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QRQ 30 · 06-21-2005, 08:09

Let'sS ee what I can remember. In the first place I have no idea what M56 is.

My web gear and LBE consisted of a WWII style BAR belt. It had six pockets and could hold 6 20 rnd magfazines in each pouch -- five vertical and one across the top. That gave me 37 loaded magazines. In addition I carried an extra bandoleer of ammo in the rucksack. CRS but I think that was five mags. That adds to 42 mags of ammo. You can do the math. The suspenders had a first aid pouch, strobe light, and one or two smoke grenades taped on in addition to a snap link for hooking onto a rope ladder or the McGuire rig -- we didn't have STABO rigs yet. If you ever tried to climb a rope ladder dangling from a chopper in flight you will understand the snap link. We climbed onto the ladder then snapped in for the ride to a safe area where we could transfer into the acft.

The ruck was what we referred to as an indig rucksack. It was made of plasticized material. In the ruck went extra water, extra ammo, one or two claymores, etc. No necessities were in the ruck, it was the first to go in the event we had to run.

The cargo pockets on the fatigues were well stocked. In my pockets I also carried all "can't do without" essentials such as KAC codes, mirror, pen flare, compass and survival radio. Essentials were carried on our person. I carried one ration for a five day mission and seldom ate it except for some of the extras like jerkey. The indig ration had a bag of rice which you filled to a line with water and tied off and later the rice was ready to eat. IIRC I carried two 2 qt canteens in the ruck as well as one on my person.. I tried to last on that since water holes were always a danger point. My water was flavored with "Goofy Grape". I say I carried one ration for 5 days. The medics took care of the rest.

In the ruck also went additional mission equipment such asmines and sensors.

I asm sure I forgot things like the frag grenades but this is a start.

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06-21-2005, 08:09	#2
QRQ 30 Quiet Professional Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Williamston, SC Posts: 2,018	Let'sS ee what I can remember. In the first place I have no idea what M56 is. My web gear and LBE consisted of a WWII style BAR belt. It had six pockets and could hold 6 20 rnd magfazines in each pouch -- five vertical and one across the top. That gave me 37 loaded magazines. In addition I carried an extra bandoleer of ammo in the rucksack. CRS but I think that was five mags. That adds to 42 mags of ammo. You can do the math. The suspenders had a first aid pouch, strobe light, and one or two smoke grenades taped on in addition to a snap link for hooking onto a rope ladder or the McGuire rig -- we didn't have STABO rigs yet. If you ever tried to climb a rope ladder dangling from a chopper in flight you will understand the snap link. We climbed onto the ladder then snapped in for the ride to a safe area where we could transfer into the acft. The ruck was what we referred to as an indig rucksack. It was made of plasticized material. In the ruck went extra water, extra ammo, one or two claymores, etc. No necessities were in the ruck, it was the first to go in the event we had to run. The cargo pockets on the fatigues were well stocked. In my pockets I also carried all "can't do without" essentials such as KAC codes, mirror, pen flare, compass and survival radio. Essentials were carried on our person. I carried one ration for a five day mission and seldom ate it except for some of the extras like jerkey. The indig ration had a bag of rice which you filled to a line with water and tied off and later the rice was ready to eat. IIRC I carried two 2 qt canteens in the ruck as well as one on my person.. I tried to last on that since water holes were always a danger point. My water was flavored with "Goofy Grape". I say I carried one ration for 5 days. The medics took care of the rest. In the ruck also went additional mission equipment such asmines and sensors. I asm sure I forgot things like the frag grenades but this is a start. http://tadahling.tripod.com/sitebuil...res/box409.jpg __________________ Whale Pain and suffering are inevitable, misery is optional. http://tadahling.com/memoriesofaspecialforcessoldier/ Last edited by QRQ 30; 06-21-2005 at 08:16.
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