SMERSH... My Loadout and Review of the Legenday Russian SSO/SPOSN SMERSH... 

I wish these had been available in the 80's and early 90's when I was still in. Far better than our old LBE. That being said, I would often run the LBE, and now the SMERSH, with a chicom style chest rig. The chest rig gives you a last ditch, drop your gear, E&E rig with enough gear to fight and run like hell. This can also open some room in your ammo pouches for IFAK inserts for both the SMERSH and chest rig. Two things you can never have enough of is ammo and med gear.

Jay ... The Smersh rig has been the best kept secret for years. I got mine long ago, and it is still top notch and cost effective. Thanks for this review.

It's a solid LBE system, the Padding makes a whole bear of a difference heheh. Good stuff bro!!!

I bought an eagle industries molle H harness, USMC coyote colored. I love it! $73 hZ floatation device around waist, which makes the ar10 mags more comfortable as well.. they call it thr USMC SMERSH... money well spent.

Yes the SSO smershes are great. I’ve owned several of these and a few Partizan harnesses. Great piece of kit for long range recce and patrol.

A very awesome set up. Very versatile and customizable for the mission.

Awsome load out, i will build my kit just like this once i finally get my smersh from kommando store

as perfect as can be, until you find out it isn't. I'm always evolving. Definitely, don't want to be be diving to prone on my medical supplies...they are on my L hip. everyone should be done with front heavy gear and chest rigs after low crawling 5 meters.

Also use the single wall Kleen canteen 40 oz. Water bottles, with bearing cups, so that can make a Dakota fire pit to be discreet, and just drop the water bottle directly into the fire, I use the Condor H2O carriers, other than that, a nice setup going in there.

Good evening Sir! Great stuff as always, your videos are always entertaining and and informative! I hopped on a bit late, but after went back and watched the whole thing. Great rig, and it holds a ton of gear! I like how it’s a “Jack of all trades”, has a little bit of everything! Take care and my best to you and your family!

Ready for old school Infantry! 😄

Great review. I'm digging your back patio as well.

Great thought process and explanation of mission possibilities. Your concept of front sides of waste for fighting gear and side back waste for survival gear was an excellent description of a minute man load out. The way to extend load out with backpack and fanny pack in front waste was intuitive. The healthy mix of kits is right on.

Interesting setup i have a couple LBE setups and its definitely been a reeducation from traditional chest rigs for me but i like them and when i can half ass justify it i will be buying a smersh

Really nice setup bro. You probably like the H setup. The system is made for. An eight point hitch. That's how I prefer mine. Thanks for your videos. Cheers 🍻

I'm a conservation Rangers, this is exactly how we carry on a lot of our patrols.

Jay,good to see the progress you have made on this rig.

Check out the eagle industry gear if you haven't. I also bought some sort of USMC midular assault pack in coyote. Fits nice and slim on the back of the eagle H harness and leaves room for a butt pack underneath it. All very similiar to your set up. Price point was decent. This has been a good vid. I concur with all your ideas here! Keep em coming.

I've been looking forward to this! Hate I missed the premier though.

I really enjoy watching videos with well-thought-out kits. Yours is definitely well thought out and practical. My setup is kinda similar, but there are some variations. I've built mine with British surplus pouches (kinda heavy 2.5kg and overengineered, so I might replace the buttpack with Smersh like yours, or something light like the American buttpack if I find one). Here are my 2 pence from across the pond: 1) Have the large admin pouch immediately under your right arm - with all the minor bits & bobs easily accessible and visible when needed. 2) As a principle, make sure that you can access any item throughout your rig without taking the rig off! 3) As a principle, make sure that you can lock any of the pouches with one hand. This is where nearly all pouches on the market and all British pouches fail. They all need to be modified! 4) As a principle, a well organised belt-kit should be able to provide you sleep, relative warmth, water and some food for 48h and possibly more!!! 5) I really like your placement of the water-bottle pouch (I have one of those laying around, I might give it a second life after seeing this video). Just make sure that it is properly secured - they have a tendency to dangle especially in that location. Another mod I'd do is remove its top lid altogether and secure the canteen with a bungee strap (kinda like old US or Australian canteens) - those zips are a nightmare to open and close in that position. Have one water-bottle (on the right handside) and one water-bladder. 6) Always have spare room in your kit. There are many ways to achieve this: a foldable dump-pouch under your ammo pouches; or the left pouch between the ammo and the buttpack; or the space behind the pouches can be used to put anything long (an e-tool, a hatchet, a knife etc) - some use it as additional pockets. 7) As a principle, keep the front open so that you have no obstructions when in prawn and crawling; keep heavier items closer to your hip bones; and keep your butt-pack as light as possible. 8) Walk! Carrying loads with belt kit is easier than with bergen/rucksack, but it is a whole different sensation. After couple of miles you'll feel lactic acid building up in your legs and you need to get used to it and learn to power through it. That's why it is important to train with it regularly. 9) There is no universally "best" setup. It's all about what works for oneself. But all the members of the unit should have their IFAK in the same place and arranged in identical manner (and clearly marked).

When you put up that great minuteman picture your multi cam leggings are so effective I had to zero in on your legs before they popped out to me. 😮 Looks like a very effective load out.

Thanks for sharing your load out

As always a great video! Very detailed! Thanks J

I like it. Well done on the communications setup.

Excellent video! Very thorough and informative. Subscribed ready to learn more. I need one of these now

helped a lot I like how you set everything up😃

ONE TIP MATE, THE STERNUM STRAPS SHOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER, ABOUT AN INCH BELOW YOUR CLAVICLE, NO CLOSER. I NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN THE ALREADY COMFORTABLE SMERSH WITH THIS ADJUSTMENT. LENGHTEN THE REAR STRAPS SOME WHICH WILL RAISE THE STERNUM STRAPS.

Got me a GCS H harness for $25 and set it up with military surplus pouches, whole set-up only cost about $100 for a custom LBE loadout. Although, i left the front few sections of molle empty just in case i need to crawl.

Nice Thanks for sharing 👍

This one is gonna be good.

NICE VIDEO MATE!

I like it it's essentially 2 of my kits smashed into 1. I'm not sure I'm so hot on the fanny pack med kit though. I keep my big ifak on my bare bones kit and a second smaller mostly with trauma essentials on something that would fit on the shoulder. Though with this I feel like a belt hanging pouch under the smersh would probably work really well. All and all really cool

Nice

I don't like the idea of a huge LBE, if you have to ditch your ruck to break contact or run. Keep your fighting gear separated from your living/comfort gear. Survival gear stays in pockets of uniform. Just a consideration.

Ра видеть, что и в Америке знают российскую снарягу))) Я отвоевал в такой РПС около года, нормально))) но приходится менять лямки на тонкие, чтоб бронежилету не мешали.

Great video! I have a replica from kommando store on back order 🙂

Now they have the Abbree ribbon antennas, even Baofeng makes their own now.

Question also. Have you thought about doing a video about how to correctly set this system up out of the bag? There are very few videos on it and the ones that show the process aren't clear. When receiving this all of the system is apart and stuffed in the butt pack. I had to use pictures from around the net to get mine correctly put together.

Solid, beautiful video. I love my nixie works LFR which is essentially the same just all sewn together. So it’s lighter and fits more snug. I’m curious though, are y’all more of over, below or under the belly button? My big belly makes it hard to go over or above but below isn’t quite as comfy. No worries, I’m trying hard to slim out. In due time. Just curious what y’all do or have any pointers!?

😂😂 definitely start with your face using the wet wipes. Or don't, and remove all the safety tags on everything too....

Lol.. I have a french press in one of my bags like yours mext to the butt pack.. lol.. fukem, I gotta have coffee

i got a smersh second gen wamt to get the smersh molle but nothing available right now so i got a sso partizan harness

👍👍🤙Glad I grabbed mine in digital flora back in 2020. They are double the price now. Where you have your bottle pouches I have a canteen pouch and ifak. Only thing i am struggling with is where to mount my knife on it.

Great system you got there! I’m in the process of setting up mine up. What is the name and size of that assault pack? Looks about perfect for 24 hrs.

please tell me in the main pouches which magazine do you have? Is it normal to go there from the M series and not AK?

Awesome video, have some myself. Do you have a link to the two green pouches?

Have any further upgrades or changes been made to this kit since then?

you don't have a weak side: it is a support side.

Just wondering how where you able to mount the bottle pouches because I can’t find any Videos about how to do it

Were did you get it at, I have been looking for 1

If you don't mind me asking, where are your ancestors from?

Where did you buy your smersh gear?

I love SSO/Smersh system. But with the current war in Ukraine and sanctions, they're overpriced for me at the moment.

Where can i get one of those packs? I like how it looks

What brand is your buttpack? Looking for a modern one myself.

Anyone have one of these with a front plate option???

Got mine from a friend for free😭

You're in Ohio here's a challenge when the weather actually starts getting cold camp out in your garage with just your gear for like a week with no heat

Velocity systems jungle kit is better