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M2016 Butt Pack, Hill People Gear

By A Mystery Man Writer

Hill People Gear designed the M2016 Butt Pack as a modernized version of the USGI M1967 pack with multiple carry options and excellent organization.
The M2016 is Hill People Gear's modernized, vastly improved redesign of the USGI M1967 butt pack. The M2016 is a panel-loading pack with internal organization options including a PALS grid and zippered mesh pocket. The M2016 Butt Pack also has a range of external expansion capability via lightweight 6/12 PALS cut fabric and compression straps. It can be used a number of different ways: as a Butt Pack with an HPG Prairie or Recon Belt (sold separately), as a shoulder bag with the included shoulder strap, as tradition web gear with an H-Harness composed of an HPG Prairie Belt and Shoulder Harness, or as a top pocket on your existing Umlindi, Ute, or qui-Ya. Features include: Internal organization includes mesh zippered pocket and full PALS cut velcro internal panel accessible through full size panel opened by #10 zipper, External organization includes 2 PALS cut side slot pockets, PALS grid on bottom, rear diagonal PALS cut panel with delta strap wings for compressing onto a belt. Structural support comes from the removable HDPE framesheet provides. Attachment points and carry options consist of a simple lumbar flap attachment (works on a variety of belts), top grab handle, shoulder strap attachment tabs, H-harness attachment tabs, and top and bottom compression straps that also attach the butt pack as a top pocket on other packs.