US Military Webbing Systems

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History

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Backpacks on this Website

US Webbing Systems

M-1967 Modernized Load Carrying Equipment - MLCE
All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment - ALICE
Integrated Individual Fighting System - IIFS

by Armed Forces

Logistics

Production

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A Brief History of the Modern Backpack


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The Collection
By Brands
By Systems
By Category
Battlefield Medicine
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US Webbing Systems
European Webbing Systems

This is a list of Brands in our collection or who have been included in a WB exhibition. 
It is updated continually. 




London Bridge Trading LBT-1195N Flotation Vest System

Blackhawk Ind Flotation H-Gear MK-II Rig

Eagle Industries Load Bearing Air Rescue Vest
Greek Army / Hellenic Army Load Carriage System M71


British Army PLCE MTP Webbing System
German Army Combat Carrying System - BW Koppeltragesatz

M-1910 Haversack /  (First Pattern Rounded meat can pouch) 1910

M-1910 Haversack /  (Second Pattern Square meat can pouch) 1910

M-1928 Haversack	Strap on flap of meat can pouch	1928 1940
M-1936 Field Bag	British officer’s musette bag Copy	1936
M-1941 Pack System	Haversack (upper bag) and Knapsack (lower bag) were a two-piece pack system	1941
M-1944 Pack System	Combat and Cargo Packs Pack, Field, Combat (top) and Cargo (bottom)	1944
M-1945 Pack System	Combat and Cargo Packs The quick release buckles of the M-1944 packs will not work with the M-1945 version. M-1945 Combat Suspenders were issued to match the packs.	1945
M-1956 LCE	The new system of web gear and pack was called the Load-Carrying Equipment (M-1956)	1956
M-1961 LCE Pack	In 1961 an advanced version of the M56 Field Pack was introduced, a bit larger with a more rounded	1961
M-1956 LCE Nylon	In 1962, a set of M-1956 equipment was made up in nylon for testing This development was combined with an item issued in 1961 (the Lightweight Rucksack, FSN 8465-782-3248) to form the Lightweight Individual Clothing And Equipment (LINCLOE)	1962
Lightweight Rucksack 1961	FSN : 8465-782-3248	1961
M-1967 MLCE	M-1967 Modernized Load-Carrying Equipment (MLCE) superseded the M1956 gear.	1967
ALICE System	The All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment is the end result of the LINCLOE (Lightweight Individual Clothing And Equipment) program that began in 1965 and terminated with the adoption of the ALICE system on 17 January 1973	1973
IIFS System	Integrated Individual Fighting System was introduced in 1988, to serve as a possible replacement for the (ALICE) SystemThe vest as being the main component, is known as the TLBV (Tactical Load Bearing Vest), sometimes referred to as the LBV-88, the M-1988 LBV and later known as the ETLBV (Enhanced Tactical Load Bearing Vest).	1988
MOLLE	Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment	1997 2001
BALCS	SPEAR Body Armour / Load Carriage System (BALCS) Body Armor , Equipment Load Carrying Subsystem (ELCS) , Backpack Subsystem	1996 2005
MLCS SFLCS RLCS DG-MLCS DFLCS	2002 / 2004 2003/2004 - 2004/2006 - 2007 - 2008 ----- ----- Defensor Fortis Load Carriage System - USAF	----- ----- ----- -----
MOLLE II		2002 2003
ILBE FILBE	Improved Load Bearing Equipment (ILBE) Selected and Approved Family of Improved Load Bearing Equipment (FILBE)	2004 2010

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USMC
Close Quarters Battle Equipment (CQBE) Assault Vest System (AVS) --1996 to 2000

Full Spectrum Battle Equipment (FSBE) -- 2001

Paraclete Releasable Assault Vest,
FSBE AAV QR (Amphibious Assault Vest, Quick Release) Point Blank Armor

RACK 

MACK 
FSBE II Full Spectrum Battle Equipment
(CIRAS) replace AAV - QR

INDIVIDUAL CONFIGURATION "A"


MBSS : Maritime Ballistic Survival System -- KIT  -- Allied Industries

Naval Special Warfare Command LCS Kit DG-MLCS  -- 2002


Eagle Industries MLCS 2004 -- LCS

SKED-PAK I JUMPABLE MEDICAL RUCK, The Egan Ruck

was introduced in 1988, to serve as a possible replacement for the (ALICE) SystemThe vest as being the main component, is known as the TLBV (Tactical Load Bearing Vest), sometimes referred to as the LBV-88, the M-1988 LBV and later known as the ETLBV (Enhanced Tactical Load Bearing Vest) .