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todays picture of the day is from Sarge1998 :thup: thanks!
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todays picture of the day is from Sarge1998 :thup: thanks!
I see a mix of M1903s in there...
Nice...lots and lots...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
Love that archaic equipment top pic post 4. Nice old outdated bayonet and scabbard too...
Those M1923 Haversacks are miserable!Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
To be aggravatingly technical when these photographs were taken these troops, with the exception of helmet M1917A1 and rifle M1, were using equipment manufactured before or during the Great War. Which means the haversacks are model of 1910 as no haversacks M-1923 had been manufactured. The haversack M1910/M-1923 had its merits when designed and only became less serviceable over time and the development of better systems, which is ongoing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Hollinger
The principal problem with haversack M1910 was that it had to be laid out to be assembled or rolled. It actually wasn't that difficult to get stuff out of the haversack, but the Army being what it was insisted on frequent inspections of all uniforms and equipment so the routine of unpacking, or unrolling as it were, made the experience of packing routine.