Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1034474
The shoulder straps are connected to the front panel with met- al G-Hooks. The reason for this is rapid getting off and on the plate carrier from wounded person. You take off the plate carri- er, do all the medical stuff you need and after that you can still put a vest on the wounded and keep him secured against frag- ments. It wouldn't be possible if QR system would be released or medic just cut those shoulder straps off. Other thing is that if you don't want putting your vest on overhead, just undo one shoulder strap with g\G-hook and one half of cummerbund (best effect if those are on the same side ) and just put it from the side. And it rocks. My Husar Noble was final prototype version in my favorite Pencott GreenZone camouflage. Loops for G-hooks were made of Husar Skin, green material which is shiny and bit rub- ber-ish inside and totally matte outside. And due to that rubber thing I had some problems to put a G-hook through a loop. Quite often. Right now, Noble 3.0 has this part made of webbing. Shoulder straps are of course adjustable but even if some- one is even more "compact" than me (well, is it possible?!), ex- cessive part of strap can be cut so it won't stick out. Cutting can be esthetic as the strap is divided into segments so it is very easy to cut them out. Clean cut and that's all folks. Of course, there are comfort pads for shoulder straps. These are very comfortable and made, well who would expect, from Husar Skin. Construction of very simple, comfort pads are held in place with Velcro flaps and from the body side is padded with and 3D mesh so even after long hours of use, user will not experience any discomfort. Of course, we have two loops of Velcro on each comfort pad too. Rear panel is more than interesting. As I mentioned earlier, it can be replaced. The Noble comes with standard MOLLE back- panel, with integrated hydration compartment for a bladder up to 2L (tube can be put outside on left or right, depends on user preferences). Panel is kept in place by four Velcro straps with bottom one additionally keeping a ballistic plate inside. Side Velcros, due to integrated hydration compartment, are sewn onto wide elastic band so you can fill the bladder inside it with- out a problem. There are also available laser cut MOLLE panel, low-profile (flat, without MOLLE etc.) and medical (variation of laser cut panel but with pouches sewn on). Backplate pouch is partially independent from the back panel as it lacks bot- tom part that holds the plate inside. Backplate pouch is made from thin rip-stop nylon. It is a base for QR and cummerbund attachment. EQUIPMENT