TACTICAL RAPID ASSAULT SLING TRAS™
for the M-4
The Tactical Rapid Assault Sling (TRAS™) was designed
by Richard (“Rick”) A. Garcia, Sr. in 1996 to supply the Military and the
Police Special Ops Personnel with an alternative to the 3-point only sling
and the standard rifle/carbine/assault carry sling. The
TRAS™ blends all of the best but limited functions of other
slings and at the same time the TRAS™ provides many more shooting
positions then the other slings can provide.
The TRAS™ gives the operator the ability to shot from
high angle platforms, aerial platforms, and marine platforms. The
TRAS™ Sling also offers a large margin of safety to the
operator in the high angle, aerial, and marine platform environment.
Another unique characteristic of the TRAS™ is that it
delivers enhanced CQB usage for either left or right handed shooters. The
TRAS™ is possibly one of the only slings in the CQB
environment that can furnish the operator with vertical cover by using the
primary weapon as a shield and allowing the operator to deploy a secondary
weapon immediately.
The TRAS™ utilizes the martial art concept of the
figure eight movement. Using the figure eight enables the operator to
regain control of the carbine in a Close Quarter Battle (CQB) recovery,
hand to hand fight for the weapon. The TRAS™ sling on the
operator is positioned with 2 slings to the back and 1 sling parallel to
the weapon. The front and rear sling points are attached to the weapon.
This creates a fulcrum effect on the sling allowing the operator to move
the carbine in a figure eight configuration.
Rick has developed this “primary weapon shield” concept for the
Immediate Action Drill of the TRAS™ in conjunction with
the TTT/Mission First™ Tactical
Retention/Recovery Lanyard™ (TRRL™) which is attached to the
operator’s handgun. Rick designed the TRAS™ and the
TRRL™
to work together. These two products evolved into the “Close Quarter
Battle/Attached Weapons Tactics” Training.
TRAS™ CHARACTERISTICS
- Non-metal
construction for quiet operation in the field and for no static
electricity or magnetic signature
- Ambidextrous sling
body
- Capable of
secondary weapon carry, litter carry, or heavy equipment carry
- Universal modular
system designed to attach to multiple weapons, i. e. can be removed from
a rifle and attached to a shotgun, to a submachine gun, or to a
non-lethal weapons system
- Unique CQB pull tab
to extend into a 3-point muzzle down carry
- Operator safety,
break away capability, i. e. weapon can be released from the sling in
less then 2 seconds if the weapon becomes detrimental to the operator’s
safety
- Long-term
continuous wear of the sling on the operator, i.e., can be safely worn
without the weapon for long periods of time; not detrimental to operator
performance
- Proprietary Sling:
Only sling designed to interface with Tactical
Retention Recovery Lanyard (TRRL™) with 12 sling positions
for Close Quarter Battle (CQB™) and Attached Weapon Tactics (AWT) with
one sling setting.
The operator adjusts the sling to his/her body size. Then the operator
adjusts the 3-point slide release buckle on the sling to position the
muzzle of his/her weapon down. Now the operator is able to go into any of
the next 12 TRAS™
Sling Positions without readjusting the sling. The exception
is re-locking of the CQB™ tab for the CQB™ positions again.
Fast weapon deployment from a secure position. Quality materials and
construction. Different models available for Benelli M1, M16/AR15, M16-M4,
CAR15, HK Weapon systems, UZI, Ruger Mini-14 and Mini-30, Rem. 1100 &
870 Shotguns.
TACTICAL RAPID ASSAULT SLING TRAS™
Illustrated Usage
Guides
M-4 Dividing The Sling & CQB
Attachment
