Pouch Attachment Ladder System

Equipment with quick release system

Size & arrangement of the PALS strips

Pouch Attachment Ladder System ( PALS ) (German about ladder-shaped bag attachment system ) is a system for attaching personal equipment.

PALS was from the United States Army Research Center United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in cooperation with the States United Marine Corps for the new carrying system Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment developed (MOLLE). MOLLE was introduced in 1997. After the success of PALS, there was controversy as to who was the main developer of the system.

The system is characterized by a standardized fastening base made of textile strips, which are usually made of Cordura . The textile strips are horizontally attached to "platforms" such as B. the bullet-resistant vest , the combat vest or the outside of the backpack and the bags to be attached (z. B. a magazine pouch) attached. Additional strips located on the pockets are braided vertically from above into these horizontal strips , so that they alternately run under a horizontal strip of the fastening substrate and a horizontal strip on the pocket. At the lower end, the vertical strip of fabric is then fixed with a push button or the like in order to create a secure connection. The flexibility to adapt the equipment to the most diverse requirements is much greater compared to the previous systems.

The exact dimensions of the PALS are:

Strap width: 25.4 mm (= 1 inch),

Webbing distance: 25.4 mm (= 1 inch)

Seam distance: 38.1 mm (= 1.5 inches)

The fastening system is also used by the British Army , the Chinese People's Liberation Army and in the civilian sector.

Web links

Interlock attaching strap system. In: google.com. Retrieved March 6, 2017 .
MOLLE Pouch Attachment Ladder System (PALS) . ( olive-drab.com ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hans Halberstadt: Battle Rattle - The stuff a soldier carries , 2006, Zenith Press, ISBN 978-1-61060-082-8 , pp. 7–9 [1]
^ Design Museum London : Fifty Bags that Changed the World , Verlag Hachette UK, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84091-584-6 , p. 72 [2]
↑ Instructions MOLLE, US Army, p. 13 [3]
↑ James Tanner: The British Army since 2000 , Verlag Osprey Publishing , 2014, ISBN 978-1-78200-595-7 [4]
^ Benjamin Lai: The Chinese People's Liberation Army since 1949: Ground Forces , Verlag Osprey Publishing , 2012, ISBN 978-1-78200-320-5 [5]

[Halberstadt-1] Hans Halberstadt: Battle Rattle - The stuff a soldier carries , 2006, Zenith Press, ISBN 978-1-61060-082-8 , pp. 7–9 [1]

[2] Design Museum London : Fifty Bags that Changed the World , Verlag Hachette UK, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84091-584-6 , p. 72 [2]

[3] Instructions MOLLE, US Army, p. 13 [3]

[4] James Tanner: The British Army since 2000 , Verlag Osprey Publishing , 2014, ISBN 978-1-78200-595-7 [4]

[5] Benjamin Lai: The Chinese People's Liberation Army since 1949: Ground Forces , Verlag Osprey Publishing , 2012, ISBN 978-1-78200-320-5 [5]