There are many yokes in this world, the yoke of human kindness, the yoke of tyranny, and egg yokes, today we'll be looking at PLCE yokes...
Well, tortured introduction over, basically the PLCE yoke is a fancy way of getting quick release buckles strapped to your back.
The first thing to look at is the rocket pouch itself.
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The top if it has both male and female clips on, this it to allow you to connect the top to both the bergan or the yoke
The bottom has 2 wider set female clips to connect the arm straps of the yoke and a loop. (The loop is designed to clip around your webbing belt to prevent the rocket pouch sliding up your back when you hit the deck and smashing your face against the iron sights)
There are zips either side of the pouch to allow you to zip it onto the side of your bergan, or patrol pack.
On the flip side of this we have:
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The flip side. On here there are four main loops, these are mainly used to catch on brambles as you go though wood blockes, alternatively they can be used to keep your yoke belt out of the way.
Just above the zip there are 2 loops, these are used for when you zip breaks to bungee the lid of your pouch closed.
Now on to the yoke:
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The yoke itself is pretty simple, there are 2 male clips on the bottom which are never used. (Some distant PAM says they are for clipping onto your utility pouches on your webbing). There is the belt which has been specifically designed to slice the stomach of anyone foolish enough to put it on. At the split of the yoke you have 2 sets of male clips, the ones pointing down are used to clip into your rocket pouch as are the others if you have enough slack in the pouch (you will never have enough slack in the pouch)
At the end or the arm straps there are adjustable clips, these are used to clip between the arm straps and the bottom of the rocket pouch, invariably you will get these upside down the first time you assemble your kit.
Fitting the yoke (Single pouch)
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Dead simple this one:
Male clips on the shoulders of the yoke do through the little loop and into the top female clips on the pouch.
Male clips on the end of your adjustable strap go into the female clips on the bottom of the pouch.
Belt flaps in the breeze until you get annoyed with it and tape it up.
This is the standard arrangement as it allow you to zip it onto your bergan and off you trot,
The second arrangement:
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2 rocket pouches together:
First start by zipping two pouches together.
Now do the same as you did before but with the 2 middle female clips on the pouches onto the yoke.
The adjustable arm straps clip into the outside female clips of the pouch, this make it a tad more stable.
The belt is then fed through the lower loops and round the back, clip the belt together to hold the pouches stable, if they split it just gets awkward as the shift about. This will get a little fiddly as the belt is inside out.
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And that's pretty much it for the pouches. You can used the PLCE system to your advantage with the bergan, a configuration I've often seen is:
Right hand rocket pouch with basha and shovel in for shelter (If the enemy have mortars, keep the shovel on you)
Left hand PLCE point has a camleback clipped in and the roll mat strapped to the side. (Issue camlebacks have the clips and some have the zips)
The left hand rocket pouch then has the yoke attached and your day kit in there, this is then stuffed under the bergan lid ready to be thrown on swiftly.
Hopefully this all makes sense, if you have any questions just fire them over.
