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Oh, it's simply something for men who are super worried about other men thinking they're manly enough. They think having a child makes them weak, and so they have to macho it up to super prove to other men that just because they're... tough? Super manly tough. Like really macho awesome bicep manly.
I mean what makes a baby carrier "tactical"? Being black, tan, or camouflage fabric? A lot of loops?
Tan military style coloring, padding simulating "armor", tactical bulky pockets mimicking pockets on military gear, it was pretty obvious if you saw it.
I looked up
tactical baby carrierand they really do not look all that different than when I look up
baby carrierGranted, I'm not into fashion or anything. I would have no problem using either of these.
Your first one is this one: https://tacticalbabygear.com/products/tactical-baby-carrier, which looks maybe like it, but in the "Coyote Brown", but I swear the one I saw had big tacticool pockets on it