Re: Class A Question

["swan" <swan@haysco.net>]

I'm pretty sure there were two clips to a pocket, and I seem to recall there
were four pockets in front, and four pockets in back. Add to that the weight
of a rifle, a steel helmet, a pack, a shelter half, poncho, sleeping bag,
entrenching tool, a bayonet, and a couple of canteens, and we were carrying
about 75 pounds? Maybe more?

Bob Dove

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Evanhoe" <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Class A Question


> Bob,
>
>  >>At 08:11 AM 2/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >Bill, I never weighed the belt, so I couldn't tell you how much it
weighed
> >when I wore one, and I sure couldn't tell you now. I have even forgotten
> >how many clips were in the belt. But I believe it was two clips per
> >pocket. If I remember the nomenclature correctly, the M1 rifle I carried
> >weighed 9 1/2 pounds.<<
>
> >I can't remember either but seem to remember the belt carried 16
magazines
> >with each loaded magazine weighing 2.69 pounds (I looked that up.)  If
so,
> >the belt weighted roughly 44 pounds, or 22 pounds if it carried only 8
> >magazines.
>
> Ed
>
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