
The Utility Pack
OK, now what's in this wierd thing?
This pack is just a large backpack filled with some stuff that's useful
to the average team. I put it together after a few years of teams wishing
they had this or that....
Contents
- 1 large backpack
- 16 emergency candles (48 hrs total)
- 1 camping stove & 12 hours fuel (gasoline)
- 1 water purification pump & accessories
- 1 Set of toothbrushes, combs, etc.
- 1 mini dental kit
- 2 large bottle insect repellant
- 2 magnesium fire starters
- 3 small signal mirrors
- 6 tripwire-activated flare kits
- 24 Cyalume lightsticks, green
- 12 Cyalume lightsticks, IR
- 1 roll luminous tape, 5m
- 2 mini fire extinguishers
- 2 rolls olive green duct tape
- 1 roll electrical tape
- 1 pair bolt cutters
- 1 roll heavy duty wire (10m)
- 1 USGI entrenching tool
- 2 ea. spray paint cans: green, brown, black, white, flourescent orange
- 1 machete & sheath
- 1 sharpening kit
- 1 green plastic tarp, 5x7'
- 3 waterproof stuff bags
- 6 sets earplugs
- 1 set extra materials & chemicals for weapons cleaning kits
- 1 USAF pilot's emergency strobelight with 3 batteries
- 1 air horn
- 1 heavy duty sewing kit with patches
We estimated the weight of the pack at about 20kg, which is a lot but
it's really designed to be carried in a vehicle or thrown in a corner of
the team's base rather than lugged around everywhere on someone poor slob's
back.
Modify at will to suit your needs. We could have filled 50 packs like
this with useful stuff but one has to draw the line somewhere. It's fun
to see how creative a team can be with some of this stuff though...
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