Frag Out! Magazine
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Radio Carrying Case, czyli plecak medium przystosowany do przenoszenia radia z rodziny SINGCARS, produkowany od 1997 roku. W plecakach zmieniono wewnętrzną kieszeń, na klapie umieszczono otwór na antenę a na plecach dodano dodatkową wyściółkę z pianki. Frame Field Pack, Riveted, LC-1 The ALICE frame consists of aluminum pipes and flat bars connected with steel rivets. The main element is a bent pipe in the shape of an upside- down, angular letter U, the upper part of which is bent against the back. A flat bar is riveted to the free ends of the pipe and it forms the support for the hip strap. The flat bar has another two reinforcements fixed to it, located on the sides at an angle. The fragment of the frame pipe to which those flat bars are riveted is reinforced with an additional inner pipe. The lower ends of the pipe are secured with plastic plugs to prevent water from seeping into it. In the flat bar, at the bottom of sides of the frame, there are round holes for fixing the harness. Plastic rings prevent them from abrading the bands. The rear lower part of the flat bar has additional holes for fixing e.g. straps. What is more, the frame is stiffened with a vertical and a horizontal flat bar, as well as a V-type flat bar that expands the lower parts of the frame. The frame was basically used for carrying the Large pack, carrying the Medium pack in extreme temperatures (in order to move the pack away from the back and avoid excessive sweating), and independently to carry a radio, cases or canisters. The earliest versions of frames were black anodized. The manufacturer kitted frame with the hip strap, waist strap and shoulder harness and the whole set was assigned single FSN: 8465-001-6475. Individual straps of the frame were also produced separately as spare parts and had individual numbers. The shoulder straps in its original form were designed similarly to the LBE suspenders They were made of 7.5 oz. OG106 nylon and padded with a plastic netting. The load bearing part of the shoulder strap was a 2.25" wide nylon webbing. Each shoulder strap was slightly bent in the bottom part for increased comfort and had adjustable length. The left shoulder strap (FSN 8465-269-0482) had a quick release buckle while the right strap (FSN 8465-269-0483) came without it. What is important is that the original version of length adjustment of shoulder strap used a very characteristic nylon strings as pull tabs which were replaced with paracord. The lower strap is a characteristic element of the shoulder strap. It was made of a nylon webbing different from the other 1" webbing used in ALICE. In order to make it resistant to movement, the length adjustment mechanism included the same webbing that was used in Jungle Boots with slightly different weave than the standard load bearing webbing. It seems very soft and, at the same time, it sustains being moved under the serration of a locked spring adjusting buckle. The length of the upper strap of shoulder strap was also adjustable as it was fixed with 1" webbing with non-slip buckle. equipment