Exactly, replica kit is just a facsimile of the real thing. Cheap china rubbish will lack of quality control and they have no requiremnt to meet actual military specifications for sizes and function of molle.
Unfortunately the only shop that used to sell milspec stuff here has become another low quality shit retailer, so if I want to buy a good belt I'll have to go blind, and it's something I don't really want to do when I'm dropping €100+ on something..