Words: Jones “Koch” Lee

The pic below is perhaps the most famous image from Exercise Winchester Accord – a counter terrorism exercise conducted in the UK, during May 2016. Arguably, it’s also one of the best representations of a modern tier 1 UKSF loadout.

Three years have gone by, but this iconic pic still has enormous reference value.

This is my personal breakdown of the trooper’s kit list, which I’ve used as a basis for my own impression.

Apparel

Crye Precision Army Custom (Gen 2) Combat Shirt
Crye Precision Army Custom (Gen 2) Combat Pants

Lid

Ops-Core Fast Martime Super High Cut Helmet
Ops-Core Counterweight
Orion Design Group Hybrid Helmet Cover
Hel-Star 6 Gen III
S&S Precision V-Lite Multi-Mode
Wilcox L4 G24 Mount
AN/PVS-15 NVG
3M Peltor Comtac XPI
Mesh Face Guard (presumably used originally for sim training protection, but also persec)
Revision Sawfly (estimate)

PC

Crye Precision JPC 1.0
Blue Force Gear Ten-Speed Double (flashbang)
Blue Force Gear Large Utility Pouch (hydro and misc.)
Blackhawk Strike Mounted Shotgun Shell Pouch
Crye Precision JPC Long Side Amor Pouch Set
Eagle Industry GPS Pouch (Garmin 401 – estimate)
Blue Force Gear Boo Boo Pouch

Belt

Crye Precision High Back Blast Belt
Blue Force Gear Trauma Kit Now!
Safariland 6354Do ALS Tactical Holster (Glock 19)
ChemLight 15cm Lightsticks

Why BFG Large Utility Pouch?

This was the item which defied analysis for a long time: which utility pouch?

For some, the identification of BFG’s Large Utility Pouch may seem controversial; but I bought a few different ones to find out and I am as sure as can be about my analysis. As with all reference pic analyses however, there’s an element of estimation but until further images appear – from different angles – I’m confident in my hypothesis.

With my own BFG Large Utility Pouch as a comparison, note that my annotation with red lines matches that of the reference pic.

The scale of the utility pouch is also consistent with the reference pic, mounted on my JPC.