Thank you for your post Maple Leaf Eh, We also know from Peter's book the Armourer's Perspective that in Nov 1944 the web Short Rifle Cover made by Mills was introduced for use by the Snipers and made part of the equipment schedule. Now I don't know about you, but when you pile all the equipment that belongs in the Sniper's chest it becomes very heavy to me! Even though the short rifle case was not able to house the rifle with the scope on it, I bet the Sniper's choice would be to use this web case whenever possible to avoid lugging that heavy chest around in most cases?
Does anyone who has the complete contents of the transit chest know how much it would weigh?