One Bag Livin'

[Bravo One-Six]

During the last Deadfall, we inserted by a road drop at 0530 and patrolled until 1900h. We didn't fire a shot.

This time around, we spent 1900h Friday until 0600h on Saturday in a hide, then patrolled and conducted direct action until 0100h Sunday morning.

Marac gets it. When we set up the LP/OP on Friday, we ran 2hr shifts at 50%, standing to when we had major noises. You need to sleep to remain alert and at your best.

Marac, I'll take your water note under advisement. I ended up crushing about 6L the whole time but probably should've done more. Next time we may issue a water filter to one member of the crew. There were a couple sources on the field we may have been able to draw from.

Marac, come to deadfall next year! It would be good to see you again

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[hollywood...]

Originally Posted by Bravo One-Six

During the last Deadfall, we inserted by a road drop at 0530 and patrolled until 1900h. We didn't fire a shot.

and had a great time!

[marac]

Sean, I'll try. I've been all over the place lately, busy enough to take me away from games. But I'll try lol

[mcguyver]

Pack - Eberlestock Halftrack (longer duration)
Maxpedition Condor (24-36hr)

Tents - Catoma Raider (1-man tent/bivvy)
Snugpak Bunker (3 Brits or 2 Canadians plus gear)
Snugpak Ionosphere

Sleeping pads - Thermarest Neoair Xtherm
Big Agnes Q-Core
Exped Winterlite Down mat

Sleeping bags - Snugpak Softie 9 Hawk
Woods Mountaineer ultra-compact (hugely underrated)
Snugpak Jungle bag

Pillow - Marmot Cirrus ultralight
Sea to Summit Aerus Premium

Accessories - Snugpak patrol poncho
Snugpak Thermalon liner
Helinox Chair One
Sea to Summit large towel
Firesteel
Microtorch

Food - Jetboil Flash
Misc. dried foods (Backpacker Pantry, etc.)
MRE's
Various utensils, ultralight mess sets, etc.

Water - various Nalgene bottles (colour coded clear for drinkable, green for unfiltered)
MSR ceramic filter (locks onto clear bottles only)
Aquatabs

Tools - Gerber Downrange Tomahawk
Gerber compact shovel
CRKT Ultima knife
Kershaw A100 multitool (long discontinued)

Sundries - toilet paper in a dry sack.
Night vision and spare lenses for eyepro

For shorter games, the Condor carries everything (mid-summer use really) at a weight of about 22lbs with 2L of water in the pack. For longer duration (and more inclement weather, the Halftrack carries it all at a weight of about 35lbs with the Bunker, or 32lbs with the Raider.

There is lots more stuff not listed, but that is more on the navigation, fighting, comms or gear side which really has no bearing on the sustainability of life or comfort and we would be carrying those items anyways without the tactical camping side.

[Blackthorne]

Regarding the water resupply issue:

I generally take a 10 gal and stash it near a natural body of water that I would have a reasonable chance of drinking from either fresh or via the water filtration I have in my pack.

When I need water I hit that and take what I could process. Satisfies the needs of the event and pushes realism.


LOADOUT





MEC 33L Bag I got Surplus - No Model Number

Outside TOP
Ablutions:
Tooth Brush
tooth paste
facecloth
foldable sink
Odour Free Wet Wipes
50 feet of paracord
Fire Starting:
6X tea candles
two lighters
waterproof matches
regular book matches
Magnesium fire starter attached to key lanyard

Inside TOP
Blowout Kit:
nitrile gloves
small first aid
TQ
nasal pharyngeal
lube
14 gauge needle
assorted pressure bandages
various 2-0 and 4-0 silk and needle packages

BooBoo Kit:
Tylenol 400 X 300
Aleve 200 X 300
Bands - various sizes
Tensor bandage
Cotton Sling
Medium Tube Polysporin
Small Tube Vaseline
150ml bottle rubbing compound

Front POCKET
2 X head bug net
Spare light gloves
Spare nomex gloves
Large knife
Sharpening stone
do rag
Cam paint
Hand disinfectant gel
water filter

Main AREA
Spare socks (Inner poly, outer wool, large cotton)
Stealth Suit Top
Stealth Suit Bottom
Towers Large
Towel Small
Issue Fleece top (not pictured)
Issue Full head Bug Net
PolyPro Top
PolyPro Long Johns
MARPAT Ranger Blanket
Hennesy Expedition
Hennessy Expedition Winter kit
Jetboil ,Titanium Spork and Jetfoil MOLLE container with small gas canister and spare large canister (all fits in the MOLLE case)

Strapped ON
6x8 Woodland Plastic Tarp
3X 16 inch bungees - OD

SEPARATE
Marine Three Piece Sleep System (Black, Green, Gortex Bivvy)

If I really need something to sleep in and cant set up the hammock, the bivvy gets strapped on the the green and black discarded.

[BloodSport]

1 10x12' tarp
1 200' paracord rope 1/8"
1 emergency thermal blanket
1 big bag of beef jerky
1 3l water bladder with anti virus filter system in the event I need to "questionable" refill.
6 granola/energy bars


anything more than that and my fat old ass aint going to make it far away. But on that I can go a couple of days easily.

[Red Dot]

Great thread, thanks for starting this. Might try and make it out for Deadfall next year so this most definitely will come in handy.

[Bravo One-Six]

Originally Posted by BloodSport

1 10x12' tarp
1 200' paracord rope 1/8"
1 emergency thermal blanket
1 big bag of beef jerky
1 3l water bladder with anti virus filter system in the event I need to "questionable" refill.
6 granola/energy bars

Bloodsport, is this what you'd use in almost freezing temps as well?

[mcguyver]

Some items:

[mcguyver]

Snugpak Bunker

[mcguyver]

North Face Stormbreak 1 on left, Catoma Raider on the right. Helinox chair in the middle, with various sundries.

[mcguyver]

Top row from left:

North Face Stormbreak 1, Catoma Raider, Snugpak Ionosphere, Snugpak Bunker, Snugpak Jungle Bag, Woods Mountaineer, Snugpak Softie 9 Hawk.

Middle row from left:

Marmot Cirrus pillow, Sea to Summit Aerus pillow, Woods bag liner, Snugpak Thermalon liner, Helinox Chair One

Bottom row from left:

Thermarest NeoAir Xtherm pad, Exped Winterlite Downmat, Big Agnes Aircore, Maxpedition Condor pack, Eberlestock Halftrack pack.

[mcguyver]

Top row from left:

Sea to Summit dry bag with toilet paper, Sea to Summit towel, MSR water filter, Jetboil Flash, green Nalgene bottle, Wildo ultralight mess kit, Woods tent lantern, NV and eyepro

Middle row from left:

Ultralight tent peg mallet, CRKT Ultima, Gerber shovel, spare tent pegs

Bottom row:

Misc. dried foods and MREs

[MiniMcNabb]

Dat catoma raider tho....damn

[mcguyver]

Originally Posted by MiniMcNabb

Dat catoma raider tho....damn

I was going to replace the Raider with the Ionosphere, but I just can't bring myself to do it. The Raider is so small and light, no good though for taller guys, it fits me snug at 5'8". No room inside for your pack, no vestibule.

My only bitch is that it is tough to get the inner tent to not sag on your legs, and you must attach the fly when staking it. You can't add the fly later without pulling out the foot pole stake and required guy lines, and redoing them. I just went with carabiners and seperate stakes for the inner and fly.

I can fit the Raider, pillow, pad, Jungle bag, 2xMREs, NV, Eyepro and 4l of water in/on the Tactical Tailor removable operator pack. Very small, very light, good for 24hr game on a controlled field.

The Raider feels flimsy though, I am tempted to order the footprint for it from Catoma. DS Tactical refuses to order it for me, as it is a non-stock item. The Snugpak tents certainly don't have that flimsy feel, but at significant weight/size costs.