Gentlemen,  after doing a review of equipment and weapons over the last few days, I have found some questions I need to answer.  Happily the gear is in good condition and weapons are all good-to-go.  I'm reanalyzing my web gear situation.  Which at present is an ALICE y-harness and belt.  While it is fairly well equipped, I am struggling with one major problem right now. Mag drop pouch.  Keep it, or ditch it.  My rifle of choice is an AKM, and the pouches on my LBE are 3 cell Polish pouches.  The space for it is eating up a lot of real estate.  Furthermore, the AK mags are really clumsy to jam into a pouch crossways after they are empty.  

Thoughts??  Comments??  (And no, I won't change to the AR instead!!   )  

--Last edited by AvailableDarkness on 2007-03-12 20:03:30 --

I use either SAW pouches or those "Deployment" molle bags strapped to the web belt.

If you have mags to spare, and can afford to drop and ditch, then a drop-pouch is not-needed.  However, I have at least one drop-pouch on every rig to at least offset and hold one empty mag to free up the remainder of my "slots" to rotate mags effectively.

Blackhawk makes a nice range of vests.  I have a vest that can even fit the 30rd FAL mags I have.  It's an OMEGA vest (not a cross draw).  NICE!!!  I can use FAL, AK or AR mags with ease.  Very versitile.

Anyway, if your drop pouch can fit at least 1 or 2 empties, I say keep it.