The raid backpack is used as the main storage place for all the personal belongings of a military that need to be transported quickly. The backpack should be large enough to fit a sleeping bag, a change of clothes, shoes and underwear, hygiene products, extra ammunition, and many more items that a soldier needs.
Therefore, the capacity of such a backpack cannot be less than 60+ liters (60 l is the total capacity of the main compartment, and the “+” means the capacity of the outer pockets). Having asked what a fighter needs, the buyers usually order sizes of 80, 100, 110-liter capacity. At the same time, the net weight of an empty backpack should not exceed 4 kg.
The presence of pockets is important for the convenience of placing things, while in NATO models they are fastened on the outside with zippers and can be removed in case of using a backpack during raids in difficult terrain.
A large volume and capacity lead to a heavy weight of a filled backpack, which, accordingly, requires the functional properties described below:
We also recommend paying attention to such important elements and features:
It is advisable to have an additional waterproof rain cover.
The military also gladly use large tourist backpacks made by quality manufacturers (for example Terra Incognita Trial 75; Lowe Alpine Cerro Torre 80:100; Fjord Nansen Himil 70+10 Solid), but they should be of the corresponding colors – not bright, but khaki, black, camouflage and etc. Our military colors like multicam, olive, coyote are popular, too.
We can recommend the models below:
