Snake Eater Tactical SET Rifle Armor Plate Carrier with Patent-Pending Grid Mounting System and Burro Mag (Magazine) Pouch Rack: Ultra-Minimalist, Modular Lo-Pro/Lo-Vis Plate Carrier in A-TACS Camo Combat Camouflag Pattern for Clandestine/Covert Special Ops! (Video!)

By David Crane
david (at) defensereview (dot) com

July 30, 2017
Last updated on 7/31/17.

As DefenseReview (DR) was making its annual stop at the https://www.a-tacs.com/ target=right>A-TACS Camo combat camouflage booth, we came across a very interesting and nice looking ultra-minimalist, modular lo-vis/lo-pro (low-visibility/low-profile) tactical rifle armor plate carrier made by Snake Eater Tactical (SET) that was on display there. The plate carrier’s designer, one Chris Calvert, was kind enough to take DR through the system, and he started with the Rifle Plate Carrier’s proprietary and patent-pending Grid Mounting System (GMS). The Grid allows the operator/wearer to mount any PALS/MOLLE pouch with 550 paracord, shoe laces or zip ties, “and the advantage is you can mount any MOLLE pouch, verticle, horizontal, or at a 45-degree angle, and you can move it up and down, left and right in half-inch increments, as opposed to the traditional MOLLE system, where you’re stuck in a inch-and-a-half (1.5″) by one-inch (1″) grid, [where] you can’t mount stuff [horizontally],” says Calvert. DR immediately liked the Grid mounting system in both functionality and aesthetics. We also liked the shoulder strap loops for maximum flexibility, comfort and strength.

And that’s not all, Monty. “We have Velcro panels that you can lace on. You can put ’em on wherever you want. You can do stuff with shot cord. The system is basically designed to be modular, and limited only by your imagination. So, we encourage the end-user to get creative with it,” Calvert told us. That’s when Calvert showed us an Snake Eater Tactical SET Burro Rifle Mag (Magazine) Pouch mounted in a removable rack of three Burro Rifle Mag Pouches that mounts right onto the Grid, and can also be used as a stand-alone chest rig with a harness. So, everything’s modular, including the accessories/components.

The SET Rifle Plate Carrier looked particularly good in the A-TACS Camo combat camouflage pattern we saw it in, although we’re not quit sure which one it is. We’ll try to find out ASAP.

All in all, the Snake Eater Tactical SET Rifle Plate Carrier is one of the nicest and most intelligently designed minimalist, lo-pro/lo-vis plate carriers DR’s seen in a while, and we’re interested in how it would stack up against the Velocity Systems Scarab DLX plate carrier, which looks a bit larger and more complex, but is also a nice carrier. The SET Rifle Plate Carrier is actually closer to the S&S Precision Plate Frame in design concept and size, so we’d like to see a side-by-side against that carrier, as well, particularly with regard to comfort and ease of accessory mounting and unmounting.

Defense Review would LOVE to get a SET Rifle Plate Carrier into DR writer/contributor and chief new-product tester Jeff Gurwitch’s hands for some serious T&E (Test and Evaluation), and maybe even a detailed written review, at some point. In the meantime, enjoy the video we shot, below.

Company Contact Info:

Snake Eater Tactical LLC
Phone: 800-456-5614
Email: info@snakeeatertactical.com
Website: http://www.snakeeatertactical.com

Monday through Friday, 10AM to 5PM Pacific Time

A-TACS Camo
618 10th Place
Phenix City, AL 36867
Phone: 334-448-5442
Email Phillip: philip@a-tacs.com
Email Clint: clint@a-tacs.com
Website: https://www.a-tacs.com

© Copyright 2017 DefenseReview.com (DR). All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without receiving permission and providing proper credit and appropriate links. If you are reading this article anywhere other than DefenseReview.com, please email us the website address/URL (where the unauthorized DR article reprint is located) at defrev (at) gmail (dot) com. Thank you.

All embedded DefenseReview.com (DR) photos and videos were shot with an Apple iPhone 6s Plus smartphone still/video camera.

Related Articles:

Velocity Systems SCARAB DLX Lightweight, Minimalist (Lo-Pro/Lo-Vis) Tactical Armor Plate Carrier Tactical Vest! (Video!)

S&S Precision Plate Frame Tactical Armor Plate Carrier (Tactical and Maritime Models) with RF Welding and Velocity Systems Phalanx VS-PBZ 7.62x39mm API (BZ) Hard Armor Plate at SHOT Show 2012: Low-Profile/Minimalist Military Body Armor Goes Even More Lo-Pro (Video!)

KMFJ DA BERSERKER Signature Series Suppressed Glock 19/17/22 and UW Service Grade IWB G26/19/17 Aircraft-Grade Kydex Combat/Tactical Pistol Holsters! (Videos!)

Angel Armor Truth SNAP Concealable Magnetic Hard Armor Plates and RISE Plate Carrier System!

DryWired Defense NanoArmor Advanced Rifle Plates with Carbon Nanotube Technology: Anti-Rifle Ballistic Hard Armor (Nanocomposite Armor) with ‘Almost No Backface Deformation Signature’! (Video!)

Will TALOS (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit)-Outfitted Future Soldiers Get Lightweight Abalone Shell-Based Flexible Scalar Biomimetic Metal Foam, Carbyne (Linear Acetylenic Carbon) and/or Multilayer Graphene Ballistic Armor Composites?

Flexible Biological Scalar Body Armor for Future Soldiers?

Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) + FlyBoard Air Ducted-Fan Hoverboard = Flying Super Soldiers: Future Military Special Operations Forces (SOF) Assaulters/Operators to Fly Themselves to the Target in Exo-Armor ‘Iron Man’-Type Combat Suits?

USSOCOM Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) Exo-Armor Combat Suit for the Future Soldier/Warfighter: ‘Iron Man’, or Future Iron Thud on the U.S. Military Procurement Scrap Heap?

Tired of Tacos? Load Your Tactical Vest (Armor Plate Carrier) with the Hard Point Universal Mag Carrier (UMC): One Modular Magazine Pouch Handles 5.56mm and 7.62mm Rifle Magazines and Pistol Mags

ArmorWorks Modular Plate Carrier (MPC): Scalable High-Tech Minimalist/Low-Profile Tactical Armor Plate Carrier (Military Body Armor) with SOURCE Tactical Hydration/Water Bladder System and Super-Strong Polymer Non-MOLLE MOLLE/PALS Webbing System and Shoulder Straps at SHOT Show 2012 (Video!)

DKX MAX III and Developmental MAX IV Lightweight, Multi-Hit/Drop-Resistant Dyneema “Floaty Armor” (Floating Armor) Maritime Hard Armor Plates at SHOT Show 2012 (Video!)

Velocity Systems Phalanx VS-PBZ “Ballistic Rifle Plate” Ultra-Lightweight SAPI-Type Multi-Hit Ceramic Hard Armor Plate / Mayflower Research & Consulting Tactical Armor Plate Carrier/Tactical Vest Synergistic Combo

Archangel Armor Internal Frame Load-Bearing System (IFLBS) Version 5 Tactical Armor Plate Carrier/Tactical Vest System: Lighten your load when you’re in combat mode!

Hardpoint Equipment Tactical Armor Carriers (formerly Personal Protective Systems, or P2 Systems): Best Tactical Body Armor Plate Carriers on the Planet? DR Looks at the Latest Hard Point Hard Armor Plate Carriers, Battle Belt, MOLLE Backpack System, and Passive Ventilation Channels/Removable Padding System at SHOT Show 2011 (Photos and Video!)

Potomac Field Gear (PFG) Advanced Combat Shirt (ADCS) Gen. II (MultiCam Camouflage): Flame-Retardant/Fire-Resistant (FR), Moisture-Wicking Battle Shirt/BDU with Passive-Cooling Protective Padding and X-Static Silver Fiber-Laced Advanced Protective Fabric (APF) at SHOT Show 2012 (Video!)