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Post by retrogrouch on Nov 3, 2012 12:11:12 GMT -5
Hi everybody from the drippy PacNorWst. I'm working on my 1st special service force Anzio impression, and was wondering what people are using for dump bags for their mags. I have it narrowed down to either an m1 ammo bag, ( smaller) or an m36 musette bag.
Thanks for looking,
RG
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 3, 2012 14:09:34 GMT -5
I think the standard GP ammo bag is the way to go. In reality it often served in that role for WW2 Gis. The mussette bag though often used as a slung bag was more often worn as a day pack by clipping it to the suspenders and floppong it over your head. Where are you located in the drizzly Pacific Northwest?
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Post by shiftsup on Nov 3, 2012 19:21:47 GMT -5
Get a meat can pouch. The ones that come with the 1928 Haversack.They can be purchased separately. Attach meat can pouch to a web pistol belt with those web ties that vendors call "airborne leg straps". Or cut of the 1928 Haversack straps and use those. The M36 bag is pretty big to use as a dump pouch and the M1 ammo bag because it is slung over a shoulder moves around a lot. When you find yourself prone or crawling in a game quite often it'll be in the somewhere uncomfortable or awkward to get to. Lots of guys I play with own them but rarely if ever use them. I have a pretty good FSSF impression and I don't bother with either of the M1 ammo bag or the XXrd 5 cell pouch. I keep the TSMG mags in my pants. Left trouser leg pocket is for loaded, right leg trouser pocket is for spent mags. There's a few pictures out there of field expedited meat can pouches done by wwii us Rangers among others iirc. This Ranger is wearing his meat can pouch below his 5 cell XXrd TSMG pouch which appears to be holding 30 rd mags. Not sure whats in the mear can pouch, maybe an "L" drum mag. I posted this on another forum last year. I have seen this in numerous photographs so here is a field substitute pouch for holding Thompson drum magazines 30rd Thompson magazines or Grease Gun magazines. I used 2 paratrooper leg straps to tie the meat can pouch to the pistol belt.
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Post by roadwarrior on Nov 10, 2012 15:50:49 GMT -5
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 11, 2012 14:27:02 GMT -5
The meat can idea is a very good one and another idea is a gas mask pouch
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Post by savoy6 on Dec 19, 2012 11:28:15 GMT -5
the FSSF also used the GP bag to both carry and as a dump pouch for the mags for the johnson LMG....hard to find items that were reloaded constantly..
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Post by warfighterhollywood on Sept 13, 2013 3:32:24 GMT -5
Any suggestions for a BAR?
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 14, 2013 16:51:47 GMT -5
Trouser pockets, an M1 General Purpose ammo pouch, gas mask bag or the meat can pouch as shown above. The BAR belt is designed for each pouch to hold TWO BAR magazines but few of us have enough BAR mags to completely fill it. if you put one mg per pouch it's quite easy pulling th mags out and slipping it in so just get in the habit of putting your empties to one side and pulling your fresh mags fom the other. they also have three pouch BAR bandoleers that might work well.
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