Howitzer BattleComp 2.0 Belt Review: Ratchet, Direct
Howitzer BattleComp 2.0 Belt Review: Ratchet, Direct. Gateway Defense's Brennan Brennick reviews the Howitzer BattleComp 2.0 belt—designed for USPSA competition, law enforcement teaching, and everyday carry. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/gateway_defense#person", "name": "Gateway Defense", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/gateway_defense", "description": "Gateway Defense is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/2701e160-87f4-4bf3-877a-148e403b939a.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/howitzer-battlecomp-2-0-belt-review#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/howitzer-battlecomp-2-0-belt-review" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/howitzer-battlecomp-2-0-belt-review", "headline": "Howitzer BattleComp 2.0 Belt Review: Ratchet, Direct", "name": "Howitzer BattleComp 2.0 Belt Review: Ratchet, Direct", "description": "Gateway Defense's Brennan Brennick reviews the Howitzer BattleComp 2.0 belt—designed for USPSA competition, law enforcement teaching, and everyday carry.", "articleSection": "Gear & Apparel", "articleBody": "The Howitzer BattleComp 2.0 is a ratchet-closure range belt built around a drilled direct-mount hole pattern instead of clip-on hardware, designed to work equally well for USPSA competition, law enforcement instruction, and general range use. Brennan Brennick, owner of Gateway Defense, breaks the belt down feature by feature in a 14-minute review on Greyhive. Brennick travels the country teaching shooters to be faster and more accurate, shoots USPSA major matches, and has been picking up PCSL 2-gun this year. That mix created a specific problem: he was packing two or three different belts depending on whether he needed to blend in with a duty-gear law enforcement class or run a stripped competition rig. The BattleComp 2.0 is his answer to carrying one belt instead of three. The belt was designed by Howitzer's Eric in collaboration with Billy Barton of Spec Train — another full-time traveling instructor and competitor. That shows up in the feature set, which is less about adding capability and more about removing bulk, weight, and pressure points from a belt that gets worn eight to ten hours a day for days in a row. Key Takeaways Drilled direct-mount holes let you bolt pouches straight to the belt instead of running Tek-Lok clamps, pulling the belt closer to your hips. The ski-boot-style ratchet closure replaces overlapping Velcro or a duty Cobra buckle and lets you re-tension mid-day w…