5.11 Tactical VTAC Brokos Belt

The Brokos belt was mentioned in a March, 2013 SWAT magazine article on War Belts as the foundation for holsters, mag pouches, IFAK and dump pouches. Since I'm planning on taking a pistol course followed by a basic carbine course, I thought I'd begin the process of building my kit.
Gone are the days when Uncle Sugar told me what I had to wear and where to wear it. The width of the Brokos belt gives great lower back support, something a regular pistol belt could never do. Being able to thread the Wilderness Instructor belt through the webbing allowed me to have the inner belt exposed for placement of my holster and spare magazine pouches. MOLLE webbing along the rest of the belt give plenty of options for the rest of my "battle rattle." I initially thought that the void of MOLLE webbing at the centerline rear of the belt was a mistake. However, this keeps one from being stupid by doing stupid. Without a place to put anything in the centerline rear, you keep yourself from placing something where you can't reach it with either hand and you save yourself from potential harm by having a pouch with hard objects in it so close to your spine. Besides, if you later have a hydration system along your center back, it won't drop into that dump pouch you were going to put there.
Looking forward to trying my Brokos belt out.

Completely satisfied with this product

This is a great War/Battle belt. I've seem some from other manufacturers costing much more. 5.11 got this right. I use it as a duty rig and partnered with a belt with a quick release cobra belt buckle, it's just what the doctor ordered. The best feature is the slots between the molle panels which allow you to route a belt through and then run your thigh holster directly off of the brokos belt. I didn't really see this feature advertised, but it should be. I spent a lot of time looking a VTAC pictures trying to figure out if I could attach my thigh holster directly to the brokos belt. So the answer for that is yes. It's a pretty light belt considering its size, but also thin which is plus. I use it quite a bit as a federal agent, but I also wish this had been around when I was a ground pounder in Baghdad. I'm using it as a duty rig, but this would also be great to run in a pistol or carbine class. This a great belt, now I just need an excuse to get one in tan. I imagine if they made one in multicam, it'd be the bees knees.