The bulk update request #2376 is pending approval.

create alias chest_rig -> load_bearing_vest

Reason: According to Google Trends, the term "chest rig" (post count 3) became massively more popular than the term "load bearing vest" (post count 904) since 2006. When I first tagged something with chest_rig I wondered why there wasn't a tag for it.

See also: load bearing equipment (post count 293). Many of these images fall under load bearing vest but this tag can be used for those without suspenders / shoulder straps or if cannot tell. Side note: MOLLE stands for Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment, and under section "Tactical Assault Panel" in the aforementioned Wikipedia link reads "It is a bib-like chest rig[...]".

Should load bearing vest implicate load bearing equipment?

If chest rig is the more popular term then I would support aliasing load bearing vest to it. Chest rig is the term I've heard most used too.

It looks to me that load bearing equipment only exists to cover things like harnesses that technically aren't vests. Chest rig is a generic enough term that it should be able to cover this usage too.