USGI Tactical Assault Panel (TAP) Chest Rig, Review

Hey everybody welcome back to another episode of Muddy Reviews, in this video, we are checking out the USGI Tactical Assault panel. This chest rig is the US Militaries standard-issued Infantry fighting load carrier replacing the FLC.

The TAP is a fairly decent piece of kit when it is worn in a placard configuration and on an armor carrier. Where the TAP really falls short is as a chest rig. IT can however be converted into a fairly decent chest rig for a minimal price. I will have more on that in a future review.

The UCP TAPs can be found for as low as 20.00$ USD and as high as 100$ USD but the average median price for one in UCP is around 35.00$ USD. The Multicam or OCP TAPs however fetch a considerably higher resale price now as they are around 50.00$ USD on the low end and 200.00$ USD on the high end. Occasionally you can find an OCP or Multicam TAP for around 35.00$ USD but these are getting harder to find for that deal and are generally in pretty poor condition even for surplus. A few examples are at the below links:

UCP:

https://www.amazon.com/Tactial-Assaul...

https://www.mcguirearmynavy.com/produ...

https://www.mcguirearmynavy.com/produ...

MULTICAM/OCP:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234526102034

https://www.fortbraggsurplus.us/TAP-T...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195783628943...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175756149696...

Believe it or not, there are even repros of the standard TAP such as these examples:

https://www.amazon.com/MT-Military-Ta...

https://www.rothco.com/product/rothco...

The Multicam TAP in the Amazon listing is easily noticeable as a knock-off / Repro because the Chest rig straps are in Multicam whereas the USGI-issued TAPs have Tan499 chest rig straps.

I don't think the TAP is a lost cause as there are upgrade kits made by Spiritus Systems to bring the TAP into the modern era:

https://www.spiritussystems.com/taps-...

This adds a better strap H-Harness and a dangler option purpose-built to integrate with the TAPs. I really hope this review was useful for all of you and you may have found something you may want or for my Airsofter Impresionistas out there something you need for the "kit build". As always folks get out there and play some Airsoft, LARP smarter, not harder, and above all else take care.

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