I have a small autism for Ranger Body Armor. It's both aesthetically pleasing and an interesting intermediate technological step from "soft" Kevlar and flak vests to IBAs and the modern plate carriers of today.Post RBAs, be they sets you own or just have pictures of.Starting with some pics of RBAs used by the 101st Airborne Division when it deployed to Kosovo from 2000 to 2001
>>64420939>>64420570So fucking hi-speed.
Is it just me or do RBA vests remind anyone else of the “chicken plate” vests from Vietnam?
It's all nostalgia but goddamn do I love the aesthetics of this era. BDUs, A2 rifles, and ALICE gear is my jam.
>>64420570Thread theme:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwLIHqkqHcw
Can't be 100% certain with this one because of the shitty camera quality but I think the one in the foreground is wearing an RBA.
>>64421000>May Hill
How expensive is these things nowadays?
>>64427147Found one going for $600https://www.ebay.com/itm/187031369652?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item
>>64427117That’s May Hill Top Boston, to you.
>>64420571>mk19 and saw on a humveeinteresting set up.
>>64420570great era of gear. crazy to see the 80s panama fuck it the lbe unbuckled attitude mixed with rails aimpoints on 20 inchers.
>>64428753For me, it's scrim
>>64429685this
>>64431589Ye ye
>>64428750Daka and BEEG Daka
>>64431863Is facepaint ever coming back? That shit looked sick.
>>64432973It'd fucking better, loved wearing this shit when I was in.
>>64424821Literally the game that set my taste in gear and Camouflage.
>>64435765A shame that it's a shitty sandbox shooter now and they won't remake the original.
idk if these are RBAs since they're in black, but they seem to at least based on the same concept.
>>64436550That lefty carbine is fucking with me.
>>64437757I believe it's a CQBR M4, commonly used by Navy SEALs
>>64436550shit balls
*bark*
>>64437757It's a composite image. That guy is flipped. His PASGT vest is also reversed
>>64440143You'd be wrong. It's a Model 733.
>>64436775ahh Kosovo. This brings me waaaaayyyyy back.Left 2 right>Spec4 mafiosa Dominguez hot off the boat from Rico and can't speak 2 sentences of English>POG 1st LT in gortex(just issued and officers definitely got it first just cuz the AC gets cold sometimes) wearing German Tanker boots fucking with his gear while VP is under his charge.>high speed manlet(blurred rank) manspalinin the situation to effeminate male US politician in General Pattons leather jacket with sheboon sidekick lookin all sassy n sheeit.>10th Mountain WV kid wondering who these people are and if he was having a ham slice or chili mac MRE for dinner. fucking tourists those BDUs were too clean for this world.
>estoniahuh?
>>64450215I recall seeing a few pics of ANA and Iraqi special forces wearing them in the early GWOT days too.
>>64426160Who are the cops?
Got some old training photos from 1998-2000ish, not sure if all of them are RBAs though.
>>64451500What is this sexy bitch from?
>>64457552Castle in the Sky
>>64457558wtf
>>64457602>he's never watched Studio Ghibli's greatest masterpiecehttps://9animetv.to/watch/castle-in-the-sky-198?ep=79874
>>64454311First one has a Canadian flag on sleeve patch?
>>64420570>>64420939What is the name of the handguard?
>>64457640No I've seen it, it was just the realization of who the character was.
>>64457680The scope mount?idk if these are the originals or reproductions, but you can buy them from Precision Reflexhttps://www.opticsplanet.com/precision-reflex-pri-m16-ar15-carry-handle-mount.html?srsltid=AfmBOorr3ByUaHSSfYrKoj55nTULnP9wL-Sys4jkiWRZHeLkEASFiQzj
>>64457766Let me just put it this way>Farm girl with no family>Freelance engineer with no family and zero capacity to keep his hands off her for more than five minutesThere’s no way this didn’t end in teenage pregnancy and copious scolding from that village mom
>>64457680M203 handguard
>>64434363>>64432973we always wear facepaint in the field now
>>64458965Huh, I never knew M203 handguards were polymer. All this time I thought they were aluminum.
>>64458965Retard question, what's the point of the M203 heat shield (apart from looking cool)? Does it really heat up so much that regular handguards will melt?
>>64460311Built in grenade launcher sight is the important bit. It also covers what would be a slightly awkward gap and more securely mounts than just a top clamshell, which isn't critical but you may as well. Using just an upper clamshell with a M203 is perfectly viable. With RIS none of this mattered.
>>64461992>With RIS none of this mattered.
>>64451500>>64457558>>64457640>>64457824Based Castle in the Sky enjoyer
>>64445122>>64446151What's are those woodland kneepads?
>>64420570Why is e so smug? Is it because he knows Rangers lead the way?
>>64458965So how come the carbine versions of the M16 usually didn't feature these?
>>64432973We still uset. was wearing during a field exercise last week
>>64466419"Ranger" kneepads. There were made in a small quantity with no manufacturer tag on them, so no one knows who made them. Some people say Natick Labs or rigga made.
>>64472152>no one knows who made themI made them
>>64424821IS that a CAR-15?
bump
>>64420571kino
>>64474171>this is what Russians are fighting forAlso I have some pics of Rangers doing an exercise on the USS George Washington circa 1994 if you guys are interested
>>64420570Why would you want some shitty body armor panel that doesn't even stop steel 7.62x39
>>644820321. OP was appreciating equipment of the past, not looking to buy some today. 2. RBA plates were ceramic and rating NIJ3, which protects against 7.62
>>64479654Why (You) the faggot? Just post it.
>>64420577he looks like hes about to scream in anger like that retard from the goonies
>>64441398more like yakking
>>64482626As you wish
>>64482626
>>64482626These are probably some of the pics you can find of RBAs being worn operationally
>>64457824based
>>64482626No RBAs here, still a pretty neat picture though
>>64441398good boi
>>64489320>operationallyThey have BFAs on rifles, so I suspect some exercise.
>>64428750Makes sense. Creates standoff distance and covers where the 40mm can't engage yet can be removed from the pintle mount quickly for dismounted use.the 40mm only setups are retarded imo.
>>64496669Wrong choice of words perhaps, I meant that these are some of the best pics of RBA being worn by their original users (US Army Rangers) as intended, rather than pics taken of reeenactors or collectors
>>64499999>>64500000
>>64482626Wish I knew what backpack the guy in the middle was wearing
>>64451500holy moly
>>64472152>There were made in a small quantity with no manufacturer tag on them, so no one knows who made them. Some people say Natick Labs or rigga made.
>>64498474>propaganda snco has to wear heavy gear and plates >me rocking a pasgst vest>comfy and warm.
>>64494778Scope on the carbine on the left?
>>64482626Wish I had more info on the kind of exercises that would have Rangers operating off a carrier.
>>64477713Must be a nightmare wearing those NVGs
Anyone have any idea when RBA were retired from use with the Ranger Regiment? I'm assuming it's around 2001 because that's when they started wearing SPEAR BALCS vests
>>64423506Chicken plates were substantially more primitive
>>64441398>my ancestors used to chase yours
>>64511810I have that same Raytheon PAS-13B (V3). I put it on my XM177E2 build for the lels.
Found this pic from the US intervention in Haiti in 1994. Everyone but the 249 gunner is wearing RBAs
>>64515764Do you enjoy self-flagellation?
>>64501913A 1990s NBC suit carrying bag with the straps weirdly tangled around.Tried to post a photo but upload failed every time.
>>64521557Is it a webp file? Just convert it to JPG form
You now know that the T-800 once wore RBA and PASGT
Not 100% certain if this is an RBA
>>64424821/k/ino
>>64511810>the kino black beret in the background
>>64524633
>>64532937>"I'm here because I heard you peacekeepers have cunny."
>>64420570when did they stop using it?
>>64436775Zvornik, Tuzla, Kalesija, Devetak i KiseljakSvaki borac veseljaaak eyyyy!!...
>>64538332It was a stepping stone to IBAs, which performs the same function, but better in just about every way.
RBA's cool and shit with the SIM card-shaped rifle plate, but how do we feel about ISAPO, i.e. the slick plate carrier before plate carriers were a thing?>>64428753>unbuckledDon't take it as critique, but the guy on pic has the belt closed, with a belt extender snapped in - which by itself is an extremely 1990s bit of kit. Mostly made by Brigade Quartermasters and sold in PX, it was supposed to switch the LBE between "body armor worn/not worn" mode without having to adjust the belt length (which is PITA esp. with pouches attached).
Woodland should have never been replaced, it's so sexy and that's all that should matter.
>>64543248TRVKE
>>64532937Why couldn't Biden be this based all the time?
>>64432973>coming back
>>64515764How heavy is it?
>>64550640Well, the optic alone weighs about 5 lbs, the suppressor is almost 3, (It's a titanium .30 cal can that I only really use on my bolt action. 308) and the rifle fully loaded is about 6 or 7. That's nearly 15 lbs. I don't actually run it like this, I just did this for the picture. I really don't have anything to put that scope on anymore since I sold my AR10.
im saving all these picturesdigicam was a mistake
>>64552712marpat is ok :P
>>64515764>ow my neck!
>>64529745They should have never given the legs berets
>>64548731because he was quite literally a senile old man. Tbh his presidency is gonna sour his memory for a lot of people
I think its interesting most of these guys are wearing Alice belt extenders. So they'd have one setting for wearing it without the rba and then another for wearing with it. Very clever
>>64556177It's going to sour his memory for basically everyone. He'll be forever remembered as "the guy who stole 2020 from Trump/was so braindead that he couldn't beat Trump"
>>64552720>the boy has become a man
>>64420570>>64420571>>64420573>>64420577>>64420939>>64421000Where'd you find these?
>>64552720Liar
Found another pic from Haiti
>>64569885nice
>>64550656>Well, the optic alone weighs about 5 lbs
>>64565301Some anime operator waifu page on facebook
>>64539896Nice
>>64526183>3rd Armored was in Haitiwtf
Can't identify the exact vest, might be RBA?
>>64556168Nah, they just should have kept black berets for Rangers (who adopted them from the ARVN) and Armor + Armored Cav (who started wearing them in Germany before the Rangers even realized they wanted more stylish hats). Rest of the Army should have gotten OD or light brown berets and that's possibly the only thing Mike Sparks has ever been correct on.
>>64581652It's on his right shoulder, that makes it a Former Wartime Service patch. The unit you are currently serving in goes on the left shoulder.
>>64585417>adopted them from the ARVNDidn't know that
>>64470511because technology got better
>>64498474>join army to kill people and break stuff>get stuck handing out pamphlets
>>64539869>reddish>is green
Found some more Kosovo pics
>>64420570>I have a small autism for Ranger Body Armor. It's both aesthetically pleasing and an interesting intermediate technological step from "soft" Kevlar and flak vests to IBAs and the modern plate carriers of today.No that's the Northern Ireland patrol vest or Bristol vest, pic related
>>64595577>Bristol vesthttps://youtu.be/mUIy9G7npxQ?si=9lKEXm2-4hgPOcYJ&t=187
Nice view of an M24 out in the wild too
>>64592979>>64595468>>64597769>>64600810why does the bottom right of these pictures look ai generated?
>>64600954Someone probably edited out a watermark.
>>64600954I pulled them off Gettyimages using https://fetchpik.com/gettyimages-downloader.php and it automatically upscales them to 4K
>>64539896I like how it's almost identical to the later Blackhawk LoVis vest
>>64460139>>64458965Im being fucking Berensteined here, i could swear i've seem them made of aluminium and not the shitty 37mm prop launchers either
>>64592979What's wrong with the guy in front's flag?
>>64608853watermark removal
>>64477713Any particular advantage of holding your M4 by the magazine as opposed to the barrel?
>>64501913The backpack he's wearing is the old MOPP suit bag - it was designed to hold all items besides your P-mask and wasnt so much of a backpack as an add on pouch to a ruck or pistol belt as the "shoulder straps" were more like compression straps and it had ALICE clips for attachment.Found one here on Ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/181258594066?_skw=MOPP+suit+bag&itmmeta=01KC1X62SX89WBVNVHHJMNKVFZ&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dLYzTPYqK9Z%2Bf6ccqMn5MqoHj%2BJ%2BhTdxh0VfgkJGFXfPAtJwna338Anpr8dl7IaOe2MrGcKsfSAlA2P6l5VwaJoJVMGs7D0ihKDPMSwDR5Ml%2FePOfH4mp4IS9TUwzuo49rawl9UZXYn0dWWxRf5CnuNkODgrCoQGuFKwq9TwhPOkmuGH694yYR8Ea7RMqzZQhhp3pZl2z%2FOCTXKS9G37jv9TbIz%2FI%2BpYetFwpHrNk4RnkOxQbzq4UQ9pv%2BtHlkQ7k%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5qumL3gZg
>>64613948You would never hold it by the barrel eslmacaco. But holding it by the magazine well would make sense if you shot a lot of rounds and the handguard is very hot. Also some people like that grip when shooting prone and using the magazine as a monopod.
>>64615313IIRC, it's been a shooting style going all the way back to the StG 44 (where it was necessitated owing to the rifle's very small and shitty handguard
>>64615276Sweet
>>64610918So AI scans the image and automatically fills in here the watermark was or something?
>>64624261yeah
>>64595577looks chonky
>>64432973now it's racist
>>64595577anyone have a pic of the vest meant to carry the ceradyne 80571?
>>64631403Now?
>>64420570What is that?
