# Do modern military backpacks have those quick release buckles on them?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-military-backpacks-have-those-quick-release-buckles-on-them/615127 "2012-03-08T06:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-military-backpacks-have-those-quick-release-buckles-on-them/615127/1 "2012-03-08T06:14:15Z")

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A bit of a random question, perhaps. The example that comes to mind is the Stargate:SG-1 episode _The Warrior_, when O’Neill just unclipped his backpack and let it fall to the ground, and I was wondering if real US military equipment had the same sort of feature.

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-military-backpacks-have-those-quick-release-buckles-on-them/615127/2 "2012-03-08T08:09:59Z")

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I saw a review on youtube that some arc teryx military pack had it. I couldn’t find anywhere that specifically says it does, but the link below says The Eagle Industries FSBE II Patrol Pack  
does.

[http://www.militarymorons.com/equipment/packs.htm](http://www.militarymorons.com/equipment/packs.htm)  
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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-military-backpacks-have-those-quick-release-buckles-on-them/615127/3 "2012-03-08T08:31:51Z")

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Thanks, **Harmonix**. I hadn’t been able to find anything that seemed to confirm it one way or another but the page you linked to did, and helped me find [this page](http://www.military-backpacks.com/ilbe/ilbe-assault-backpack/) talking specifically about one of the ones used by the USMC.

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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-military-backpacks-have-those-quick-release-buckles-on-them/615127/4 "2012-03-08T15:44:37Z")

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All my Army packs have a similar quick-release mechanism. It’s a different sort of buckle but serves the same purpose. (We use [these](http://www.campingsurvivalgearreviews.com/molle-ii-assault-pack/) backpacks, though I’m a new enough soldier that I’ve never seen one in anything but universal camo.)

ETA - I can’t speak with any certainty for other services, but I can’t _imagine_ anyone doesn’t use quick-release straps.

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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-military-backpacks-have-those-quick-release-buckles-on-them/615127/5 "2012-03-08T17:31:10Z")

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Thanks for the additional verification, **NinjaChick**.