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    I recently purchased what I think is the newest generation of the Molle II large rucksack. It has the following differences from ones I've seen previoiusly:

    The large cover flap has a zipper under it, in addition to the opening that is closed by the drawstring
    It has three compression straps on each side, rather than two, and these are attached with fastex buckles rather than "normal buckles"
    The cover flap has two snaps at the top, that attach to the rest of the ruck

    I'm not former military, and am hoping someone can answer the following questions.

    1. What is the purpose of the zipper under the flap? It goes into the same large area as the drawstring opening.
    2. What are those snaps for? Is the large flap removable, and if so, why?
    3. When using the sustainment packs with the ruck, are the compression straps supposed to go between the ruck and the sustainment pack, or do they go overtop of the sustainment pack?

    Thanks for you help,

    John


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    Here is the skinny on the Molle II

    http://ciehub.info/ref/TM/10-8465-236-10.pdf

    There is a map pocket under the flap. I suspect that is what you are asking about.

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    wow everything you ever wanted to know about MOLLE II
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    I have that document...it doesn't really answer the questions I asked.

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    Give us pictures...that will probably help us to answer your questions.

    However, Rick's link does answer your 3rd question. The straps go over the pouches.

    For #2, can you take it off? If you can...then it is removable, otherwise, it isn't. Why?...so that you can remove it.

    For #1, I need to see a picture. I have the model before the one with the one big bag. It doesn't have the zipper. It might be so that they can stick some big long thing in there, and still close the pack.
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    who made the pack? and what is you intended use for it? is it USGI or no? does it have room for a
    USGI MSS sleep system? will this be your i,n.c.h bag or just a EDC bag or what?

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    hayshaker......this guy isn't coming back. He posted in July, we asked simple follow up questions....no answer. He's gone.
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