Country of Origin: United States of America
This tactical vest makes for an excellent starting point for making a relatively cheap and customizable battle rattle! Designed as a modernized version of older nylon load-bearing vests, the Fighting Load Carrier (FLC) was exceptionally modular for the era, and easily adjustable for wear over body armor systems such as the "Interceptor" vests of the early period of the Global War on Terror. The unique 3-color desert iteration of this best the successor to the 6-color "chocolate chip" camo, developed about a decade later at the US Army's Natick Labratories. Due to the pre-existing stocks of the 6-color desert pattern, and with most US military operations requiring M81 Woodland during the latter stages of the Cold War, the 3-color "coffee stain" camo variant saw virtually no use until 1990 when it was fielded in small quantities just prior to the Gulf War. The Gulf War would ultimately demonstrate some serious inadequacies with the 6-color desert pattern, given that it had too many jagged elements for a flat, desert environment. Thus, the underutilized 3-color "Desert Combat Uniform" (DCU) pattern was thrust into the military limelight again. By 1992, the bulk of US forces on operations in arid environments had largely switched over their uniforms to the 3-color DCU, relegating the 6-color pattern to limited usage as helmet covers and scrim netting. By the outbreak of the Global War on Terror in 2001, US forces would invade Afghanistan and Iraq respectively donning the 3-color pattern. The pattern proved effective, and would on many occasions be modified to suit the operation needs of the wearer, most notably among Special Forces personnel. Carrying US forces throughout the early phases of GWOT, it was fully replaced by the hated UCP pattern by 2008.
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