 Hey everyone, Dylan Schumacher, Citadel Defense, and today we're gonna talk about the battle rattle. So this is part three of my American Minuteman gear, and today we're gonna talk about the webbing, the actual battle rattle, the fun stuff, the stuff that you get to wear and shoot, move and do all that fun stuff with. So this is just one version, again this is just one iteration, even as I was preparing for this video I've decided there are a couple things I'm probably gonna change on here, and so that's just where how it goes. As you know, you're always fiddling with your kit and always making changes. In case you didn't see part one, the mission that we're setting this webbing up for is something like patrolling type operations. The idea that you should be able to live, move, and fight out of this kit for the next eight to 12 hours, and that's really the idea behind how we set this up, and that's the driving force behind that. So there are some things that as we talk about you might not even include on here, and some things that I'm missing that you might add. Again, it's just one iteration and your mileage may vary and your kit will vary because it's your kit and you gotta wear it and I don't. So starting with the belt. The belt itself, this is an ATS tactical belt. I've been happy with it. It's just a three molly, three rows of molly. I'm not sure if we'll be able to see that right there, but there's just three rows of molly. And then it allows you to attach suspenders because it has suspender attachment points. So that's a really, really big deal. When you're setting up a webbing like this you have to have suspenders. That's where all the magic is. Otherwise it is not gonna work for you. I can almost promise that. The harness is an ATS tactical harness. They do have a molly panel in the back and that's what has allowed me to attach this water bladder pouch here which we'll talk about that in a bit. So starting from one end working to the other. I do have two pistol mags on here and I have my pistol over here, right? Now, the pistol might come off the rig entirely. The pistol and the two pistol mags, depending on what you're doing, again, if you're doing more long range, lots of walking, hopefully trying to avoid contact, I don't know if I'm gonna bring a pistol for that. That's probably gonna be the first thing that comes off this rig when I want to cut weight. I would primarily only need a pistol if I'm breaching doorways and stuff like that and I'm inside close quarters where my primary might go down. If you have distance and space, maybe you don't need a pistol because you can get behind something and fix your rifle or whatever. Again, that's the decision you gotta make. But I do have a pistol on here right now because I'm an American and I can't not have a pistol. My pistol mag pouch, which is an AR-500 pouch is sitting on top of an SE-TAC or S-TAC. I don't know how to pronounce that. Rifle mag pouch, that's my speed reload for my rifle because you gotta have a speed reload for the rifle. Then I have an AR-500 armor rifle pouch. So there's four more AR mags in here. So that's a total of five mags on this system. That's just how I run it. You could add more or less depending on what you wanna do or how many you think you need. But that's how many I have on here currently. This is my compass because you're gonna need a compass. If again, you're doing long range movements and walking around and trying to not get lost to find your objective. So you're gonna need a compass. So that's my compass. Stuff in here is in Condor AR mag pouch. It's a double mag pouch. I just stuffed my radio in there. And then I have it running up with a comms here. So I can have a push to talk on my shoulder. This is my medical pouch. This is a Dark Angel medical kit. Highly, highly recommend the Dark Angel medical kit. I have attached another tourniquet here so that I have two tourniquets and then a full IFAC in there. These are my two sustainment pouches. So these vary. Right now I have a canteen in each of them and because I have a two quart minimum that I'm kind of enforcing to make sure we have enough water. And then in this one, in addition to the canteen, I have a poncho. I have a rolled up poncho, which I can get out of here. So I've rolled up poncho and then I have a red headlamp in there as well as a lighter. Just kind of some random admin things that you might need. So when it comes to the water discussion, I'm a big fan of having at least two quarts on you and going up from there. The way I've set up this pack right now is that I do have the two quarts in here. I do like having the option to have a water bladder in here and have a run a camelback type system. When I run a camelback up on the water bladder, then I'm able to put a MRE in the sustainment pouch. And that's a big deal. Being able to again have that MRE to be able to again fight, live, work, move for the next eight to 12 hours, having an emergency ration in there is super, super helpful. So the other consideration you have to make when figuring this all out is how this is gonna interface with your pack. If your pack doesn't have any kind of frame or any kind of ability to work around this water bladder, that's not really gonna work. It's not really gonna be comfortable. You're gonna have that water bladder smushed between your back and the pack and you'll either break the water bladder and or just have a really, really uncomfortable ruck. So those are considerations you have to make when you're deciding, hey, how am I gonna fit the water I need on here with potentially anything else that I need on here, like an MRE or whatever. Again, right now I'm just running it with the water in the pouches, no MRE, but it is nice to be able to take an MRE, but it is nice to be able to take a full size military MRE and then stuff it in one of these pouches and this will fit in one of these pouches when I put the water in the camelback. So again, these are just different considerations and balances and trade-offs that you have to make for you. The other thing that's worth noting is this current suspender system does not fit under plates. So if I were gonna go out and I was gonna wear plates for whatever reason, you can set this whole thing up to interface with plates, which is really nice. Here is my AK rig. I went over this in another video. We're not gonna go over this, but I'm just bringing this in to show you that with these suspenders, they do make a low profile strap. These will fit wonderfully under plates. I've worn them under plates multiple times and these are super, super comfortable to have these low profile straps. So I do have an extra set of these low profile straps that I can throw on this rig if I wanted and then I could wear this whole thing under plates, stuff the water in the pouches, probably not have an MRE, but then I can run sick plates with the battle rattle. Again, that's why I think for just the everyday American guy, the battle rattle setup is superior because it allows you more versatility and again, it can interface those plates when you need it to. Couple of other things I have in here. I have my gloves because you need gloves. I have some paste counter beads. Over here, of course, I have a knife because you always need a knife. And then with my suspenders, one of the things I did do and we should definitely do is I did add some shock cord here on the front of the suspender setup and I would highly recommend that because that's gonna give the whole rig a little bit of flex with you as you're moving and grooving and it won't pull out of place awkwardly and whatever. So I highly, highly recommend running a couple loops of shock cord through there to give the whole rig some flexibility around you as you move and do your job. So like I said, this is just one iteration. This is just one version. I'm sure you have your own. Please let me know about it. But we need to be able to set up to shoot, move and communicate here for the next eight to 12 hours. And that is really the purpose of the battle rattle. The other big advantage slash disadvantage of the battle rattle is that because it's all one system, I mean, this is it. This is everything, right? You just have your clothes on and you throw this over. The advantage there is that it's all set up. It's all good to go. I mean, you're ready to rock and roll. The disadvantage, of course, is that as soon as you take that off, you have nothing. Unlike the modern batter belt system, right? Where you have a battle belt and then you put your chest rig and plates or whatever on over that. So even when you take your chest rig and plates off, you still have your battle belt and your pistol and all that other kind of stuff. This isn't layered like that system. It's an all or nothing system, which again has advantages and disadvantages. So that's it. That's my current battle rattle setup. Hope that was helpful. Do brave deeds and endure.