Has anyone ever seen these before? I was in a military surplus store the other day looking for an Alice Pack when I cam across this. It appears to be a new production Alice pack. It had the same configuration as the old medium alice packs, just a bit updated. Instead of the those finicky metal cinch straps it has plastic buckles. The whole back seem to be water replant unlike the old ones where just the top was. The material seems to be cordura not sure what denier though. I took a chance a bought it, but there are no brand markings anywhere on the thing. Has anyone ever seen one of these before? I have not been able to find any info on the bag at all.

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Tactical Tailor makes new production MALICE packs with updated features.

hmm I'm not sure why the links are not working, they are still uploaded to my drive account. if you click on the download link on the top left the image will work when its downloaded. Does Ar15.com not have an upload photo option on new threads?

Anyway there is a brand on the buckles, but it is only the manufacturer of the buckles themselves not the whole bag. Im at work and cant remember the name but I looked up the company the other day, they are based out of Tennessee and manufacture different types of buckles and fasteners.

I would normally guess that it would be inferior quality being knockoff of the military issue, but when i inspected it really does seem well made, and the stitching looks very good as well.

Links working fine for me.  And looks pretty good.  Do you have any specs? Most notably what it weighs?  What did you pay for it?  What kind of frame does it have?  Thanks!

Ok, I was wondering what that Velcro slit was on the top flap, that's interesting. And yes the internal pouch was a bit different than the regular Alice, it had more of an opening at the bottom. I'll take a pic of the inside when i get homm There were also some other buckles inside the pack that i don't know what they are for. You mentioned the grommets, the metal has a nice rubberized finish that i find pretty nice.

I paid $45 for the back, I have a regular Alice frame in the mail should be here in the next couple of days. I will weight it when i get home and see home much it weighs. I know this may be hard to believe but it felt much more durable and heavy duty than the regular Alice packs i have come across.

I have the exact pack pictured in the link above, and I love it. I'm no expert, but from what I have been told these packs were designed for airborne radio operators. The slit is for the radio antenna, I use mine for the tube on a water bladder I place in the large pocket inside designed for the radio. If you look at the metal buckle that is used on the main flap there should be an A embossed on it, supposedly for airborne. The vast majority of these were never issued and usually are found in mint condition. The one I purchased was still in the plastic bag when it arrived with the plastic map pocket clear as a bell. I did the Hellcat mod on this bad boy and it has served me well. It has since been relegated to my 3 day or less bag, or my wife's BOB, and I have "upgraded" to the MOLLE II rifleman's ruck, which I also love. USGI ALICE is one bad bitch and will last years if you take care of her, especially if you can get your hands on one of these unissued puppies. I have put hundreds of miles on mine in the course of dozens of hikes and overnighters.

I think the one you picked up may be a civilian knockoff or foreign import and I don't know much about it.

That sounds about right, although the buckles that secure the top flap are plastic buckles and not metal. Like you said it may be a civilian knockoff. I also did the helicat mod to mine as well.

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Nice kit... what kind of tomahawk is that?

OP I'm curious as to how well with this pack hold up so please keep us at arfcom posted.  I haven't seen this pack but that don't mean nothing.  I will say I have a large Alice pack with frame I bought new quite a few years ago and it has taken everything I've thrown at it to include some hard core hiking trips into the mountains.  Edited for spelling.

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