Re: Class A Question

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

Bill, I don't know how much the base plate of a mortar weighs, but it seemed
like a ton when I carried one, as it was shuttled up down the line during a
retreat.

Bob Dove

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Scott" <bjscott@adelphia.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Class A Question


> 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
> > >
> >
>