About Blue Force Gear / BFG


Blue Force Gear 

Blue Force Gear / BFG

From 2004

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PLATEminus V1 Plate Carrier (SHOT Show 2013)



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Nomenclature


Helium Whisper
Ten-Speed
MOLLEminus


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Blue Force Gear 2012 Catalog
https://web.archive.org/web/20120506195636/http://www.blueforcegear.com/content/catalog01.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20130511235403/http://www.blueforcegear.com/content/download/BFG%202013%20Catalog.pdf


History

Blue Force Gear Website in 2004

Blue Force Gear, Inc. was formed in January, 2004 to offer high quality accessories and tactical gear to military, police and civilian customers.


About Blue Force Gear

Since our beginning in 2004, we strive for excellence in all we do and to exemplify that excellence in our products and design. We are devoted to those we serve to deliver innovative gear with superior quality. Blue Force Gear is not satisfied with making the same thing as everyone else - merely changing the color or style. We design by a code of advancement - if we can't make something better than what is currently available, we don't make it. By continually innovating, our products will always be different. We are proud to have pioneered technological innovations that have revolutionized load carriage and weapon carrying establishing the world's standard in weapon slings and the world's lightest, MOLLE compatible load carriage. Of course we are not stopping there. We are continually improving our gear lineup and looking for more ways to improve the tactical gear industry and ultimately the warriors here at home and worldwide.




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Helium Whisper
Ten-Speed
MOLLEminus





About Blue Force Gear

Since our beginning in 2004, we strive for excellence in all we do and to exemplify that excellence in our products and design. We are devoted to those we serve to deliver innovative gear with superior quality. Blue Force Gear is not satisfied with making the same thing as everyone else - merely changing the color or style. We design by a code of advancement - if we can't make something better than what is currently available, we don't make it. By continually innovating, our products will always be different. We are proud to have pioneered technological innovations that have revolutionized load carriage and weapon carrying establishing the world's standard in weapon slings and the world's lightest, MOLLE compatible load carriage. Of course we are not stopping there. We are continually improving our gear lineup and looking for more ways to improve the tactical gear industry and ultimately the warriors here at home and worldwide.







Blue Force Gear (BFG) PLATEminus Ultra-Lightweight Low-Profile/Low-Visibility Tactical Armor Plate Carrier and BELTminus and SPLITminus Battle Belt/Chest Rig/Harness Systems with MOLLEminus Cutaway MOLLE System and ULTRAcomp Laminate: Tactical Body Armor Goes Super-Minimalist

David Crane February 19, 2013




By David Crane
defrev (at) gmail (dot) com

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February 19, 2013
Last updated on 2/27/13.

The hottest new products in the tactical body armor systems category at SHOT Show 2013 were ultra-lightweight low-profile/low-visibility minimalist modular tactical armor plate carriers. These new carriers are made entirely out of DuPont Hypalon-type polymer/synthetic rubber laminate material with cutaway MOLLE (non-MOLLE Molle systems where material is cut out/removed to creat the attachment points) despite the fact that they're limited in terms of weight bearing and mission profile. One of these new systems is the Blue Force Gear (BFG) PLATEminus lo-pro/lo-vis minimalist plate carrier system, made from BFG ULTRAcomp lightweight hydrophobic material (Hypalon-type BFG-proprietary material) and utilizing BFG MOLLEminus cutaway MOLLE (non-MOLLE MOLLE) attachment system.

Blue Force Gear public relations rep Brittney DeVane showed DefenseReview (DR) the new PLATEminus plate carrier and BELTminus battle belt/chest rig/harness system, as well as the previously introduced "minus" product, the SPLITminus Chest Rig/harness system. Obviously, the PLATEminus carrier is much lighter and more minimalist than the BFG Lightweight Modular Armor Carrier (LMAC), although the former obviously gives up a significant amount of loadbearing capability and mission versatility versus the latter.

Everything's usually a tradeoff. Most of the time, if you want super-minimalism, you don't get a lot of mission versatility. Sorry, that's just the way it is. At just 11 ounces (11 oz.), you would think that the BFG PLATEminus system is just your basic run-of-the-mill mission-specific ultra-minimalist plate carrier designed for low-profile/clandestine missions, vehicle ops and short-duration missions where you don't need to carry a lot of tactical gear and/or more than three or four spare mags max on the carrier itself. However, Brittney DeVane, BFG's PR rep, told DR during a post-SHOT-Show phone conversation that it's her understanding that the PLATEminus carrier's UlTRAcomp material and MOLLEminus cutaway MOLLE system are strong enough to handle a full tactical load, just like larger, more conventional carriers.

This is important, since even Direct Action (DA) missions can require you to carry a signficant amount of gear on the carrier, including at least 5-6 loaded mags, side plates, tactical hydration, tactical medicine equipment, etc. All-Hypalon-type lo-pro/lo-vis carriers are normally designed specifically to carry a lighter load consisting of front and rear plates (hard armor plates), 3 to 4 (max) spare mags and not much else. The PLATEminus carrier may prove to be the exception to the rule, there.

But the proof is in the running, and Defense Review hasn't run it at the range, yet. We're particularly interested in how it stacks up against the latest Crye Precision ultra-minimalist plate carriers, specifically the Airlite EK01 and Airlite EK02, which DR will be covering soon. Even if the PLATEminus carrier is competing with the Airlite carriers, it still comes in MultiCam camo as an option, so Crye gets paid anyway.

Editor's Note: "Non-MOLLE MOLLE" is DR's term for cutaway MOLLE, not an official term.














Company Contact Info:

Blue Force Gear, Inc. (BFG)
P.O. Box 853
Pooler, GA 31322
Phone: 877-430-2583
Fax: 912-330-0179
Email Contact Page: http://www.blueforcegear.com/contact/
Website: http://www.blueforcegear.com
BFG Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/blueforcegearinc

Cage Code: 3X9S8
Duns Number: 152028291

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PLATEminus™ V2

https://www.blueforcegear.com/SpecSheets/MM-PLATE-2.pdf


PLATEminus™ V2 is the built with the same fully MOLLE compatible MOLLEminus platform as the original PLATEminus™. The Plate 2 provides the users with built in 6”x6” side plate pockets and a cumberbund. This provides fully modular load carriage capability but significantly reduces weight and bulk over traditional armor carriers. PLATEminus™ V2 is built to hold SAPI / ESAPI armored plates and has fully enclosed plate pockets which protect the plates. It provides maximum signature management by eliminating black plates or the need for additional “socks”.




Weight 543** Part # MM-PLATE-2-Y-XX Size Small - 8.75” x 11.75” Medium - 9.5” x 12.5” Large - 10.125” x 13.25” Extra Large - 11” x 14” Features Signature reducing color matched printed components Ten-Speed® cummerbund can carry extra mags or items SAPI/ESAPI Compatible*** MOLLEminus™ technology Fully adjustable shoulder straps and cummerbunds Tourniquet NOW!™ holder on the bottom edge Loop field on front for name tape or unit patches Materials 500D Solution Dyed CORDURA® ULTRAcomp™ laminate Pattern matched loop fields Colors Black OD Green Coyote Brown Wolf Grey Multicam MC OD WF multicam green wolf grey COLORS: BK CB black coyote PLATEminus™ V2 is the built with the same fully MOLLE compatible MOLLEminus platform as the original PLATEminus™. The Plate 2 provides the users with built in 6”x6” side plate pockets and a cumberbund. This provides fully modular load carriage capability but significantly reduces weight and bulk over traditional armor carriers. PLATEminus™ V2 is built to hold SAPI / ESAPI armored plates and has fully enclosed plate pockets which protect the plates. It provides maximum signature management by eliminating black plates or the need for additional “socks”. MM-PLATE-2 PLATEminus™ V2 *Other colors available upon request **Weight depends on size ***Armor not included

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