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ALICE pack. Officially (All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment, previously called webbing). Originally an American term for the webbing, “Alice” became common usage in the Australian Army for the metal frame that carries the equipment a Digger humps through the scrub. I don’t think it was ever an officially recognised term for the metal frame.
