Fantastic vid my friend, many thanks for the review. I have used similar belt kits in the past, namely the Russian SMERSH pattern system. It’s impossible to find any belt kits that don’t cost an arm and a leg these days and this review helped answer some questions.
These are definitely an improvement over the older version where the belt pad was made of mesh on both sides of the pad, and any object with sharp edges or corners would snag on the mesh on the insides of pouches. The polymer D rings for the yoke is better as well. Before it was these metal split style D rings that would split open with enough weight on the kit to the point where I just tore them off and replaced them with paracord loops. Cobra buckles are welcomed. No experience with the yoke. Cheers from the US.
Thanks for the discount 😃 I'm in the middle of buying more kit before I go and finish off my training for the army reserves next month. Just been going through UA-cam, to see if Marauder is a good brand or not. Then I came across your channel :-)
Glad you're making use of the discount! I've been impressed with the marauder kit I've used. Hope this has been useful for you, thanks for watching and all the best 🙌
Looks like a great set if webbing and priced good too nearly 50 percent cheaper then jay jays and , crossfire dz rig granted its maybe not as fully " gucci " as them but looks solid and tbh i prefer this style with the clips on utility pouches ect than the pull through string kikds ect , seriously considering this set , cheers brother 👍
Your shoulders look really good by the way (I like training shoulders). What sort of training do you (individually) do for shoulders/delts? You dont have many videos on shoulders/delts (specifically) so I thought to ask.
Did you ever train with American army or American marine corp. I’m interested in British opinions of service men and women that trained or worked with American army or Maine corp to learn how the training was different and what each side took away from each other
Hi yes I trained with the US Marines, and did ops with US Navy, USCG and also their intelligence services. With regards to the training exercises, the Marines came to us to do mountain training for 2 weeks, they struggled with the physical aspect of it. It was very wet and cold and involved lots of rucking up mountains and they did not seem to be conditioned for it. A few of them struggled that much that we had to carry their kit and a lot of them ended up in sickbay with injuries. So I think their training is not as physically demanding as ours. But thats not to say they weren't good soldiers. Their equipment was always much better than ours so I think we were just used to having to ruck everywhere and do things the hard way. I observed that Junior NCO's were a lot younger than ours, so it seemed that promotion was quicker, but I also noticed that they could get demoted quite easily and their officers were a lot more strict than ours. We got on well with them and they were a good bunch of guys and I thoroughly enjoyed training with them. I did a few exercises where we had USMC training instructors that were sharing their Close Quarter Battle techniques. I found those training instructors very knowledgeable and they were very technical and professional. I really enjoyed working with the USCG and the intelligence services. Whenever I worked with US Navy I noticed that they had access to better facilities than we had, but they were very generous with sharing stuff that they had. For example, on our ship we only really had warm disgusting water to drink, yet our American colleagues would always give us cans of coke and bottles of gatorade whenever we stopped off with them. I observed that they were a lot more direct and confrontational when dealing with the Iraqi's. For example when we were dealing with non-combatants we would try and build a rapport and be relatively friendly with them, whereas they would be shouting at them and treating them as hostile when they were not appearing that way. Not saying our approach was better btw, just an observation I made. I guess the Americans had a lot of casualties in Iraq , a lot more than we did and so were not in the business of taking chances. I observed they didn't mess about with things, by that I mean they took security and things very seriously whereas in my opinion ours was a bit lax in comparison at times, I don't want to go into specifics about this on an open forum though. My guess again is that the Americans have had a lot more attacks directed at them such as the attack on the USS Cole, 9/11 and other significant terror attacks that unfortunately they have had to deal with. It was always a pleasure working with the Americans, and there was always a mutual respect. Just to note as well, I stopped serving in the Royal Marines in 2009 and can only talk about my experiences from back then. I hope this answers your question but if there's anything else you'd like to know give me a shout. Thanks for watching and for the question.
@@MuscleWorld thanks for the info. i find both our countries do better in many situations when we work together. i would rather buy a hammer made in the UK than China. I think that our nations could prosper by international business and promote the general welfare more than buying from nations that politically can do us harm.
It's been nearly 20 years since i last wore a plate carrier, I imagine kit has changed since then but yes I believe it could be worn in the way you describe. I remember using the plate (osprey) as a just body armour and then my webbing as a separate system that I wore together. I know some attach pouches to their armour, but that's not how I did things then. Although, I had different kit set ups for different situations too.
@@MuscleWorld Thanks! I’m a US Army Soldier. I think your video was the only review out there! We will be back to a modern version of our Vietnam era belt rig but with slick plate carriers. I think pouches have to sit a least 2-3” under the plate carrier or it’s movement restrictive when crouching or kneeling behind cover. The harness or suspenders need to be slick too to go under the plate carrier. The UK always had since WW1 the best equipment for individual Soldiers.
Fantastic vid my friend, many thanks for the review. I have used similar belt kits in the past, namely the Russian SMERSH pattern system. It’s impossible to find any belt kits that don’t cost an arm and a leg these days and this review helped answer some questions.
These are definitely an improvement over the older version where the belt pad was made of mesh on both sides of the pad, and any object with sharp edges or corners would snag on the mesh on the insides of pouches.
The polymer D rings for the yoke is better as well. Before it was these metal split style D rings that would split open with enough weight on the kit to the point where I just tore them off and replaced them with paracord loops.
Cobra buckles are welcomed. No experience with the yoke.
Cheers from the US.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences, all the best 🙌
Thanks for the discount 😃 I'm in the middle of buying more kit before I go and finish off my training for the army reserves next month. Just been going through UA-cam, to see if Marauder is a good brand or not. Then I came across your channel :-)
Glad you're making use of the discount! I've been impressed with the marauder kit I've used. Hope this has been useful for you, thanks for watching and all the best 🙌
Looks like a great set if webbing and priced good too nearly 50 percent cheaper then jay jays and , crossfire dz rig granted its maybe not as fully " gucci " as them but looks solid and tbh i prefer this style with the clips on utility pouches ect than the pull through string kikds ect , seriously considering this set , cheers brother 👍
Thanks for watching mate all the best 🙌
@@MuscleWorld likewise broski 🤗
Very informative review, I’ve been looking for one like this. Thanks max! 💪
You're welcome let me know what you think 🙌 thanks for watching
@@MuscleWorld This was absolutely brilliant, better than most of the ones I seen. Very concise and straight to the point!
Your shoulders look really good by the way (I like training shoulders). What sort of training do you (individually) do for shoulders/delts? You dont have many videos on shoulders/delts (specifically) so I thought to ask.
Thank you, usually military press, upright row, rear delt dumbbell flyes 🙌
@@MuscleWorld Thank you
Did you ever train with American army or American marine corp. I’m interested in British opinions of service men and women that trained or worked with American army or Maine corp to learn how the training was different and what each side took away from each other
Hi yes I trained with the US Marines, and did ops with US Navy, USCG and also their intelligence services. With regards to the training exercises, the Marines came to us to do mountain training for 2 weeks, they struggled with the physical aspect of it. It was very wet and cold and involved lots of rucking up mountains and they did not seem to be conditioned for it. A few of them struggled that much that we had to carry their kit and a lot of them ended up in sickbay with injuries. So I think their training is not as physically demanding as ours. But thats not to say they weren't good soldiers. Their equipment was always much better than ours so I think we were just used to having to ruck everywhere and do things the hard way.
I observed that Junior NCO's were a lot younger than ours, so it seemed that promotion was quicker, but I also noticed that they could get demoted quite easily and their officers were a lot more strict than ours.
We got on well with them and they were a good bunch of guys and I thoroughly enjoyed training with them.
I did a few exercises where we had USMC training instructors that were sharing their Close Quarter Battle techniques. I found those training instructors very knowledgeable and they were very technical and professional.
I really enjoyed working with the USCG and the intelligence services.
Whenever I worked with US Navy I noticed that they had access to better facilities than we had, but they were very generous with sharing stuff that they had. For example, on our ship we only really had warm disgusting water to drink, yet our American colleagues would always give us cans of coke and bottles of gatorade whenever we stopped off with them.
I observed that they were a lot more direct and confrontational when dealing with the Iraqi's. For example when we were dealing with non-combatants we would try and build a rapport and be relatively friendly with them, whereas they would be shouting at them and treating them as hostile when they were not appearing that way. Not saying our approach was better btw, just an observation I made. I guess the Americans had a lot of casualties in Iraq , a lot more than we did and so were not in the business of taking chances.
I observed they didn't mess about with things, by that I mean they took security and things very seriously whereas in my opinion ours was a bit lax in comparison at times, I don't want to go into specifics about this on an open forum though. My guess again is that the Americans have had a lot more attacks directed at them such as the attack on the USS Cole, 9/11 and other significant terror attacks that unfortunately they have had to deal with.
It was always a pleasure working with the Americans, and there was always a mutual respect.
Just to note as well, I stopped serving in the Royal Marines in 2009 and can only talk about my experiences from back then.
I hope this answers your question but if there's anything else you'd like to know give me a shout. Thanks for watching and for the question.
@@MuscleWorld thanks for the info. i find both our countries do better in many situations when we work together. i would rather buy a hammer made in the UK than China. I think that our nations could prosper by international business and promote the general welfare more than buying from nations that politically can do us harm.
I’d think the pouches would have snaps instead of Velcro
Old video, but do you think a plate carrier could be worn over the strap harness?
It's been nearly 20 years since i last wore a plate carrier, I imagine kit has changed since then but yes I believe it could be worn in the way you describe. I remember using the plate (osprey) as a just body armour and then my webbing as a separate system that I wore together. I know some attach pouches to their armour, but that's not how I did things then. Although, I had different kit set ups for different situations too.
@@MuscleWorld Thanks! I’m a US Army Soldier. I think your video was the only review out there!
We will be back to a modern version of our Vietnam era belt rig but with slick plate carriers. I think pouches have to sit a least 2-3” under the plate carrier or it’s movement restrictive when crouching or kneeling behind cover.
The harness or suspenders need to be slick too to go under the plate carrier.
The UK always had since WW1 the best equipment for individual Soldiers.
For weighted running etc, Is filling webbing with sandbags a viable option? What would you reccomend?
Yes that could be fine, or stones, bottles of water or fishing weights, whatever you want 🙌
@@MuscleWorld Cheers