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The M-1956 LCE continued application of the belt-supported-by-suspenders concept, adopted by the U.S. Army at least as early as the pattern 1903 equipment. [2] The M-1956 "Belt, Individual Equipment" or pistol belt differed little in form and function from the M-1936 pistol belt and would accommodate any of the pouches and equipment that would mount on the M-1936 belt.
Ammunition was stored in two sets of pouches attached to the belt at the front, and the straps from these passed over the shoulders, crossing diagonally at the back. The large pack, or "valise", or the haversack could be attached to these diagonal straps, thus spreading their weight. The D-shaped buckles and the strap ends were made of brass.
Utility pouches. Each could hold a water bottle, mess tin or up to four 20-round magazines / 200 belted machine gun rounds and was fastened with a quick-release buckle of the same pattern as American ammunition pouches. The left-hand pouch had a bayonet frog. Backpack. The backpack, or haversack, had eyelets and a paracord drawstring with cord ...
Royal Air Force officer with 1958 pattern holster. A standard set of 1958 Pattern webbing as issued to most British personnel consisted of a belt, a yoke that supported the attachment of a shovel or pick, two ammunition pouches to carry magazines for the L1A1 self-loading rifle, Sterling submachine gun, or L4A1-A9 machine gun, linked 7.62mm ammunition for the L7A1/A2 general-purpose machine ...
The first utility pouches in production had additional belt attachments for high mounting, similar to the ammunition pouches of the 1937 pattern web equipment or 44 pattern. Later produced PLCE webbing of the 90 pattern incorporates ambidextrous yoke fittings and the standard PLCE webbing belt attachments (see below).
Case, small arms ammunition, LC-1 (NSN 8465-00-001-6482), quantity two. Cover, water canteen, LC-1 (NSN 8465-00-860-0256) Suspenders, individual equipment belt, LC-1 (NSN 8465-00-001-6471) Belt, individual equipment – The belt is constructed of Army shade 7 olive drab nylon webbing with blacked metal hardware and either green or black plastic ...
A 200-round M249 ammunition belt pouch attached to an Ares Shrike 5.56 via a magazine well adapter block. Flexible belts tend to hang downwards with gravity and randomly whip around with recoil during continuous firing, which can sometimes kink/twist and cause feeding malfunctions. Free-hanging belts can also get dirty/messy with exposure to ...
A bandolier or a bandoleer is a pocketed belt for holding either individual cartridges, belts of ammunition or grenades. It is usually slung sash-style over the shoulder and chest, with the ammunition pockets across the midriff and chest. [1] Though functionally similar, they are distinct from chest rigs, which are designed to hold magazines ...