Eberlestock backpacks display versatility and flexibility for a variety missions, and go far beyond anything in prior existence in terms of their function, features, and design. At their heart is a philosophy that seeks agility and performance, and a fundamental belief in the importance of quality. For activities where you're carrying a gun and you need both hands free, such as rappelling, Eberlestock packs are unsurpassed. Also, for those who carry more than one weapon, an excellent system is to carry a heavy rifle in the Backscabbard, and leave your hands free for a secondary weapon. If a situation calls for the weapon carried in the pack, you can simply drop the one in your hands onto a sling, and reach up and pull out the heavy gun. It's simple, and it's smart!
With the pack's triple-reinforced, rugged construction, unbelievable quality, and innovative features, we guarantee that you will be enthusiastic about using an Eberlestock.
The Halftrack pack, like its World War II namesake, was inspired by necessity. The needs are fairly straightforward: to carry heavy stuff, and make the carrier easy to use. The Halftrack backpack continues in this tradition. It's well-laid out, tough, has PALS webbing all over the place, is filled with easy access pockets, and, combined with the patent-pending Ripcord Gun Carry System (available separately), it'll carry a heavy weapon aft of your shoulders. You can easily get the gun off of your back while wearing the pack. The pack does, however, depart from the old halftrack in one essential way: it is quiet, and made for comfort as much as anything else, because we know what it's like to live out of a backpack.
The 50 Liter Halftrack (weighing only 4.5 lbs) is the sister to the Phantom sniper pack, and is built from the same pattern. It is a front-loader, with two levels of varying-sized tuck-pockets lining its interior, PALS racks inside and out, and a fold-down shelf that can be used to divide the main compartment into upper and lower chambers. It will carry two 3-liter hydration kits, mounted in side pockets, and features a longer waistbelt with a 5 x 3 PALS matrix on each side. The Halftrack has a unique, hand-sewn support, padding, and ventilation system (back of pack is shown in the second picture above) . The pack has a plastic framesheet, which works in combination with the harness and padding to provide you with plenty of support for carrying loads.
The Halftrack includes a lightweight pull-out rain cover, which stows in a pocket on the bottom of the main compartment. It can be used to cover the pack, and will even go over a weapon that's being carried.
The available gun-carry system, based upon Eberlestock's patent-pending Ripcord Bowtether, offers you a new way to carry a weapon aft of your shoulders, and to still be able to get it off of your back without removing the pack. It's simple, it's smooth, and although many will feel that its creation is a big deal, using it is "no big deal". The Ripcord system is simplistic and universal, and can be added to any PALS-racked pack.
Available in Black, Coyote Brown, Dry Earth and Military (Ranger) Green