There is an opinion that tactical vests should be called combat vests, which are combat equipment. Combat equipment is to enable soldiers to carry ammunition, food, water and other materials needed for one day. If equipped with a big backpack, you can generally carry the materials needed for three days of combat. This is the combat equipment used by German soldiers in World War II. In fact, it is similar to the current tactical vest, or the current tactical vest is a modern version of this combat equipment. Germany, the United States, all of the above are the equipment of riflemen during World War II. Only the magazine bag and riflemen are different from the fittings used by German submachine guns, and everything else is the same. The equipment of the US military during the Vietnam War, but the current battle vest is basically considered to be hand-sewn by the US Navy Seals during the Vietnam War. Navy SEALs sew various pockets and magazines on it with the pilot's life jacket. It should be said that ammunition package occupies a more important position in combat equipment. After all, ammunition is used the most, such as water and food. The bullets are all fired five times, so the size of the ammunition bag is not large. Ammunition bags are usually placed at the waist. The second is China's bullet belt. This kind of cloth bullet belt is usually two for one person, one is slung sideways and the other is wrapped around the waist. The bottom is Czech, and 20 rounds are packed in leather ammunition bags. However, there was a problem with the ammunition packaging of the submachine gun at this time. The magazine of submachine gun is a slender strip, which is very awkward to put at the waist.

These are old photos. The picture above shows Sun Yat-sen around 1922. The guards in front began to use ammunition bags hanging from their chests. The following photo shows the Red Army preparing to be reorganized into the Eighth Route Army. China began to equip submachine guns with chest-hanging ammunition bags very early. This may be because China people are shorter than Europeans, and the situation of slim magazines is more serious. By the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China, this chest-hanging magazine bag was still in use. This is the bullet belt for the Type 53 submachine gun. At this time, like the Soviet Union, it was still wrapped in a magazine around its waist. Is this AK's magazine bag or is it hung around his waist? Before landing in Normandy, the US military developed a tactical vest, also called a ranger vest, which concentrated ammunition and other things on one vest, such as Captain Miller in Saving Private, but this canvas vest was too hot to put on, so it was no longer used.