Some recent British finds, and some questions, Part 2!

Another batch of Warrior stuff, 901 Elite chestrig with pouches

Few more things arrived, PLCE90 medic beltmounted pack, a DPM Motorola MTH800 pouch, and some wriststraps,
not sure what those were used for and who they were issued to.

The Blackhawk holster mount and CAT are of course US made, but just came from the same seller.

Found ome things again. First a 1946 dated pair of messtins made by M.M.S.





Then some pre-PCS tropical MTP pants.





A single Berghaus MMPS 15 liter side pouch.





A load of assorted Warrior pouches in Coyote tan, several generations and types.







A British made 1983 dated sweater, issued by the Dutch Marine Corps, with German jumpwings on the sleeve. Bad pic of the tag, but
I couldn't get a clear pic due to bad lighting later in the day when it turned dark.






And a HM Supplies made DPM chestrig.

Very nice chest rig !
Guilhaume

Thanks, I was searching this type for a while

me too, i have one with spray painted, i take pictures afther new year

Ok nice, I'll wait to see it


And a few more British things, a small horizontal utility pouch that was missing in the last shipment, and a double opentop AK magpouch as extra.

And now another Warrior vest, seems to be an older generation of the Raptor, with quite a few differences.
It's not releasable like the current ones, no chest and upper back velcro, less MOLLE rows on the stomach flaps, different shape of the main front and back panels, 2 shoulder D-rings instead of 1, drag handle is attache ddifferently, both cummerbund halves attach differently than new ones in the back (related to not being a releasable vest), and it has 2 additional straps with fastex clips on the sides, so it can be worn without the cummerbund at all.

And something interesting came in again, the plate carrier meant to be worn over the regular body armor with only softarmor.
This upgrades the ensemble to withstand 12,7mm sniper rounds (well, one can dream) that were used by some Northern Irish
snipers in the 90's. Sady no plates, just the cover.

Does anyone have pics of the plates supposed to be in this, or pics of it in use?

Fascinating! I've never seen that one before.

Thanks! I thought the same when it popped up, I had seen one before, but not for sale yet. It´s a very specific piece of kit made specifically to counter a certain threat in a certain conflict, and I quite like it!

And now another Warrior vest came in. A (pre-compact) RICAS, the front opening type. There is also a version I think is earlier, which closes further on the sides, and the front 8 width MOLLE straps are mounted on the base vest rather than on opening flaps.

It came with a subdued union jack patch, some double 2-magazine pouches, an adjustable radio pouch, a small utility pouch and a medium utility pouch.

The magpouches have velcro on their upper back, maybe to roll back the flap to carry the magazines open-top?

Found another old Warrior pouch, not sure what it's called, probably some type of utility pouch.
It has a zipper in the top so could also be used for dumping mags.
The legpanel might also be British but I have no idea yet.

And yet another Warrior vest came in (with a few pouches, and plate backing pads inside), this time an early generation RICAS which opens at the sides instead of the front.

No idea what the zip-ties are for, and same with the strap on the inside of the vest.

Cable ties are commonly carried to be used as restraints(handcuffs) but these have been closed so not sure what they for given where they have been placed.

Looking at the angle created between the lower 2 maybe an improv baton holder? May also just been an easy way for the user to ID his kit.

That could have been, or maybe for some entry-tool?
The white one at the neck was actually around the flap on the back where the release straps come together under, but it pinched the flap so it looked shitty, so I put it up there to keep it with the vest at least.

And now for something much older, an HSRAC helmet with the early Mk3 liner with the small flap at the LTD, and it has the releasable chinstrap.

The pic of the stamp is a bit fuzzy, but it looks like a 1953 dated BMB example, and the liner is dated 1952.

I intend to put some burlap and a bronzegreen net over it to give it that Falkland war Royal Marines look.

I have a similar helmet with the same chinstrap - and the strap has a 1970s or 1980s date.

Yeah I've seen them dated earlier too, and also have a pic of a marine using such a helmet with that chinstrap in the Falklands War.

And now 1 more small addition, Mk3 Arctic Inner Mittens, which apparently came from a Dutch marine. This type was later copied in US Woodland camo for KM use.

Some more stuff again, first up is a DPM boonie hat, was used by a Dutch marine, probably tailor made.





Then a Warrior Enhanced PLB belt with a Mk2 roll-up dumppouch and British army MTP suspenders.






And then a lot of Warrior stuff that came from 1 Dutch guy.
An old style 1-piece 901 chestrig, small and medium utility pouches, a triple open-top magazine pouch, 3 EMC triple
magpouches (elastic metal clip, I think that's what it means) and a Multicam single open-top magpouch, for some reason
the straps on the MC pouch aren't camo.









Then the same guy's battlebelt, not all British though.
The British parts are the Warrior green double pistol magpouch, Karrimor SF roll-up dumppouch, and the Warrior green small utility pouch.
The battlebelt itself is unknown, no tags anywhere, the belt inside it is Dutch army issue, the khaki double pistol magpouch is another
unknown (it might be Afghan made, looking at the materials used), the Multicam medic bag is made by Mojo from the US (full with it's contents),
and the rip-away medical pouch is from Condor.

Some small stuff again.

Warrior Coyote tan small utility pouch (late type), Warrior green Mk2 smoke grenade pouch, unnamed DPM notepad pouch and 2 PRR pouches, all Dutch used





And then this weird thing, it's like a British "Crap hat", but Wegom made, Dutch language label and Dutch type contract code. No idea if this was actually for
export to the UK, or for Dutch use, as I have no idea if such a cap was Dutch used. The KM used a similar cap, but it was still different in many details.

More British stuff from the last weeks again.

First one is British made but Dutch used in several deployments.
Warrior 901 chestrig in Multicam, with pouches, all with the old type MOLLE straps with buttons.
1-Piece model, later manufacture. Early ones have the chestpanel with 4 straps width, this has 5.
Also, Warrior Firestorm gloves, the patch is not British.






Then a combat vest made by BCB international, modular, but not MOLLE. Never saw this system before and I've no idea how old it is.
This set has never been used and came from a seller that has huge stocks of Seyntex stuff, mostly production standards etc.
This probably was something like that too, since all the pockets are stuffed with black fabric swatches to make it look fulf for display,
the mouthpiece of the drinking tube is still in plastic, and the manual to the bladder is still in the pocket.











Then a Berghaus MMPS hydration side pouch. The rest in the pic is Dutch.





And a Berghaus Crusader MMPS backpack.

Ah another one of that type, I thought when I found it, figured I'd sell it. Turns out it's different than the one I already had, as I found out
that there's about 4 variations of these...
This one's 3rd type I think, taller than the (too) short early types.






And then I found an OD green early type Warrior folding dump pouch.






And also an WW2 Indian type helmet net with the big mazes.

Found some stuff in Ciney today.


First this Mk3 Osprey cover in DPM.






Then this load: Minimi camo collapsible beltpouch, loose Blackhawk Serpa holster (yes US made but this was Brit used), an early
woven Mk2 helmet net, a 1944 pattern radio battery pouch (a match for my other pouch of the same set), a magpul, Revision Bulletant
goggles, a DPM bag I though was British but actually seems to have been Dutch used, a 1944 pattern binoculars pouch and an MTP
Sergeant rankslide.

Found an older type Arktis vest, no label but others identified it as such.
It has some interesting details like detachable chest pockets.








2 Different Warrior pouches on a Dutch trial sniper's battlebelt.





Another Warrior pouch (rest is not British but it came from the same user, the sniper fron th eprevious pouches and belt).
Inside the legpanel is also a British foldable mapcase which might be made by BCB).








A nice RBR helmet that wasn't sent how a helmet should besent.
Unsue what model it is, it is rated RBR's protection level S4, not sure what that means, and has padding inside. It's almost he same as
the green F3 I posted previously but 20 grams heavier, the crown has thicker padding and some more minor differences.
It came with a Mk6 DPM cover with broken drawstring.

1 More British item arrived this week, a Warrior rollup dump pouch, spraypainted by a soldier.
The Woodland pouch is not British, just arrived at the same time, it's a US 40mm pouch modified with a type of fastmag insert for pistolmags.