That polymer chunkle the shoulder straps are sewn to and the track system itself are absolute shit and the designer should be shot and hung twice.

I had originally written "If he's already dead his body should be exhumed and desecrated for the money the US Government paid and got cheated." Maybe the designer wasn't part of the corporate business part. So maybe his descendants should just be shamed and made to feel bad.

What was a better-than-decent piece of equipment for mountain and cold weather warfare was doomed when Specialty Plastics won the bid and substituted Lowe Military's ladder adjustment design.

It can be fixed / salvaged if you have patience and an industrial sewing machine.

The original Lowe:




Saracen:



If you don't, Lowe Alpine (Military) made the Saracen in olive, DPM, Irish, and Swedish camo.