this guy taught me in 16 minutes about TAPS what TRADOC never taught me in 9 months....

Here I am as an E-5 and just astounded that no one bothered to explain this to anyone. This is life changing, had no idea that I could preset my IOTV with those spare buckles.

Wait, you're sponsoring a soldier and actually helping him? Wild.

thank you! I was used to the FLC in bct so I got fu*king lost when I received this

Thank you!!! I was asking a few of my battle buddies they didn't know how to set up a new Taps or Flick is what we call it at basic training. Excellent video!! New soldier 🪖🇺🇸

Major THANK YOU to the Solider who put this video together from an Army MAJOR

How the fook does KZfaq know more than my entire Battalion!

I’m about to ship to ARNG OCS and I have to say, 1) thanks for explaining how to assemble the TAP and 2) the tips you throw in regarding your gear setup (magazines flipped down, compass pocket, etc etc) are invaluable. Thank you and HOOAH!!

I've had a TAP for a little over three years now. Not a bad system for Army issued equipment. I have both canteen pouches mounted to the far ends. In the past I used the left one to hold my NODs, rhino mount, and J arm with the canteen cup inside. Good protection for all of it. Next to that one is my radio pouch, then a double-mag pouch. Center is a TAD OP-1 admin pouch. Last is a TAD GP-1 pouch as my IFAK. All of that covers the whole panel. It's worked really well for me. Recap from left to right AS WORN: Canteen pouch w/ cup, radio pouch, double-mag pouch, OP-1, GP-1, canteen pouch. You mentioned the outer slots holding a DAGR/MBTR. I found that to be way too bulky. Never kept much in the back mesh pockets.

Thank you! The civilians who taught us weren't as good. This is a damn good video HOOAH!!!

I didn't know the outer mag pouches had an ulterior purpose, I appreciate you noting that in your video.

Wow, thanks for the super in-detail video man. Got mine from CIF the other day and got a text at 2000 saying I needed it ready to roll first thing in the morning lol. This video saved me God knows how much fumbling around with this thing.

This might just be the most useful explanation of taps I've ever seen in 8 years

Thank you so much. I just received my TAPS from CIF and had no guidance on how to set it up. Reading the comments I realize just how much of a blessing this video is. Saving this for later. Thanks!

Awesome video! About to set my TAPS up and had no clue and this tutorial helped immensely. Thank you, sir.

The Soldier I'm sponsoring let me set up his kit for him (And he's nowhere in sight) My commenting here is done

biggest upgrade u can do is shoulder straps. spiritus makes a cool kit but for what it cost u can buy a badass chest rig and still have some beer money. i ran one of these for years and even when i worked as an operator. dudes used to make fun of me cause we could buy anything and i ran this but i had a unit rigger make me a set of shoulder straps and a waist belt for it. i ran a 152 in the first left pocket and my ifak in a ziplock in the first left pocket, other 6 held mags and i had 2 tourniquets rubber banded on the front panel ,one one each side and then i kept small bottle of clp and a weapons part kit with a Gerber eod in the main pocket and then fire starter ,lighter compass and map pens. also took a small doule ended biner and hung it on my left shoulder strap and hung my gloves from it. love this set up and it stays nice and flat so u are able to take more advantage of micro terrain in a firefight then u would be able to wearing one of those other monstrosities, lol. great vid man.I also had a roll up dump pouch on the left rear that i hung from the waist belt and a piece of velcro so i could wear a ir patch on the front panel and rear of my shoulder straps. i was able to fold this in half loaded and carry in a small backpack with a 300 black out that had a law folder. these things are only limited by your imagination and skill set.

I switched units within the Guard to an Airborne unit and they had us turn in the UCP FLC for this TAPS. Thank you for the invaluable information!

One of the best videos I have seen on this subject.

Great breakdown for new Joes and Janes. Quick and no bs.

Bro thank you I’ve been trying to find the best way to set this up with my iotv and this setup is mint

This was super helpful! I appreciate all of the little details

Thank you so much for making this video, it’s so informational and helpful. I’m leaving to Europe next week and had to figure out how to set it up and your video really helped.

Thank you so much! I’m about to go to AT tomorrow and mine wasn’t even setup yet.

Appreciate it, have the spur ride in a few hours and it was a last minute notice I was doing it 😭you’re a life saver

Great job on this tutorial. Mine didn't come with a technical manual so I'm learning all of this as well. Thank you for sharing

I appreciate this a lot dude, finally got issued the new one and didnt know wtf to do

Dude, this was super helpful. Thank you!

Hey man. Thanks for posting this video. You really helped me set up and understand the basics.

Informative and helpful. Thank you

Bless this guy for making this 🙏

Thank you for your service and such good instructions

I searched for animal crossing and got this...

Thank you good sir this has helped me so much I leave for NCT in a few hours and this wasn’t set up thanks again

Honesty, thank you so much. This thing had me buggin.

Perfect explanation of use!

You always carry an extra TQ.

Good video, thanks for putting it together.

No one ever taught me this. Thanks!

You saved my life thanks.

Great video and very helpful

Thank you so much. Range day is tomorrow and i had no idea what i was doing XD

Very helpful. Thank you much!

Excellent vid... Thank you

Very informative. Thank you

We want more like this video.

thanks for the tutorial, very helpful

thank you, i needed this

Are you covering Army AND the Corps, now? I like it. Also, I have been looking, but have yet to find a comprehensive guide for physical readiness before OCS. I personally would love a video discussing the day-to-day regimen of PT while at OCS- and maybe a workout routine to help prepare for it. Love the vids, Semper Fi

Great instructional video.

Thanks video was quite helpful

Quite similar to the RAK that was issued back in 2001. They sucked because they flopped round on then the IBA. What worked better for me was the Condor Chest Rig in Iraq during 2006-08. Works great for all body armor systems including the IBA i wore back in the day.

I didn't know how to setup T.A.P.S.Thank you Sir.

Hell yea help me a lot appreciate it!!

Great vid bruh! Very helpful!

That was the fastest 16 minute video I ever watched !

Neat setup. Neat chest rig. I like the underside zipper compartment/pocket. What name is the chest rig?

are Gen 2 IOTV's incompatible with taps? my clips won't fit through the shoulder d rings.

Thanks needed this video

huge help thanks!

Very informative

One thing I'm wondering is why do you need a canteen pouch when you've got a Camelbak? Seems a bit redundant to me. Wouldn't that space be better used with something else?

Great video! Semper Fi!

best taps video imo

Thanks. Very helpful. I'm used to the old FLC system and when I got issued this I wasn't even aware I was missing pieces. How CIF missed that on the other person's turn in idk. They're usually anal about that crap. Now I get to pay for it :D

Thank you! Mine looks half way decent now🤣

This is awesome

Thank you.

Thank you😺

What do you put in the canteen pouch?

You just saved my life. I have to jump tomorrow and I had no clue as to how to set my flick up.

I can now clip the front but how do I clip the sides for the IOTV?

What model of Petzl is that?

Aside from radios apparently they also hold M14 mags(1mag)...the ones on the end that is.

Is there any good back panels for this thing

That’s Dope!

This IS A LEADER

I saw a paratrooper variant of the TAP on the internet. Is it similar this one especially the suspenders?

2020 jblm cif gives me a gen2 with all ucp gear and flc. Let’s goooo

Mine was issued brand new but I did not get a strap cutter.

Thank you

Ok... Honest thou what about pvs 14s and a 2, 1quarts how does that work???

Can you please show how it's worn? My Y straps sit weird

Do you need the adapter for the gen 2 iotv

If my math is right, that's 6 X 30 = 180 bullets. We never put full load because of the weak springs in government issued magazines. What's the standard now? Back in '77 we carried two 3-mag (20 round) pouches (120 bullets) plus bandoliers to re-load. I bought M14 pouches and carried four vertical and one across the top so I had ten magazines.

Thank you, thank you, thank you....

EIB!! like it

Where did you get the manual?

where can i found surplus one (im from europe and ebays shipping is stupidly expensive)

which technical manual is that?

What is the NSN for the IFAK

What is the the number of that TM?

Thanks

Awesome

Lifesaver! TM

Where can I get a IOTV like that???

It would be helpful to have gear on a model to show how it looks all set up.

My unit told me to pack the LBV but all I found in my gear from CIF is this TAPs equipment. Plus I am a MP so I don’t get it unless we are doing infantry stuff? I am used to the flick.

Brigade standard huh? Why have such a thing for MOLLE? Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose?

What brand strap cutter is that? Thanks