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Originally Posted by bdonham
What are people using for a litter carrier while deployed? I agreed to help with a study looking at some of the new casualty evacuation systems and I think it is important to compare it to what is being used currently downrange. Thank you.
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Not an 18D, but used a lot of litters in the last 4 years.
In my recon troop we had Talon II litters. We put them in large ALICE packs with the rest of our CLS equipment. It fit nicely, but (and it's a big but) the Talon II is a pain in the 4th point of contact to setup, especially when under duress. Setting up a Talon II correctly and quickly takes a lot of practice and rehearsals. My guys practiced setting them up a lot.
We then switched to skedcos to get casualties out of the kill zone. We'd attach a standard litter to the rear HMMWV bumper with a quick release for the vehicles that didn't have Talon IIs. IMHO the standard litters were quicker to setup and easier to use, though there was quite a bit of dirt and grime that they inevitably picked up by riding around on the bumper.