, patrol pack, currently looking for the vest, and 3 day assualt pack, great review m

We were trained, to go prone, to quick disconnect the chest strap and the belt, and let the mags flop off to your sides. Most guys would just let the mag pouches hang, w/out ever buckling the belt if there the slightest hint of contact. Great vid tho👍

Great video, where would attach a pistol?

In future videos it would make the pack easier to see if you stuffed the pack and its pockets. The mostly empty pack combined with the Camouflage makes it hard to tell what one is looking at. Just a Friendly suggestion. Best Wishes! M.H.

FYI, I think that the Butt Pack first showed up Post Korea/ Pre Nam during the 50s. Probably used with the Pre Alice H-Straps. I have a Canvas one dated in the late 50s. Good Vids, keep them coming!

Slowly acquired most of the Molle 1 stuff. How the heck do you carry the rucksack and the vest? Is that even something you are supposed to do? Getting the rucksack belt on seems very hard if you have anything on the FLV belt at all. Is one belt always supposed to go above the other? The gen 1 was too ahead of its time, utilizing the probe/socket so that you could have 1 common belt between the FLV and Rucksack.

In your opinion which do you think is the better pack, the mille 2 or the cfp-90?

I had one of the assault packs in woodland, it was described as used but was practically brand new. I ended up selling it dirt cheap, a few years later wanted to buy another one. If I can find one in woodland they are either $$$$ or they have been totally abused.

What is the model number of the large you had in the video?

Do US ARMY forces already uses or needs a radio?

You can get the complete 12 pc rifleman's kit used from McQuire Army Navy for $132.48

does anyone know a source where i could get that 3 day pack shipped to europe?

where can you get one?

Thumbs up!!👍👍🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅

Were the snaps on the inside of the claymore pouch to attach a magazine bandolier pouch?

+3 River Blades I have to ask you, man, I've always wondered what that single row of MOLLE loops above the front compartment on the patrol pack and assault pack are for. Did you guys ever actually MOLLE stuff onto it or use it for any purpose? Seems like whatever you attach to it would just flop around, since it's just a single row of loops. It doesn't seem to be a useful feature so I thought I would ask someone that actually used that little pack, as it's always driven me crazy trying to figure what it could be for whenever I see pictures of it. As far as the large main ruck, I have a newer gray digital version and it seems way different. Mine doesn't have the Claymore pouch but seems to have a lot more MOLLE, 5 rows of a bunch of loops on the front that wrap around to where the frame is ( mine has a way more heavy duty frame ), some on the sides of the sleep system compartment ( which is not detachable, it has a big, heavy zipper so you can open it up to have a bigger main compartment or zip it up and have another compartment, which can be accessed with a big, zippered opening on the front ), and 2 rows of a bunch of loops on the lid flap. The inner lid pocket is heavy nylon mesh with a Velcro access point and holds a good bit of gear ( I mostly use it to store extra ammo packs. I use a kitchen vacuum sealer and label the bags as to caliber, grain weight, bullet type, number of rounds, and so on ). The sustainment pouches are there like on yours ( I love those things, they hold so much stuff ) and I MOLLE a 200 round SAW gunner pouch under each sustainment pouch ( those 200 round SAW pouches are great as well, since they can easily carry 6 30 round mags for the AKM, my favorite rifles, along with my CETME .308's [since I couldn't afford an H&K G-3 many years ago when I bought the AKMs and CETME rifle's] 20 round mags ). Does your large ruck have a zipper at the top of the ruck's main compartment, right under the lid flap at the rear of the main compartment and, if so, what is the zipper up there for? It doesn't have a hydration bladder compartment, so I've wondered about it's purpose. Also, one of the MOLLE rows on the side of the sleep compartment is sewn on top of some way bigger loops, which doesn't seem to have any purpose. Thanks if you can provide some insight as to the purpose of the puzzling features of those rucks that I mentioned and respond. Cool video, liked and subbed ;)

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Do you know how to attach the patrol pack to the main pack?

All brand new assault packs from all packs ur Looking at 200 to 250$. The filbe new assault pack cost me 350$ brand new.

my pack has two white straps about 2' feet long & 1"wide, located between the outer shell and the neoprene/plastic insert. what on earth are these for?

OMG! OMG! You have so many bullet thingys. Why? Why do you need so many? Why? OMG!😉 Good video. Looks like your gear is still in good condition with very little fraying and no unissued holes. I still have both the medium and large ALICE packs so I guess I will stick with them as I have had them close to 40 years and they are paid for.🤣 I do like the sleep system setup, though. Looks like the pack could hold enough gear to get you through a week or so in the boonies away from so called civilization. You knew your stuff unlike some yoyos who buy GI gear without having spent a day in the military.

This is early 2000s, not 90s. In the 90s we were still being issued the Y harness suspenders and pistol belt. But still good vid

Can the Assault pack attach to the Main pack like the large?

My husband tells me the snaps in the claymore pouch are 2 of the attachment points for the poncho so you can make your ruck waterproof. He can't remember where the other snaps are located but that's what the snaps are for.

Why is the government freezing woodland surplus? Also, I have a LBV 88 in woodland of the same material, do you have any tips on weatherizing it and the pouches and maintaining the water resistance?

The original MOLLE 2 pack frames were horrible. They were so bad, people used the old ALICE frames, as they were less prone to breaking. The new ones are great. I still do a weekly ruck of about 5 miles, with about 30 lbs (at 50 mind you), and use this pack with the new frame. It is far more comfy than the old ALICE packs, which I used daily for 14 damned years as a grunt. I remember when Tactical Tailor started making MUCH better shoulder and waist belts for the ALICE pack. Those damned things would kill your kidneys. My nephew is currently in Selection-and he is using an old school ALICE pack with TT straps. So, I guess you get to choose these days. That, and the old ALICE frame could carry more weight than you could-provided you didnt pop a rivet. We could always tell a grunt frame from a pogue frame. Grunt frames on ALICE packs had all the rivet areas taped. Not sure if it helped or not, but, at least if you popped a rivet, you didnt get shanked by your pack....

lol as a veteran of the u.s. Army whos lived in several countries, please... for the love of god, stop calling them fanny packs hahaha. Fanny, everywhere else in the world, means front bum (as in vujynuh) lol. its a bum bag, not a fanny pack ;-)