DRAGON SUPPLIES MINIMI COMMANDERS WEBBING AND PATROL YOKE
Dragon Supplies is a tactical gear manufacturer based in Colchester, Essex. It has been around for a few years now and has grown into a large and well-respected provider of unique and custom-made webbing sets, bergens and everything in between. All the rigs and bags are designed and built in-house in the UK. The webbing I looked at is a Minimi Commanders webbing which, as the title suggests, is for use by someone carrying a Minimi light machinegun. Don’t let this put you off though, as the webbing is also designed to be used with a standard assault rifle. The magazine pouches can be used with Minimi box magazines or, by using dividers, can be adapted to carry up to 12 5.56mm magazines.
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The webbing comes with a built-in hip pad, providing padding to the hips and waist. Attached to the hip pad are a good number of pouches: two magazine pouches with smoke and frag grenade pouch at the front and two knife/compass pouches to the rear; then three or four water bottle/utility pouches depending on your waist size. The yoke is another bit of kit designed by Dragon and adds even more versatility to this rig. It is fully adjustable and has MOLLE loops and two internal pockets for maps and any other kit that you need to hand. I really like this rig because everything about its design has clearly been well-thought-out; even the flaps on the ammo pouches have pull-down lids with a clear plastic cover for carrying things like call signs and radio frequencies. I used this rig on a very physically-intensive MilSim game and was incredibly impressed with the whole set-up. I had no issues carrying everything I needed for a 48-hour game and, as far as comfort goes, I covered a lot of miles and pretty much forgot I was wearing it sometimes. This is a fixed built rig (the pouches cannot be moved) but don’t let that upset you as Dragon has a variety of set-ups – and if you don’t see what you want, Steve at Dragon has told me “If you can draw it we can build it!” Now that’s what I call service!
PRICE Minimi Commanders Webbing: £235 Patrol Yoke: £80 (£65 when bought with webbing) Big thanks to Dragon Supplies for supplying kit on test: 01206 854354, www.dragonsupplies.co.uk