Hi everyone! I’m working on a model that will have a fair amount of tactical/SWAT/military gear like belts and holsters and such, and I was wondering if anyone has run across any good reference sites or books that might help me out so I can do an accurate job. I’ve Googled a ton of stuff, but not getting great results. Any help would be awesome!

Take a look on 3d.sk.  You can browse thumbnails of all their photos before you join up, so you can see if hey have what you want.

google :  GRAW

you will find a couple hi res photos of people dressed in the gear

Blackhawk Tactical Gear......the stuff the pro’s wear (is there such a thing as amature soldiers?). Hit em up as they have really comprehensive catalogues for holsters, tactical vests, leg/back/arm pouches....etc.

blackhawk is good for vests and such. As for weapons, look at H&K MP5, M4A1…

Also what might really help give life to your WIP is having the correct position, shooting position, breaching, signaling… etc.

Here’s a good example:
http://wiki.urbandead.com/images/b/b7/SWAT-Action.jpg

thanks everyone for taking the time to help me out. i really appreciate it and they were all pretty helpful---lotsa good stuff! now i gotta get modeling.