[Milsurplus] [Army-Radios] U.S. Army back pack frame

[Joe Montano]

Also, there are two sizes of ALICE Pack.  Medium (shown in the photo) and
Large which has three smaller pockets above the three larger pockets (the
one I personally own).  The Medium can be used with or without the frame
and I did so for many years.

There is also a cargo shelf that attaches to the bottom of the frame when
needed to carry bulky, rigid items such as a case of MREs or an older,
larger man-pack radio.

On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 2:00 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> No, I have the whole pack thing, but removed it for this photo. The top
> does have padding except the padding does not cover 100% of the top bar
> part, and the exposed bar
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> rubbed on my neck.
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> Now it appears from your photo that I am using it wrong. I think I had the
> top shoulder straps cinched up too tight and thought the whole frame had to
> ride against my back,
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> unlike the common 'day packs' from the stores.
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> Wrong.
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> I am pretty impressed with the overall quality. There was one part, some
> kind of cover, that developed the ugly "sticky disease" so that I tossed
> that part.
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> Hey, thanks much for the information and setting me straight on this !  I
> had no idea what I was doing wrong.
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> -Hue Miller
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> Hue,
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> It’s meant to be carried by your hips. The curvature is to keep the pack
> from rubbing on your back. The top rail is where the ALICE pack slides over
> the top rail with a pad built into it that keeps the metal off your
> shoulders. You are missing that pack and the pad and just using the frame
> without it – that’s going to hurt.  There are padded straps that you can
> buy to use without the pack.
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> [image: Why aren't ALICE Packs in use any more? It seems like one could
> carry a large amount of medical ...]
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-- 
Joe Montano
N9VMO
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