"High speed, low drag"- what does it mean?

[firemachine69]

Weesatch, I'm under the impression, was a derivative of "wee", meaning, small, or smaller. That, related to the "satch" of the "Wasatch", it's bigger brother, suggests to me a "mini" version of the plate carrier.

[Dirty Deeds]

And then you have the opposite of "HIGH SPEED, LOW DRAG", in the immortal words and airsoft correctness of CDN_Stalker, I give you............

"LOW SPEED, HIGH DRAG"

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[firemachine69]

That one's a classic. :lol:

Anyways, as long as that guy understand it's for fun, and doesn't actually think he's the real shit, all good to go! :cheers:

[JKT 1]

[QUOTE=ert]

Originally Posted by Rob

... high speed and low drag is basically something that is very well thought out (high speed, as in no time is wasted in the field... everything has it's place and is efficient as possible) and without useless crap on it (low drag... a lot of people in the field carry crap they'll use once a year on them all the time. Drag... things that hold you back or are unnecessary).

BINGO! At least that's the way we used in the 82nd Airborne back in the '80s.

It can also be used sarcastically too - for someone who's always fussing with their kit, trying to modify it and alter it to be extra cool. 8)

[CDN_Stalker]

Thanks guys, I understood the WEE part, know it was something smaller, Wasatch is new, but I guess my main question is, where did the plate carriers get the Satch name from?

[yanhchan]

Remeber that game Zero Hour...the tanks always said High Speed Low Drag so I just assumed it was a tanker term so i ignored it for the longest time. Thanks for clearing it up guys!

[CDN_Stalker]

Originally Posted by Dirty Deeds

And then you have the opposite of "HIGH SPEED, LOW DRAG", in the immortal words and airsoft correctness of CDN_Stalker, I give you............

"LOW SPEED, HIGH DRAG"

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LMAO, ya, you ARE an evil genius!!! Shut up and go vote Conservative you bum!

[Sekester]

Originally Posted by yanhchan

Remeber that game Zero Hour...the tanks always said High Speed Low Drag so I just assumed it was a tanker term so i ignored it for the longest time. Thanks for clearing it up guys!

Well to confirm it was in all red alert series that the light allies tanks constently repeat that sentence. Damn i need to reeinstall that game , that and dune 2000......old classic.

[pugs144]

Originally Posted by CDN_Stalker

Thanks guys, I understood the WEE part, know it was something smaller, Wasatch is new, but I guess my main question is, where did the plate carriers get the Satch name from?

It's possible the Wasatch name had it's origins from Utah's Wasatch Mountains.

[Dirty Deeds]

Here's one for you Stalker. HSGI also makes a woosatch. The woosatch comes in weesatch and wasatch sizes, however it does not have intergraded mag pouches.

One Shot Tactical carries them, along with the weesatch and wasatch. At a damn good price I might add. I'll be picking one up at the end of February.

http://www.oneshottactical.com/merch...tegory_Code=CR

Originally Posted by pugs144

It's possible the Wasatch name had it's origins from Utah's Wasatch Mountains.

That's what I was thinking, as that is the main thing that comes up when you search wasatch.

[yanhchan]

Originally Posted by Sekester

Well to confirm it was in all red alert series that the light allies tanks constently repeat that sentence. Damn i need to reeinstall that game , that and dune 2000......old classic.

Yay for a mintue i thought i f'ed up because i started having second thoughts and was going to change tanks to hummers

[CDN_Stalker]

Thanks guys, I'm so confused as to what type is what, I'll just stick to calling them plate carriers! Lol

[eVa]

Originally Posted by ert

Fancy kit has been around for as long as normal kit has been... it's not like high end gear is anything new.

That said anything high speed and low drag is basically something that is very well thought out (high speed, as in no time is wasted in the field... everything has it's place and is efficient as possible) and without useless crap on it (low drag... a lot of people in the field carry crap they'll use once a year on them all the time. Drag... things that hold you back or are unnecessary). In reference to mag pouches... lets take the Diamondback tiered mag pouches as an example. They are very well planned pouches. They are staggered so that the back magazine sits an inch higher then the front magazine in the pouch so that the operator can grab mags very easily as compared to BHI pouches where the mag tops sit flush with each other. The diamondback pouches are highspeed in that sense and low drag in the sense that there's not grenade pouches hanging off the sides of em and they don't have shot shell holders all over the place. That's low drag.

That phrase though can refer to almost anything. Not just gear. Anything efficient, solidly planned and straightforward without anything unnecessary can be called highspeed low drag. Issued kit can be high speed if it's setup properly... it doesn't just refer to the gucci stuff.

you know it brother. on time, on target.

[devil99]

high speed low drag mean the equipment being us is good

[flack]

Originally Posted by devil99

high speed low drag mean the equipment being us is good

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[QUOTE=ert]

Originally Posted by Rob

... high speed and low drag is basically something that is very well thought out (high speed, as in no time is wasted in the field... everything has it's place and is efficient as possible) and without useless crap on it (low drag... a lot of people in the field carry crap they'll use once a year on them all the time. Drag... things that hold you back or are unnecessary).