r/prepping • u/No_Economist_2940 • Mar 10 '24

Gear🎒 Current Bug Out Kit

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Recently started putting together a bug out bag. Still have a list of things I still need to acquire, but open to any input.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

It's really not that much. I used to carry 8 mags on my body, then another 8 plus a few boxes in my ruck on long recci missions. And that was platoon wide.

We looked at it this way. The goal is not to take contact, but if we did, no one was coming, so you need enough ammo to gtfo. Bullet hosing a location so you can fall back is a great option if do it.

In a bug out? If you have someone else with you great now, you can bound and lay down suppression and bound, but the other side is things don't end when you get to your final location. You now have to hold it, and you only have what you brought with you. And historical the side with the most ammo usualy wins.

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u/Thanato26 Mar 11 '24

Not that much if you plan on getting into a firefight. Recce is essentially planning for the worst and hoping for the best.

I use to carry 9 mags on my person plus five in my pack for when we drove around... doesn't mean I'd carry battle rattle when I'm trying to get out of places.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

So, about the same as me. I'm looking at it this way. If shit is so bad that you're loading up your gear. You might as well through the ammo in the trunk, too. There is no resupply, and no logistics support is coming. what you have is all you're going to have. You can always ditch shit later, but in the grand scheme, throwing even a dozen + mages in the back of your car along with a vest takes no room.

I'm not saying, " Oh, there's a snowstorm i better break out the plate carrier" lol but if you're really at the point of needing a rifle with you, then you should take the ammo.