REVIEW: TERRA B Plate Carrier

We love Plate Carriers, especially Slick Plate Carriers. "Slick" means smooth, and smooth is cool. Now there's a super slick body armor carrier from TERRA B in Berlin, and we took a detailed look at it. By the way, you can get our stylish SPARTANAT Patch - shown at the top of the image - among other things in our SPARTANAT shop.

This is how it looks protective against the chest. Some Velcro area and Cordura laminate. Very K.I.S.S. and we love it. TERRA B is all about minimalism, and so are we. Even the name choice is refined: Plate Carrier. What more can you say about it. At the same time, TERRA B is right on trend: small, fine plate carriers are also available from Ferro Concepts, Perroz Design, and Spiritus Systems. TERRA B is the German alternative - and it's great.

Let's look at the design: the entire Plate Carrier consists of four parts and weighs just 500 grams when unloaded. One front and back piece …

… and then the elastic cummerbund halves. Everything was neatly cut with a laser or sewn by hand very sturdily. Well, with a sewing machine, but you know what we mean. German craftsmanship, as they say elegantly.

The elastic cummerbund on the Plate Carrier from TERRA B offers two slots each for magazines, small radios, tourniquets, and similar items. PALS slots were also cut into the Cordura, so the wearer can attach additional pouches. Or simply enjoy an extremely slim, snug, and flexible cummerbund.

The back has a larger Velcro area than the front and has no slots. The ends of the cummerbund are equipped with 3 x 4 PALS slots. So there is enough space for expansion.

The cummerbund on the other side in detail. Here with an inserted PMAG, which fits closely to the body and is easily accessible.

The shoulder area is simply solved, just Velcro the two tabs together and you're done. Even a fine adjustment afterwards is easy with just a few hand movements.

At the bottom of the plate pockets, there are also PALS slots. Two birds with one stone; they serve as drainage for water and also allow you to attach more stuff, like a tourniquet.

Here is the inside view of the plate pockets. Other than two Velcro strips for padding, there's nothing to see. Well, the keen observer will recognize the SAPI plates. The carrier is designed for SAPI Size M plates. Other plate shapes are possible upon request.

The plates, such as the OPS-PE01 by Andres Industries, are inserted from the top, which is relatively unusual. But it holds securely. Thanks to the design of the entire Plate Carrier, the plates are also held in place by the shoulder straps.

To get more magazines on the TERRA B Plate Carrier, the wearer has several options. One of them is to use the soon-to-be-available Placards from TERRA B. In the image, the MOLLE Placard (bottom) and the Discreet Placard (above), which accommodates three magazines. From USGI M4 to AUG PMAG to AK47 magazines, almost everything fits here. A standard G36 magazine and similar bulky items do not fit.

To attach the Placards to the Plate Carrier, you just need to hook and loop.

Then hook both G-hooks …

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