French FAMAS Harness Suspenders

FAMAS Load Harness

These are the Y-strap suspenders the French Army issued with its FAMAS-era field equipment. They take the weight of a loaded field belt off your hips and spread it across your shoulders. The harness carries the weight of magazine pouches, a canteen and other belt-mounted kit. Collectors, reenactors building a French infantry rig, and anyone who runs a heavy belt in the field will find a use for it.

Features

• Y-Strap Layout — Two front straps run over the shoulders and meet a stitched rear yoke, the panel between the shoulder blades, which feeds into two narrower back straps.
• Cotton Webbing Construction — Woven cotton webbing in OD green, the olive drab used across French field gear, with box-and-X stitching where the straps join the yoke.
• Wide Shoulder Sections — The front straps broaden over the shoulders so a loaded belt presses on a larger area rather than a narrow band.
• Polymer Belt Hooks — Each front strap ends in an OD green polymer hook that clips onto the field belt.
• Hook-And-Loop Rear Straps — The back straps wrap around the belt, and one carries a hook-and-loop strip, the same fastening as Velcro, to close and hold it in place.
• Adjustable Sliders — Polymer slide buckles on the front straps let you shorten or lengthen the harness to sit the belt at the right height.
• Chest D-Rings — Polymer D-rings mounted on riveted plates on each front strap give anchor points for small pouches or accessories.
• Maker Stamp — An ink stamp on the rear yoke carries the manufacturer's marking with a Paris address.

French Army Issue

This harness belongs to the French Army's standard FAMAS load-bearing system and was built to work with its field belt and pouches, including magazine pouches, canteen carriers, grenade pouches and gas mask bags. It was made in France to the army's own pattern, with the cotton webbing, polymer hardware and stitched yoke of the original issue design. For a period-correct French rig, original issue gear like this is the piece to start with.