Family of Improved Load Bearing Equipment (FILBE) is a series of equipment used by the
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
for personal load carrying. It comprises the
backpack
A backpack—also called knapsack, schoolbag, rucksack, rucksac, pack, sackpack, booksack, bookbag or backsack—is, in its simplest frameless form, a fabric sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders ...
and various attachments carried by an individual Marine in the field. The FILBE was designed as an improvement over the prior
ILBE
The Improved Load Bearing Equipment (ILBE) is a United States Marine Corps program that had included individual load carriage equipment, individual hydration systems ( Source One Hydration) and individual water purification.
Since the rucksack ...
system that was not compatible with the newest
body armor
Body armor, also known as body armour, personal armor or armour, or a suit or coat of armor, is protective clothing designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks. Historically used to protect military personnel, today it is also used by variou ...
systems.
The FILBE consists of the following components:
# USMC Pack System
#* Main Pack, NSN 8465-01-598-7693
#*#Frame, NSN 8465-01-600-7844
#*#Shoulder Harness Assembly, NSN 8465-01-600-7938
#*#Hip belt, NSN 8465-01-600-7870
#*#Main Bag
#* Assault Pack
#* Assault Pouch
#* Sustainment Pouch (qty. 2)
#* Hydration Pouch (qty. 2)
#* Hydration Carrier
#* Hydration Bladder System (CamelBak)
#*#100 oz. Hydration Bladder
#*#Tube Kit
#*#Tube Holder
#*#Hydration Bite Valve with Cover
#* Sternum Cinch
#* Sub-Belt (known as "Girth Hip Belt")
#* Repair kit
#*#Toaste Ellipse Cordloc
#*#Grimloc
#*#GTLL Split-bar
#*#1" Male Techno Grab (qty. 2)
#*#1" Female Snap-on Repairable (qty. 2)
#* USMC Pack Instruction Card
# Chest Rig
#* USMC Chest Rig Assembly
#* Harness Assembly
#* USMC Chest Rig Repair Kit
#*#Attaching Strap Assembly (for MTV/SPC)(2 pair)
#*#IMTV/PC Attaching Strap Assembly (2 pair)
#*#1" Quick Attach Surface Mount (6 each)
#*#1" Single Bar Repairable, Male (2 each)
#*#1" Waveloc Repairable, Female (2 each)
#*#1" Waveloc Repairable, Male (2 each)
#* USMC Chest Rig Instruction Card
# USMC Equipment Pouches
#* 9mm 15 Round Magazine pouch
#* M16/M4 Speed Reload Magazine pouch
#* M16/M4 Single/Double Magazine pouch
#* 40mm Grenade pouch
#* Pop-up Flare pouch
#* M67 Grenade pouch
#* Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)/Utility pouch
#* 12 Gauge Shotgun Shell pouch
#* Multi Grenade pouch
#* Dump pouch
#USMC Holster
#USMC Corpsman Assault System
#* Medical Assault Pack
#* Medical Sustainment Bag
#* Modular Medical Pouch
#* Medical Thigh Rig
#* Medical Inserts
#*#Narc Pouch
#*#Medium Pouch (Qty. 2)
#*#Large Pouch (Qty. 2)
#*#Small Reversible Pouch (Qty. 2)
#*#Medium Reversible Pouch (Qty. 2)
#*#Elastic Panel (Qty. 2)
#*#Double Pocket Panel
#*#Triple Pocket Panel
#*#Stacked Pocket Panel
#Individual Water Purification System
See also
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All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment
The All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) is a set of load-carrying equipment adopted as United States Army Standard A on 17 January 1973 to replace the M-1956 Individual Load-Carrying Equipment (ILCE) and M-1967 Mo ...
(ALICE)
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Improved Load Bearing Equipment
The Improved Load Bearing Equipment (ILBE) is a United States Marine Corps program that had included individual load carriage equipment, individual hydration systems ( Source One Hydration) and individual water purification.
Since the rucksack ...
(ILBE)
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Interceptor Body Armor (IBA)
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List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment
This is a list of individual combat equipment issued by the United States Marine Corps. This list does not include items that are issued as uniforms or weapons and ordnance.
Many items on this list have nicknames. See list of United States Mari ...
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Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (MOLLE)
External links
“Purchase Description, Family of Improved Load Bearing Equipment” (draft) , Natick, Massachusetts (1 May 2012) (retrieved 30 June 2014)
References
United States Marine Corps equipment
Personal military carrying equipment
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