>>64224785
>Older vests from before plate carriers became ubiquitous, like the FLC
Those are NOT body armors, silly zoomie.
They are literally just load carrying vests, meant to hold your ammo and equipment.
Majority of the tactical armor vests got molle loops on their shell, meaning you do not need a separate LCE.
>>64224793
>Are they THAT strapped for cash?
There's not a single country on earth with an economy and resource pool to withstand a 24/7 war for multiple years, straight.
We saw this already during WW2, when everyone from States to UK started simplifying their weapons in order to save costs + speed up manufacturing.
Ruskeks have been issuing literal Stalin-era trash and now even Chink airsoft toys to their conscripts, as all the good stuff was blown up ages ago.
Remember: that gear is wearing down and getting blown to bits as well.
You need constant maintenance and a steady supply of replacements, which all stacks on top of the initial price tag.
There's also many PHYSICAL, human limitations in play.
The grunts wearing that shit need to run around, dismount vehicles, carry stuff, etc.
>>64224865
Technically correct,
but when you need to arm and equip hundreds of THOUSANDS of troops, and lose up to thousands every day, all sort of physical limits start showing up.
Yes, in the perfect world, every single troop would wear a proper 360-protective suit, but that's just not viable. And considering that some conscript militaries had grunts running around with nothing but a helmet just a few short years ago (yes, during the 2000s), the addition of a mere P.C. is already a big aid.
Final note:
you can thank the Americunt "operators" fooling around in the Mid-East desert region for the past 30 years for the popularization of these "hi-speed, low-drag" equipment, like high-cut helmets and Plate Carriers.
Hot environment + only facing goat-fuckers with old AKs, with constant air and COMs dominance really twisted people's understanding of the real deal wars.
