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The yoke could be worn over the neck and the pouches across the chest or worn over the shoulder with the pouches across one side. Each pouch could carry either (3) Bren gun magazines, (2) Boys Anti-Tank Rifle magazines, (3) 2-inch O.S.B. mortar shells, a Mark VII water bottle, several grenades, or boxes of small arms ammunition.
The RPK light machine gun chambered in 7.62×39mm cartridge, is essentially a Russian equivalent to a squad automatic weapon. It was adopted by the former Soviet Union, and was issued mainly to motorized units. It was later adopted by several military agencies around the world.
A Polish soldier in June 1997, with MILES gear, AKMS and three magazines taped together. Firearm magazines are used " jungle style " if they are fixed together side by side, often with tape. The spare magazine may be pointing downwards in relation to the one fitted to the weapon. This configuration is used to speed up the process of reloading ...
British Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier manipulating a magazine contained in the left-hand ammunition pouch of a Multi-Terrain Pattern PLCE set. Personal load carrying equipment (PLCE) is one of several tactical webbing systems of the British Armed Forces. [ 1 ] Dependent upon the year of design, and the decade of introduction, the webbing ...
1908 pattern webbing. A British soldier in France during the Battle of the Somme, 1916. Visible parts of his 1908 webbing in Battle Order are the haversack, which is being worn on the back in place of the valise, the entrenching tool carrier, the water bottle, and the ammunition pouches towards the front of his waist.
Each device was to be issued with a belt including a stamped, sheet-steel scabbard for safely carrying the device when not in use, a canvas pouch to hold the M1903 rifle bolt when not in use, and canvas pouches holding five magazines. The device with two pouches of loaded magazines added 14 pounds to the infantryman's standard load. [1]
a pair of braces with movable buckles and a keeper. two greatcoat straps. one mess tin strap. one valise. Complementary equipment: one reserve magazine pouch [9][10] Grenadier Guards wearing whitened Slade–Wallace belt and pouches in 1911. The leather was coloured according to regiment. It was left buff and then coloured black for rifle ...
Case, small arms ammunition – The small arms ammunition case is designed to accommodate three 30-round magazine, cartridge (NSN 1005-00-921-5004) used with the rifle, 5.56 mm, M16A1. It is constructed of nylon duck and webbing with polyester sheet stiffeners in the front, rear and lid of the small arms ammunition case.