What is your mission?
Active shooter, Bugout, Home defense, Vehicle rig, Sustainment, Covering a long distance, Response rig, Get home on foot during a civil unrest rig?
With so many circumstances…
Here is an example of a rig that you carry in your truck to cover the following situations:
- -Vehicle rig
- -Active shooter
- -Vehicle down and on foot in civil unrest
Standard items that should be on your Plate Carrier:
- -Level IIA or IIIA soft armor (IIA stops up to .45 / IIIA stops .44 mag)
- -Level III or Level IV Ballistic Plates (III stops rifle -556 & 7.62 -.308 / IV Stops up to 30-06 Armor piercing)
- -More plates equal more protection but equals more weight
- -Less plates equal mobility, speed and comfort
Pouches – Front
- -Minimum 2 pistol mags (First line gear 2 mag on your belt)
- -Minimum 3 rifle mags on your carrier (First line gear 1 mag on your belt and 1 in your gun= 5 total)
- -Self-aid med kit, small
Contingencies
You must be able to adjust your kit for contingencies
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