Personal load bearing harness system for defense training or operational environments

A personal mobile load bearing platform comprised of a plurality of interlocked panels compatible with modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE) system for carrying equipment, the system comprising:

• a load-bearing panel, said bearing panel having an outer perimeter with an edge defining a length and a width, said load-bearing panel including a plurality of apertures of different sizes configured to receive and attach MOLLE accessories and/or other load bearing attachments, the apertures including:
• a plurality of first vertical band receiving apertures having a length and a width forming a vertical structural column on each side of said bearing panel;
• a plurality of second vertical band receiving apertures forming at least one intermediate structural column between said vertical structural columns, each of said second vertical band receiving apertures having a length and a width greater than the length and width of one of the first vertical band receiving apertures, the length of each of said second vertical band apertures being at least twice the length of one of the first vertical band receiving apertures, the lengths of said first and said second vertical band receiving apertures being generally parallel to the length of said bearing panel, at least one of said first apertures being positioned between a top of said edge and one of said second apertures, another of said first apertures being positioned between a bottom of said edge and one of said second apertures so that one or more of said second apertures are positioned in a central region of said bearing panel and are configured to accommodate greater vertical and lateral movement of a vertical band inserted through said first and said second apertures compared to vertical and lateral movement of the vertical band inserted through only said first apertures;
• an adaptor panel having a plurality of said first apertures, said adaptor panel having a length approximating the width of said vertical structural column of said bearing panel so that said first apertures of said adaptor panel align with said first apertures of said vertical structural column of said bearing panel to allow a vertical band to fasten said adaptor panel to said bearing panel;
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• a plurality of fasteners, a first of said fasteners being configured for sliding engagement along a length of an edge of one of said panels, at least a second of said fasteners being differently configured compared to said first fastener.