AK47 magazine carry options

This is the AK47 I use the most. There is a full write up on it here. What AK do you guys use? I figure three or four mags are about all I might need in an emergency. So most of these options are designed for just a couple of magazines to feed this AK and a bit of first aid and basic tools, or room for this type of gear

The first is the most simple and my current favorite. It's a Russian mine pouch, for their version of our claymore mine, I'm told. It's a great pouch, with two big pockets. Very simple, very strong. Two snaps, a strap, thats about it

Each side has a few smaller pockets sewn inside which I use these for a tourniquet, gauze, gloves, light and a swiss army knife. There's room for a larger first aid kit, or a place to put empty mags or whatever. These bags are just a few pieces of cloth, so they fold up to about the size of a paperback book. I keep one of these in my range bag, and in the truck, and in the trunk of the car, in the boat... they cost just a few bucks so I buy them a few at a time.

This is an un-modified military pouch for AK47 magazines. It was a few bucks at a gun show. It's super strong, and another simple one, just five slots for five magazines. There are small pouches for oil or cleaning kits, but a few first aid supplies can be put in them. This bag is a one trick pony however, the dividers in this pouch make it pretty much useless except to hold the curved AK47 magazine. Great as a second pouch to simply carry more ammo and mags however.

My least favorite and least useful. This Chinese chest pouch is very much like the Russians, however the Russian type is MUCH better because it also holds the bayonet!! These hold three Ak47 magazines and then have 4 smaller pouches for ammo, magazine loaders, oil, cleaning kits and pretty much whatever will fit in them.

One big disadvantage with these is the difficulty in getting the the magazines very quickly. I've modified my other cheat pouches to allow faster acquisition of the magazines with one hand while under stress. These are also designed for small people, and fit very poorly on big fat people

This is an example of a military chest pouch that has been modified to allow faster removal of the magazines. Basically the top of the pouches are cut away to allow a few fingers to grab the AK47 magazine

This pouch has been further modified to become a shoulder bag. See the full review of this bag here: Improvised 'Bug Out Bag' (BoB)

This modification allows the chest pouch to hold the magazines and offers more room for storage and other gear

This is an Eagle brand chest pouch in multicam camo. This one can hold up to eight (8) AK47 magazines and four pistol mags, a pistol, first aid kit and still has room for more storage. It's very heavy duty and has the most room for gear and ammo (magazines) however it's also the largest and heaviest