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  2. Haversack - Wikipedia

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    The word haversack is an adaptation of the German Hafersack [1] and also the Dutch haverzak [2] meaning "oat sack", (which more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder and originally referred to the bag of oats carried as horse fodder). The term was adopted by both the English and French (as havresac) cavalry in ...

  3. British Army uniform and equipment in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The British Army used a variety of standardized battle uniforms and weapons during World War I. According to the British official historian Brigadier James E. Edmonds writing in 1925, " The British Army of 1914 was the best trained best equipped and best organized British Army ever sent to war". [1] The value of drab clothing was quickly ...

  4. List of equipment of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and ...

  5. 1908 pattern webbing - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Personal Load Carrying Equipment - Wikipedia

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    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 system ...

  7. All-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment - Wikipedia

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    1965–1973. The all-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment (ALICE) is a set of load-carrying equipment adopted as United States Army Standard A on 17 January 1973 [1] to replace the M-1956 individual load-carrying equipment (ILCE) and M-1967 modernized load-carrying equipment (MLCE). Although since superseded by MOLLE, ALICE gear is ...

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