Re: Class A Question

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

Yep. And every time I passed the base plate to the man in front of me
someone would pass me the .30 caliber machine gun - or its tripod - to carry
for a while.

Bob Dove

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Scott" <bjscott@adelphia.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Class A Question


>
>
> Bob, I can't remember how much the base plate weighed but it seems like it
> weighed somewhere in the neighborhood of  150 lbs crawling uphill in dry
> weather & 250 lbs in the snow/ice uphill,and maybe 50 lbs stumbling
downhill
> in the mud or snow.  LOL  Also the retangular
> shape made it even harder to carry.
> Bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "swan" <swan@haysco.net>
> To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Class A Question
>
>
> > 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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>