>>2793209They don't make them anymore, at least not for the civilian market, and finding them on the milsurp market is a matter of luck since they were only used by special forces in the early days of Molle, when the plastic frames on the molle pack kept breaking.
Here's some links from ebay:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/267085951025That's basically like mine, but without the frame (standard aluminum frame fits, welded magnesium frame is better but expensive, molle 2 frame would also work but is plastic shit)
The also made some without the pockets, which might be worth looking for if you want to configure them yourself with molle pouches:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/156046599914https://www.ebay.de/itm/387020291282But as I said, finding those is a matter of luck. When I wrote the prior post, there was one in multicam from a french seller on ebay, for example (and if I hadn't just ordered dye for my ICU one, I'd have bought it...), butthat's already sold now.
If you just want a good, cheap pack instead of "the best", you might also want to consider a molle 2 or filbe (NOT the ilbe - that one is crap where they bsically told arcterxyx "give us your best-selling pack but make it camo", while the filbe is what they ordered after realizing how superior the alice was over that civilian crap). They have plastic frames and don't give as much air gap as the alice, but are otherwise alright.
>>2793231>who tf is carrying enough weight to break a backpacks while /out/?Me... I once broke an interior searatio (alice radio pouch, actually) because I kept my cooking gear in there, and my sleeping bag and provisions underneath. Near the end of the trip, the food was gone, I was jumping down a ledge (~2m height) and the impact broke the strap holding the separation in place.
Now to be fair, that was on a 40 year old polyester pack. But yes, breaking bags does happen sometimes. One of the reasons why I always make sure my packs have the straps sewn all the way around nowadays.
