Gearfreak shoot - Brakoo and Vince (56k BE GONE)

[Vince]

So, Brakoo's roomoate happens to be a gearfreak of his own, but thankfully for us, he's all about photography while we spend every last hard earned buck on nylon...

Here are the shots with kitlist and brief description. Could've put this into the media section but fuck it, much more suited to the gear section!

The true connaisseurs will point a few mistakes on our part, but don't you worry, we are fully aware of that.


Brakoo's 1st Recon - Afghanistan '08 (Otherwise stated everything is FSBE issued, * marked are replicas)



Headgear - Elctronics
MICH TC2000 w/ Norotos* universal and FSBE reversable cover
Spe Ops Recon Wrap
Peltor Comtac 2
TCI Saber PTT

1st Line
EI Warbelt
AI leg panel
AI Drop leg adapter
EI 41 FBs
EI Single M4
AI Flashbang
Safariland 6004

2nd line
Civvie PACA
AI MBSS s/m
EI single M4 x2
EI frags x2
EI 45 FBs x2
AI Admin
AI MAP
AI MBITR
EI SOF Med pouch

Apparel
USMC FROG2 (Propper)
Camelbak Maxgrip nomex gloves
Danner combat boots
TAG Riggers belt

Blasters
MEU(SOC) .45
CQBR w/ EOtech 551 SFM951



Brakoo's Navy SEAL greenside 00's



2nd line
LC2 belt
LC2 suspender, Ranger modded with Paracord running through belt eyelets
2x LC2 ammo pouch
2x LBT SAW 200rnd pouch
2x LC2 canteen
LC2 IFAK

3rd line
EI 3day Slick OD w/M79

Apparel
WL boonie
WL Raid BDU (Propper)
Nomex flight gloves


Brakoo's Navy SEAL Afghanistan OEF1 2001



2nd line
TAG Riflemen kryloned dark brown

3rd line
Camelbak Ambush

Apparel
DCU trousers
SPEAR Fleece
Pakol



Vince 31st MEU FR Platoon VBSS '06 (everything FSBE unless stated otherwise)




Headgear
MICH TC2000 Norotos 3holes*

1st line
BHI duty belt
Ferro Concept belt pad
CSM dumper
SAW Split top as a gas mask carrier
AI leg panel
AI Flashbangs
EI double M4

2nd line
PACA (mil issued)
RRV
EI frags
AI Flashbang
EI single M4
AI MBITR
AI admin

Apparel
CWU-27 flightsuit Sage
Camelbak Maxgrip nomex gloves
Recon wrap


Vince Navy SEAL ST7 Platoon work-up '07



Headgear
MICH TC2000

1st line
BHI rigger belt
Old School SOE drop leg carrier
CSM dumper
EI SOF Med pouch


2nd line
PACA (mil issued)
Heavily modded Spec Ops rig
FSBE MBITR (now have a legit LBT MBITR pouch)
Various pyros

3rd line
Camelbak Viper

Apparel
WL BDU
Garmin 301
Flight gloves
Skull bandana


Vince SAS Taliban hunter, mountain recce '07



Headgear
Operator cap

2nd line
Arktis 42CDO chestrig

3rd line
BHI 3day pack

Apparel
SAS Windproof smock DDPM
5.11 Taclite trousers
Shemagh
Arc'teryx softshell gloves
Garmin 301

You'll notice I don't have a sidearm on any of my kits, I used to have a 226 and a MEU but sold both as I'm not a GBB fan after all...

Pics of Max coming as I have to Persec them and re-upload

"Action" shots coming soon

[Boyso]

Amazing shoot!

Great kits and great pictures!

[Conker]

Vince, your lack of .45 manliness is disappointing

Brakoo's Universal Norotos is wrong for 2008. And it would be 99.% of the time with an AKA2 arm (for a Universal, but for that year it'd be a 3 hole with PVS14 TATM...)

Heh, I had to be picky to hide my jealousy Looking good as always! I found my gear closet (read: my appartement as a whole, actually... but the appartement isn't much bigger than a closet anyway) was pretty full with gear, but... I see some stuff you have I had never heard about. Nice nice! Good quality pics does help a lot.

[Vince]

We have some more kits but we limited ourselves to 3 kits each

As for the 45 I had one and sold it... Fuck maintenance

[Conker]

Well... I hope we'll see a Volume II soon

[Frozen Tex]

So much awesome... So much jealousy... How to pick a favourite?

But I really dig that SAS smock!

[rc_p120]

Holy SHIT you guys have awesome gear. And I thought I had too much. Looks accurate and well researched from what I can tell at least, just needs some more dirt right?! In the first pic, is it me or does that plate carrier seem extra small? Also I've always wanted to ask this of very accurate reenactors; does this stuff work well for YOU? Of course you recreate what you see in use by real units.. But in a tough skirmish or long milsim do you find yourself wishing you were using different gear?

edit: Taliban Hunter is BOSS. Change the 2nd line gear to ranger green and it looks just like the Battlefield 3 trailers. coolio.

[Brakoo]

The MBSS is in fact somewhat small but I wanted to keep something minimalist for CQB and use my warbelt setup for the rest of my stuff.

The stuff I have there usually work when used in the right environment. It's true that for the sake of details I'll add extras that I wouldn't normally have on me but nothing over the top I'd say.

[Conker]

My 2 cents on that... sure, I don't really need the CAT, huge antennas or scissors, but it's not really bothering or heavy. What's important is that I will choose an impression both for the look AND functionality. I won't take, say, a US Army soldier with all armor add-ons as I know it'll be bulky and hot as hell.

Nor will I take a DEVGRU impression with 1000$ pants to play with^^

[TraumaGuy]

Great photo shoot! Very professional pics. Love the attention to details -- like the Pakol hat, the Garmin and the name tape on the camelbak.

Well done! Keep 'em coming ...

[Frozen Tex]

Say, Brakoo; in the 1st Recon pictures, I see the mic for your Comtacs is on the right side... With the real thing, can you switch the mic from one side to the other? I have a knock-off, the mic is on the left, and I'm a lefty, which means when I get a cheek-weld, the mic gets squashed against my face or shoved up my nose. Very annoying.

[Shirley]

RAID your shirts!!! Sweet, place this in the USA.

[Brakoo]

Originally Posted by Frozen Tex

Say, Brakoo; in the 1st Recon pictures, I see the mic for your Comtacs is on the right side... With the real thing, can you switch the mic from one side to the other? I have a knock-off, the mic is on the left, and I'm a lefty, which means when I get a cheek-weld, the mic gets squashed against my face or shoved up my nose. Very annoying.

Yes the mic can be switched from one side to the other and it's the reason why I ended up getting this headset over anything else.

[Frozen Tex]

Originally Posted by Brakoo

Yes the mic can be switched from one side to the other and it's the reason why I ended up getting this headset over anything else.

So please bear with my ignorance a moment longer; you then have genuine Peltor Comtac IIs, and the mic on them can be switched? How mucch, may I ask, do you pay for a pair, with a PTT and correct wiring for Motorola FRS?
Yes, I appear to be asking for a little spoon-feeding...

[Risc_Terilia]

Baseball cap looks distinctly un-British