Quoted: WHY Modular vice Fixed pocket?
WHAT are your physical limitations?
Have you read ALL the pages of threads here and other forums?
I have no idea of what your AO is located thus I couldnt tell you what to get
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Yep, these are the right questions to ask.
Do you plan on running plates? If not, don't bother with a plate carrier. A chest rig will be lighter, cheaper and cooler to run.
For a first rig, I'd choose a fixed pocket rig vice a modular rig. You'll get more for your money. Use it and learn what works for you and what doesn't. Spend the money later on a more expensive modular rig once you've figured out your preferences.
How many magazines do you plan/need to carry? Over time, my preference has run to 3-4 magazine carriers. The basic combat load for a soldier is 6 magazines plus 1 in the rifle. I usually find this excessive for my needs and unnecessarily bulky.
Eagle and
Specter make excellent, basic chest rigs that are very reasonably priced. Both are high quality and made in the USA.
That said, one of the more popular chest rigs on these boards is the Eagle Universal available from
SKD and
Practical Tactical. It is well made and stitched, like most Eagle products. There is an excellent review on
Military Morons that is hard to add to. I agree with the conclusion that the rig offers more capability for the price than just about anything else on the market, and that it is useful for experienced and novice shooters alike. It also has a couple of MOLLE attachment points, so you can do some minor customization. The capacity to carry 8 AR magazines, 4 pistol magazines and still have room to grow is more than most need and hard to beat for the money.
As for the color, if your other gear is MARPAT, I'd choose coyote brown, since that's what the Marines use with MARPAT.
My two cents, YMMV.