British Army Osprey Kits.

There's no size guide. It also doesn't offer any ballistic protection as there's no kevlar or plates.

So how is this a "kit" when it's missing these parts and do you sell them?
 
silver69 said:
It says size large only… Do you have an XL?
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They had XL kits, but sold out.

Bratwurst said:
There's no size guide. It also doesn't offer any ballistic protection as there's no kevlar or plates.

So how is this a "kit" when it's missing these parts and do you sell them?
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Similar to how a plate carrier is still a plate carrier without the armour. That is a full kit for the Osprey system. Cummerbund and all. If you want plates, find a retailer that has them and pick your level of protection. Safe to assume as a piece of UK kit, if we use our brains and google UK military sizing guides, we can figure out how close they are to NA. It's amazing what a little bit of thinking will accomplish.
 
Vewdu said:
Similar to how a plate carrier is still a plate carrier without the armour. That is a full kit for the Osprey system. Cummerbund and all. If you want plates, find a retailer that has them and pick your level of protection. Safe to assume as a piece of UK kit, if we use our brains and google UK military sizing guides, we can figure out how close they are to NA. It's amazing what a little bit of thinking will accomplish.
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Where do you think the best place to get plates for these? Do you know what kind of plates they take?
 
quackdudey said:
Where do you think the best place to get plates for these? Do you know what kind of plates they take?
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SJ hardware has some plates still I believe, both AR500 and Ceramic I think.

Apparently they take some weird plate style called ECBA and that changed based on the variation. I would have a look online to see what can be done.
 
Vewdu said:
Similar to how a plate carrier is still a plate carrier without the armour. That is a full kit for the Osprey system. Cummerbund and all. If you want plates, find a retailer that has them and pick your level of protection. Safe to assume as a piece of UK kit, if we use our brains and google UK military sizing guides, we can figure out how close they are to NA. It's amazing what a little bit of thinking will accomplish.
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No, as a former British Army Infantryman I am telling you that no it's not "the full kit". Kit: "a set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose." you wouldn't call it a first aid kit if it was just the bag.

The armour comes in multiple Mks, each one had different sized plates and plate locations in addition the fitting was a little different.

So no I can't just "find a retailer" you chopper. It's amazing how you think that the occassional guff that comes out of your mind some how elevates a jack like you into thinking you know what you're talking about.

It's almost like the retailer with a modicum of effort could have placed these basic bits of information in their advert like which Mk it is and which sizing guide correlates to that Mk, and the plate sizes appropriate to that Mk so that when someone "finds a retailer" they purchase the appropriate items.

Gosh that would be complex wouldn't it....
 
Bratwurst said:
No, as a former British Army Infantryman I am telling you that no it's not "the full kit". Kit: "a set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose." you wouldn't call it a first aid kit if it was just the bag.

The armour comes in multiple Mks, each one had different sized plates and plate locations in addition the fitting was a little different.

So no I can't just "find a retailer" you chopper. It's amazing how you think that the occassional guff that comes out of your mind some how elevates a jack like you into thinking you know what you're talking about.

It's almost like the retailer with a modicum of effort could have placed these basic bits of information in their advert like which Mk it is and which sizing guide correlates to that Mk, and the plate sizes appropriate to that Mk so that when someone "finds a retailer" they purchase the appropriate items.

Gosh that would be complex wouldn't it....
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You maybe able to find BALCS soft armour that will fit.
These two types of armour are incredibly similar so it should fit the system.
If that’s not the case and you don’t care for cutting about in mis-matched kit then Line Of Fire in Edmonton do make custom armour to fit any type of carrier.

As to hard plates. The internal pockets should fit the correct size of armour for your chest as a multi curve plate.... line of fire once again.

That said, in North America, run something BALCS compatible if you need the protection.
If not then one of the fancy lightweight rigs I guess.

Not that terry is dropping in and ####ing about so not much need for BA in the first place.
 
I used MK IV with steel armor plates in Ukraine in 2015. All add-ons like neck protectors, shoulder pads, even side protectors make you super heavy and slow. They are Okay for patrol operations only. Everybody removed them for the missions.
Soft armor for those add-ons can be found online in GB surplus stores.
Here is something for you, guys.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/11616727/osprey-instruction-booklet-pdf-170985-kb
Sizes Chest / Height
Small 88cm/180cm
Medium 100cm/170cm
Large 1 104cm/180cm
Large 2 108cm/190cm
XLarge1 116cm/180cm
XLarge2 120cm/190cm
XLarge3 116cm/200cm
 
dmazay said:
I used MK IV with steel armor plates in Ukraine in 2015. All add-ons like neck protectors, shoulder pads, even side protectors make you super heavy and slow. They are Okay for patrol operations only. Everybody removed them for the missions.
Soft armor for those add-ons can be found online in GB surplus stores.
Here is something for you, guys.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/11616727/osprey-instruction-booklet-pdf-170985-kb
Sizes Chest / Height
Small 88cm/180cm
Medium 100cm/170cm
Large 1 104cm/180cm
Large 2 108cm/190cm
XLarge1 116cm/180cm
XLarge2 120cm/190cm
XLarge3 116cm/200cm
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AWESOME, some things left me scratching my head. That manual is perfect for the osprey end user
 
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