Abstract: The attachment system includes an inner carrier, in which the object being carried is held in place, and an outer jacket sized to fit around the inner carrier and slidingly move with respect to said inner carrier. A first set of hooks oriented in a first direction are mounted on the inner carrier and a second set of hooks are mounted on the outer jacket and oriented in a direction opposite to the first set of hooks. Each set of hooks are sized to fit into corresponding web panels or straps (webbing) on the web panel carrier. The inner carrier and jacket are then manually separated vertically by a user and held in place by means of at least one detent formed by the inner carrier and jacket, such that the first and second sets of hooks vertically separate. The detent comprises one or more latching tabs on the surface of one of the carrier and jacket and a plurality of apertures, ridges, or the like formed on one surface of the other of said carrier and jacket and opposite to said latching tabs.