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1965–1973. The all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment (ALICE) is a set of load-carrying equipment adopted as United States Army Standard A on 17 January 1973 [ 1 ] to replace the M-1956 individual load-carrying equipment (ILCE) and M-1967 modernized load-carrying equipment (MLCE). Although since superseded by MOLLE, ALICE gear ...
The M-1956 LCE continued application of the belt-supported-by-suspenders concept, adopted by the U.S. Army at least as early as the pattern 1903 equipment. [2] The M-1956 "Belt, Individual Equipment" or pistol belt differed little in form and function from the M-1936 pistol belt and would accommodate any of the pouches and equipment that would mount on the M-1936 belt.
Personal load carrying equipment (PLCE) is one of several tactical webbing systems of the British Armed Forces. [1] Dependent upon the year of design, and the decade of introduction, the webbing system was named and is commonly referred to as the 85 Pattern, the 90 Pattern or the 95 Pattern webbing. [2]
MOLLE. Modular lightweight load-carrying equipment, or MOLLE (pronounced / ˈmɒl.liː / MOL-lee, [citation needed], is the current generation of load-bearing equipment and backpacks used by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United States Army. MOLLE uses the Pouch Attachment Ladder System (PALS) webbing ...
Rear pouches of a Sierra Leonean soldier's 1958 web equipment. 1958 pattern web equipment[1][2] was a modular personal equipment system issued to the British Armed Forces from 1959 [1] up until the mid 90s. It replaced the 1937 pattern web equipment that had served the UK's Armed Forces through the Second World War and the first decade of the ...
IIFS Tactical Load Carrying Vest IIFS Ammunition Carrying Vest IIFS Field Pack IIFS Combat Patrol Pack. The IIFS (individual integrated fighting system) [1] was introduced in 1988, to serve as a fighting (arms, ammunition etc.) and existence (food, first aid, etc.) carrying system—a possible replacement for the all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment (ALICE) [2] employed and ...
The modernized load-carrying equipment, also known as M-1967 modernized load-carrying equipment or MLCE, was introduced into United States Army service in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The M-1967 MLCE was not specifically designed to replace the canvas and cotton duck M-1956 load-carrying equipment (which was the then-current United States Army ...
1937 pattern web equipment (also known as '37 webbing'), officially known as "Equipment, Web 1937" and "Pattern 1937 Equipment" [1] was the British military load-carrying equipment used during the Second World War. It replaced the 1908 pattern and 1925 pattern—on which it was based—and was standard issue for British and Commonwealth troops ...