Re: Class A Question

["Bill Scott" <bjscott@adelphia.net>]

Bob, add a couple of grenades,  your personal stuff in your Combat Pack,a
box of C rations,  maybe a bandolier or two of ammo, and in my case a pair
of Binoculars & compass (I had a .60mm mortar squad),usually a poncho, and
this in addition to what you had previously named.
Man, if I had to carry all that stuff now for a city block they'd have to
call a Medic & have me carried off!  LOL
Heck, I'm having problems just carrying my Inner Tube around without
wheezing & having to rest.  How did we do it?
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "swan" <swan@haysco.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: Class A Question


> 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
> >
> > Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523-0916
> > Life member: Special Forces and Special Operations Associations
> > Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
> > Web site: http://www.korean-war.com
> >
>