Deployment Load Out Bag

A wheeled deployment bag built to the Marine Corps purchase description, that folds flat to six inches when you're not using it. Made in the USA, NSN 8465-01-603-6613, and built so the parts that wear out can be replaced in the field instead of retiring the bag.

The problem with a hard case is that an empty one still takes the same space in a locker, a truck bed or a conex. The problem with a duffel is that nothing inside it stays where you put it. This is the middle answer: a 360° closed-cell foam structure that holds its shape loaded, then collapses to a six-inch slab empty.

Specification

What the specification requires it to survive

PD-20-01 requires resistance to petroleum, oils and lubricants, corrosion, fungus, insect repellent (DEET) and salt water — and that the bag not interfere with fielded ballistic protection, individual equipment, uniforms or weapons. That last one is why the six-panel geometry is what it is.

Handles and towing

Four grab handle assemblies, one on every side, built from 2" and 1" nylon webbing so the bag can be lifted by two people from any orientation — out of a truck bed, off a pallet, through a hatch.

The pull handle sits low on the pull end and carries a black silicone rubber grip (ASTM D2000-FE, commercial grade, 60 ±5 durometer) sleeved over the webbing, because a loaded 100 lb bag on a webbing strap cuts into your hand within about fifty yards.

The detail that gets missed: a hook-and-loop pull handle holder on the top grab handle captures the rubber pull handle, so the two lock together and tow as a single handle. Engaged, you pull from a natural height instead of stooping.

Construction

• Six-panel construction with a removable, padded shoulder-strap harness assembly
• 1000 denier textured nylon exterior panels; 1050 denier ballistic nylon bottom panel
• 360° dense closed-cell foam padding system that folds to 6" for storage
• #304 stainless steel wheel housings with replaceable polyurethane ABEC 5 bearing wheels
• Two injection molded non-rigid PVC runners along the bottom, through-bolted into an HMWPE bottom plate
• Hypalon reinforcement at the welts, the corners and over the wheel housings
• Welted seams throughout — 1.125" binding tape enclosing polyethylene tubing
• Daisy chain webbing across the width of the front and back panels for external attachment
• U-shaped carrying straps in 2" nylon webbing, box-stitched where they cross the daisy chain
• Side access door with a clear vinyl document pocket, hook-and-loop secured
• #10 slide fastener chain with twin sliders and nylon cord thongs
• General purpose pouch in the main compartment; mesh pockets in the lid
• Coyote 498 hardware, webbing and hook-and-loop throughout

Serviceable — and we stock the wear parts

The specification itself calls for the bag to be field repairable with a minimal need for tools and spare parts. Most sellers ignore the second half of that. We don't:

• Replacement polyurethane ABEC 5 wheels (pair)
• #304 stainless steel wheel housing assemblies, complete (pair)
• Injection molded PVC runners (pair)

Those parts also fit Force Protector Gear Deployer® and other stainless-housing wheeled deployment bags built to the same pattern — so if you already own one of those, you can service it here.

"Force Protector Gear" and "Deployer" are trademarks of their respective owner. Halford Gear is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an authorized dealer for that company. Compatibility is stated to help you identify the correct part.