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has become eminently clear to me that I’m not the only one moving away from the “operator” look to something altogether more streamlined, as you’ll see from the rest of the Legionnaires! If I’m going “full rattle” though, then it’s most definitely my GreeZone gear; PenCott GreenZone is sadly still not the easiest pattern to create a “top to toe” loadout in, and you’ll have to search a bit to complete your gear setup. Having said that, more and more manufacturers are taking the pattern up, and I’m certain that this trend will continue! But what of The Legion? What do they have to say about their favourites? Jon: “Oooh... I sit on the fence! I love the grey man
and wish I’d brought those trousers here with me. In general I like the layout, comfort and practicalities of the South African Assault Vest, although I ended up building my own similar setup from the FLYYE EDC hydration pack and clipped on PLB padded belts with setups for each main gun that could be interchanged to suit, I found that much more comfortable and modular than the non-PALS setup of older SAAVs.” Miguel: “Well, being part of an “organized” team, we follow specific uniform rules and guidelines. All our accessories are in OD (vests, belts, kneed pads, etc.) and right now we use three different uniforms: M81 Woodland, ATACS-AU and full OD green. We do
approach; jeans, t-shirt and shirt, with a low profile chest rig in a bag, topped off with a baseball cap and my trusty Wiley X Nash glasses. If I’m going camo, you better believe it’s PenCott GreenZone and WildWood, specifically the UFPro Striker XT Gen 2 Shirt and Pants, Gen 2 Boonie, Helikon Windrunner in Pencott Wildwood and for now Viper Kinetixx Gloves and Speero Alcor boots. Eye Pro is still Wiley X.” Stewbacca: “OpFor all the way! My final trip to Copehill was probably my favourite loadout in general. I finally worked out most of the kinks in things, getting a genuinely comfortable loadout down which kept me warm or cool enough as and when, and we all had the same OD jackets and 6094 style Plate Carriers as a team, and made use of a mixed bag of guns and trousers. I quite like the M81 pattern 36
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a few combos among them, like ATACS-AU pants + OD top, but my favourite is still the M81 Woodland, combat pants and combat shirt for hot weather or normal top for colder weather. As you know, most of
