How do you choose a loadout?

[TacMaster]

I may as well do a list of my current loadouts:

• Full OD Close Protection style lightweight loadout
• MTP/Multicam infantry loadout
• CB/Tan PMC medium weight loadout

Loadouts I have planned:

• USMC Support gunner (possibly with a CIRAS style PC and M249/M60E4)
• Eastern Block urban marksman; will put together when I have enough for an RS SVD/when the G&G VSS comes out
• Jungle Guerilla style- mixture of olive green and Tigerstripe or US Woodland + CYMA 048 AK and either a bandolier or Chicom rig

 

[Nickona]

I like having 'hipster' gear, I don't like looking the same as everyone else on the field. Although sometimes it has it's drawbacks in the uniqueness : comfort : usefulness ratio. Sometimes an item I buy can be really unique and useful but not comfortable, comfortable & unique but not useful etc.

Since when was OD, MTP and CB hipster?

Well I've done so many loadouts its a joke!

Currently I run various African kits, why? because... TIA Bru! This is Effrica!!!

But seriously I just like the look and its something different, for choosing a loadout your best bet is just to find a kit you like from whatever source and go for that, after a while you start to realise what good or not or what works for you

Here's my List of Loadouts:

Current-

SADF Infantry 1970s

SADF Infantry 1980s (two types)

SADF Recce - 1970s Rhodesia/Mozambique

SANDF Infantry

African Mercenary - Executive Outcomes Sierra Leone and Angola

Planned/In Progress-

SANDF MONUSCO

SANDF MONUSCO Recce

Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)

Previous-

UKSF Task Force Black

US Army SF

US SEAL Early 2000's

USMC FR

A-TACS FG

A-TACS AU

Various other less specific loadouts

 

[TacMaster]

Since when was OD, MTP and CB hipster?

I know they're not hipster, I meant I use uncommon gear

 

[Nickona]

I know they're not hipster, I meant I use uncommon gear

Such as.....?

 

[TacMaster]

Such as.....?

You don't see mini MAVs a lot- as well as my Condor rig and my Bulle rig

 

[Nickona]

Okay so MOLLE.. wouldn't exactly say uncommon

Uncommon would be a Fereday and Sons chest rig

 

[Russe11]

Each loadout will not necessarily be a completely different set of gear. My WW2 Airborne loadout Consists of:

Pattern 37 webbing, backpack optional

Denim battledress jacket

Denim battledress trousers

P37 gaiters

Black combat boots

Denison Smock

Tankers helmet (will eventually be converted to an airborne helmet)

Lightweight gas mask bag

Sten Gun

Now, If I want to do an early war British Infantryman I make the following changes:

Pattern 37 webbing, backpack optional

Denim battledress jacket

Denim battledress trousers

P37 gaiters

Black combat boots

Denison Smock

Tankers helmet (will eventually be converted to an airborne helmet) Brodie Mk2 helmet

Lightweight gas mask bag Large gas mask bag

Sten Gun SMLE rifle

Now to convert this to early war Aussie:

Pattern 37 webbing, backpack optional

Denim battledress jacket Australian Service dress jacket

Denim battledress trousers

P37 gaiters

Black combat boots Tan boots

Brodie Mk2 helmet or Slouch hat

Large gas mask bag

SMLE rifle

So as you can see, in 6 purchases I have gone from 1 loadout to 3.

Next I plan to do an Aussie jungle loadout, for which I will need a green shirt, US HBT trousers and M38 gaiters and a waterbottle carrier I can adapt. This will then mean I have a US ww2 loadout sorted from the waist down if I choose to do that at some point.

So loadouts can be a domino effect where the 1st one costs a fair bit but then sets you up for a second that will be much easier and cheaper.

Hmm, I could also go for a Gallipolis loadout very easily with some long puttees and some breeches with a leather belt and leather bandolier.

 

[Nickona]

So loadouts can be a domino effect where the 1st one costs a fair bit but then sets you up for a second that will be much easier and cheaper.

Hmm, I could also go for a Gallipolis loadout very easily with some long puttees and some breeches with a leather belt and leather bandolier.

That is exactly the same case with my African kits.. once you build one loadout its fairly easy to make it into others

 

[Monty]

My loadout chose me.. h34r:

 

[totoyeahwhat123]

Wow. Way more comments than I expected

Well I guess I'll just have to take a look around then. Thanks guys!

 

[Russe11]

Wow. Way more comments than I expected

Well I guess I'll just have to take a look around then. Thanks guys!

I would have expected more comments tbh. We all love to talk about our loadouts

 

[ronin677]

Well as you said, the choice is yours haha

Why not try to copy a standard military loadout. You can pick up british DPM, desert or MTP kit fairly cheap, or even US kit. All you really need is the trousers and a smock. I personally have never worn a shirt if i can avoid it, even on operations. Just go for a t-shirt and smock on top (or a UBACS).

As for boots, just pick up a study pair that give support and are light weight (black leather will go with most loadouts and not look out of place)

Head gear is really up to you. Helmets look cool and allow for attachments but if you source a proper one they can be heavy if you're not use to them. Alternatively go for a bush hat, light weight and again will look good with most loadouts.

Webbing really is taste dependant. I have several different sets. As a minimum, in my opinion, you will need ammo pouches and a utility pouch (so may be a leg set up with drop pouches)

good luck

 

[straffham]

Practicality comes first if you want to have fun. Trying to tailor your look after a special forces unit will probably see you carrying too much stuff and being too overburdened to really get about effectively or quickly because remember who you're playing against - guys wearing nothing but combats and a t-shirt, with a polymer gun, no rig, and a pair of high caps.

This. Its often overlooked but an important point. No good having all the gear if you're going to be outpaced by light weight practical loadouts and even the new kid with only a hire G36 and 1 mag.

 

[Lozart]

Well how do you? I know there are endless possibilities to clothes, vests, pouches you name it. It's hard to choose. You may say it's all up to me, and I know that. But if I'm looking for a tan/desert loadout, what should I get? Would be cool for it to look realistic. Maybe not exactly the same, but you milsim players know what I'm on about

Kinda tired of running in everyday clothes with a vest on. So if you could help what would be needed. And how much the final price may be.

Just to go back to the practicality issue, I notice you've got a SCAR H and a Desert Eagle. If these are your main guns then they will most likely dictate what pouches/holsters you can reasonably use. You certainly won't be looking at things like a Recon Chest Rig for example (they're generally only compatible with 5.56mm mags).

There's LOADS of surplus desert kit floating about out there for very little money so maybe start with a DDPM UBACS shirt and trousers. Over that I'd look for a tan MOLLE chest rig or plate carrier so you can start finding mag pouches that will fit. Duty belt to hang a holster from (separate from whatever holds your trousers up), plus the holster (ask Black Death which ones he uses as I believe he dual wields DEagles).

Also - boots. If you're wearing trainers now, look for decent lightweight ones otherwise your legs will die after half a day! Meindl Desert Foxs are good and light and gettable for about £40 surplus (not waterproof mind).

 

[alwaysontheoffensive]

if you're running a scar-H, pattern 58 webbing is super cheap and will fit the larger 7.62 mags, just a suggestion?

 

[CaptainSwoop]

My kit has evolved over time. It has lost a lot of stuff that, while giving an impression of a 'real' loadout just added weight and bulk.

I now usualy wear DPM trousers with knee pads over, an MTP UBACS shirt, Molle Vest with just the pouches I need (which varies from skirmish to skirmish) and a Camelback . British Army Assault Boots, (had them for ages, they are worn in perfectly), hard knuckle gloves and a Boonie Hat.

 

[Caliber]

I started with a budget mercenary looking thing (Camo trousers, boots, tank top, tac-vest and any old hat), and slowly molded it into an assassin looking thing. So, at the moment, I'm like a modern ninja with camo for most matches. If I'm doing heavy urban where most camo won't matter, I'd go for more of a pure assassin thing similar to the terrorists on Counter-Strike Global Offensive on the cs_office map. Probably swap out the backpack for a tactical vest, jeans for casual camo (Probably my desert camo trousers, since they're more of a perfect fit, better for whizzing around), and boots for parkour shoes (Can't be a slow assassin lugging around wearing 20+oz boots, now). Luckily all my guns look good with the outfits I have, so I don't look like a tit with an out-of-place rifle or anything (E.g. Classic terrorist outfit with a SOPMOD).

So really, I mostly lean towards comfort, but not totally. I'm kinda lucky that camo trousers are comfy or I'd be wearing trackies out.

 

[M_P]

Okay so MOLLE.. wouldn't exactly say uncommon

To be fair you can't generalise everything like that, some stuff is less common than others, that's like saying your African stuff is common because quite a few people wear backpacks and viper south African assault vests. Being MOLLE doesn't automatically make it common

 

[Nickona]

To be fair you can't generalise everything like that, some stuff is less common than others, that's like saying your African stuff is common because quite a few people wear backpacks and viper south African assault vests. Being MOLLE doesn't automatically make it common

If I had said US (or any other MOLLE using nations) kit was common because a lot of people use MOLLE rigs then yes but I didn't. A Viper SAAV doesn't make something African like MOLLE doesn't necessarily make it American

What I meant was that MOLLE is by far the most common form of rig/load bearing and Bulle and Condor rigs aren't exactly as rare as a LBT RRV etc

 

[armysurplusandtoys]

best thing is to do is google images and search navy seal's, delta, marsoc, marines, sas, sbs, etc.

or

patterns?

dpm, mtp,ddpm, marpat,aor, cadpat, flecktarn, etc

have look at what they wear and get a feel for what you think looks good. Then just start the collection