RE: Class A Question

["walter e wallis" <unclgene@pacbell.net>]

I will never forgive the Flattery Battery Company, the Japanese manufacturer
of batteries for the SCR-300. Their batteries weighed about 25 pounds and
were not worth their weight in sand. One critical day along the Naktong, I
tested a battery and two spares, then carried them way up a hill to relay
for a patrol. Got to the top and none of the batteries was any good. I just
sat there and watched the patrol get half way across the river, then get
shot to hell. Commo would not have done them any good, but my time and
effort sure was wasted.

Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
[mailto:owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu]On Behalf Of swan
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:08 PM
To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
Subject: Re: Class A Question


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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>