 Hey everyone Dylan Schumacher Citadel Defense and we are back with another edition of American Minuteman gear and in this Specific video. I want to talk about a gear system. I made a video like this a while ago I think it was over a year ago now However, some things have changed in my system and there are reasons why and so I wanted to discuss that and just explain My current system again always in flux could be different in another year, but I thought this would be a good time to check in So when I'm building a system, there are a couple things to note about this First off is I'm building a system so that all the pieces if I can get some of these more in the light here All the pieces work together Okay, I want the pieces to be able to mix and match and function together That's a key part of having a system versus just one piece of kit gear or whatever that you swap out, right? So that is part of having how I want to build my system that all the pieces can meld and work in unison and create a symphony of Warglory so with that in mind the main piece the center piece of my current system is this chest rig This is the onward research chest rig from Grand Thumb and Friends, right? So it's eight up front a little two Rosamali on the side So I got water and a radio and then I have my i-fac down here with a the tourniquet Okay, so that is my current centerpiece to my system when I made this video last time Webbing was my centerpiece right like the old kind around the hips British style Vietnam era American Vietnam era System or webbing and I have since moved away from that because one I like to keep my hips clean and Two I think this interfaces with a ruck a little bit better than just the webbing So I have moved away from that. I've moved more towards a classic American Meaning classic American meaning in the last, you know, 10-15 years, right? Style set up here to carry the weight on my chest and not on my hips The other big reason I like that is because it allows me to use the waist belt on my rucks Now, could you still kind of use the waist belt depending on the rock and and the webbing setup when you have a webbing setup? Yes, you can however I just like the setup better on on the rocket rides more comfortable when you're talking about carrying a heavy Heavy a rock for a longer period of time. I'd rather do it and utilize my waist belt So that is another reason I move over to this the last reason and the least important reason is that it allows Me the option to carry a pistol if I want right? I can wear a battle belt and carry a pistol and it leaves that option open for me If I should so choose one other thing I forgot to mention about a huge advantage for the chest rig and another big Reason I move to it is that this is vehicle compatible I can wear this and sit comfortably in a vehicle right webbing. You cannot and as I thought about it Being an American with lots of wide open spaces and if China if slash when China invades right and things get bad I'm most likely going to be in and around vehicles Even if that's riding in a vehicle for two hours to get to my AO and then I'm going to get out and walk around Whatever anytime. I'm in a vehicle. I want this on my chest, right? I want to carry the weight of my chest I don't want to carry it around on a webbing because you really can't in any way That's comfortable sit in a vehicle with webbing on so this was a huge that was a big motivator to me of most likely There's a 95% chance. I'm going to do something in and around a vehicle wearing armor or not and in that case I definitely want to carry it on my chest and not Carried in webbing so I still have my webbing. I'll save it for when there's no more gasoline anywhere And it's really Mad Max like and in that case then I guess I'll switch to webbing when I know I'm not Going to be in a vehicle, but I'm going to be around vehicles turning on your chest. That's a big reason. I moved as well So I moved over to the chest rig like I said eight up front one in the gun all this stuff That's the centerpiece of my system. Okay The other thing that is most commonly paired with that is this yoke pack This is an Eagle Industries yoke pack big fan of the yoke pack I'll do a video on that separately some other time big fan of the yoke pack that being said This is just a small pack. I think the same way is in about 15 ish pounds and I carry three liters of water in here You know some basic sustainment stuff like some food a couple extra magazines, right? You'll see that right there Some batteries right just basic stuff. I have my knife currently in here, but basic little sustainment pack in order to sustain me for 1224 hours something like that depending on how you count, right? There's no sleep kit or anything else in here That's why I carry my nods in like this is just again basic sustainment stuff the one downside to the chest rig I will say is that you have to pair it with a ruck, right? Yeah, I can carry a liter of water on the actual chest rig But in general there's no room for sustainment gear on there unlike the webbing where it does you do have room for some more Sustainment based gear, you know with webbing you know just webbing with in order to carry the equivalent You have to carry a little pack and a chest rig in order to make the same thing work The next piece of my system is armor. So that's a helmet, right? And helmet also isn't necessarily just armor, but it's also able to carry my nods, right? So this gets thrown in more times than not it can fit in the back of that yoke pack Which again another huge advantage of the yoke pack so Big fan of just having the helmet on whether or not I'm running plates or not helmet and then plates and To be honest, I haven't done a ton with the plates, but again because it's a system I'm able to clip that chest rig into my plates, right because it has the swift clip adapters up here I can Velcro it down and now there's no transfer necessary. I don't need a separate placard I don't need a separate whatever I can take my chest rig. I can slap it on here. Boom I'm good to go and everything's gonna function the same. It's just gonna weigh heavier So I like being able to do that. I like that versatility. I like that again It melds together into that symphony That's very important for me when I'm building out my gear systems and the last piece of my current gear system This is the crossfire dg3 55 liter three-day pack and this is the last piece that I currently have in my system I have a bunch of external pouches on here. Actually, those are gonna come off. I've decided recently But this piece I have for longer sustainment loads right where I need to carry more stuff In order to accomplish whatever it is that I'm trying to accomplish So in that case I could either clip in my Daypack here which I added a little buckle around here somewhere. Oh, did I take that off? I might have taken that off Okay, I lied. I took that off But I did have a buckle on here to buckle this into my big pack It can also fit on top and I can just cinch it down with the retention straps So I could carry both if I wanted but honestly I would do everything I can to avoid that and if I was gonna carry This pack I would probably try to just carry this pack and yeah, I'd be more weight and whatever But that's a different philosophy. We can argue and fight about some other time point being this would be my larger pack for longer trips Larger patrols longer sustainment loads or if for whatever reason I just run out of room in my yoke pack So this is the last piece in my system again as you think about your systems And you think about what pieces meld together with your system Try to make sure that it all flows together and that it's not just random pieces you jump to but that it melds And there's flow between them because not only will that be the best use of your money However, we'll also keep a fewer pieces to maintain Fewer pieces to keep stocked and fewer pieces to you know keep track of in general which believe it or not becomes a problem So I hope that's helpful. I hope that gives you some good ideas Do brave deeds and endure