KUSA WER-Suit - Quartermaster

Guns Magazine, August, 2003 by David M. Fortier

Recently I came across an interesting evolution of the ghillie suit. Called the WER-Suit (Wer is Old English for man just as Ghillie is Gaelic for man), it's a substantial change from the traditional ghillie in both concept and fabrication. Instead of being a garment that you wear, the WER-Suit is a modular unit worn as a backpack. or attached piggyback to an operator's pack.

The unit itself consists of a rectangular base piece worn on the back via padded shoulder straps. This features a pouch for a Camelback hydration unit and nylon ALICE style webbing attaching points for pouches and extra gear. The heart of the system though is a modified ghillie contained in a roll on the back of the unit. This consists of nylon mesh netting to which burlap strips and/or local vegetation may be easily attached. Included is an integral belt, skid-plate chest covering, face/rifle scope veil and elbow/knee pads.

To deploy, one simply unbuckles two straps which allows the unit to unroll. You then pull the skid-plate chest covering over your head, fasten the waist belt and attach the skid plate to it, and then fasten the netting to your legs. It takes less than one minute to deploy and provides full coverage in the prone position.

After using it I can say it's a simple, squared away unit that allows an operator to have a rolled up ghillie, hydration unit, Eagle Industries Recon buttpack and other gear all in one convenient self-contained package. It's well thought out, lightweight, and provides effective concealment. Price? A base unit, without camouflage, retails for $297. A camouflage kit to complete it retails for $282. A ready to go WER-Suit retails for approximately $1000.

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