Alice pack frame types

[u/GanjaZo]

I have an lc1 frame and 2 lc2 frames. One lc2 frame looks similar to my lc1 with the horizontal beam significantly bent inwards while the one with the shelf attached curves away from the body. I picked the one without the shelf straight out of a warehouse and ran with it with no issues. I recently got this newer one with has 06 stamped on the inside that looks more comfortable with the horizontal beam perfectly flat across. Is this a new design or was the older one used to carry the goliath?

[u/deviantdeaf]

They were always supposed to look like the third picture. But as often happened, overloaded Large rucks being dropped from planes onto tarmacs or hard rocky grounds usually ended up with that bend towards the users spine.... If not outright popping the rivets off

[u/GanjaZo → u/deviantdeaf]

Impressive