lost equipment after patch

DomoSapien: In my days working in Customer Support I have answered many a frustrated ticket regarding missing binoculars, camo nets, and Toolboxes. They always come in right after a major patch, because major patches usually break modpacks until the modpacks are updated.
There is a popular mod in several modpacks (Aslain's, QuickyBaby's) called auto-equip. This mod will "duplicate" your non-complex equipment in a figurative sense. It creates the illusion that you have seemingly unlimited camo nets and binoculars, because it allows you to mount as many as you want on as many tanks as you want. 

What it's actually doing is this: the mod will "hotswap" your non-complex equipment by automatically dismounting it from one of the vehicles in your garage that isn't currently in battle, and mounting it on the vehicle you're about to play when you hit the "battle" button.

I'd check to see if there is an updated version of the modpack available because repairing the mod should restore your non-complex equipment to its previous state.