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    US Army Alice backpack frames

    in Field Backpack

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    My thoughts...

    I'm using a Korean made copy of the US ALICE Frame at the moment.

    Primarily to hold enough water in my camelbak bladder for extended troops with as best a harness system as $20.00 can buy . As I'm used to the weight of a service field pack, the total weight of 4.2kg is negligible to me

    Depending on your torso length (ie shoulders to hips), the alice frame may be too long. In Aus, soldiers often have to retro fit a frame to their issue field pack and the shortening of frames to suit is common

    To remedy this, the lower assembly would need to have all its rivets drilled out and raised then reattached. The goal is to keep the top of the frame just below the top of your shoulders.

    Definitely get a friend to measure from the side - extra set of eyes is always good - especially if they're familiar with alice frames

    I haven't attempted to reshape the frame for the boxes to appear right. This could be done by adding neoprene foam under the bottom half of the boxes to increase the angle as/if desired.

    5284's BFG!

    in T-21, DLT-19, RT-97c Heavy Blasters

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    courtesy of local oz ebayer...

    Based on a toy gun with a 'pulsating' barrel (not pictured nor necessary)

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    to make the receiver & main barrel sleeve detachable, I used a plastic jar with a screw on lid

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    the jar is forced into the sleeve, while the lid was cut to fit the receiver (around the pre-existing coupling for the toy guns 'internal' barrel)

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    To complete the sling, I ran a lighter along the hessian sling in order to burn down all the fibres. I also replaced the supplied fittings with some spare 25mm ladder locks.

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