I've got a book on the 82nd AB that was printed in the early 50s and there are several pics in it that show pouches on carbines. My father was a glider rider in the 82nd/101/17th. He got moved around quite a bit.
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I've got a book on the 82nd AB that was printed in the early 50s and there are several pics in it that show pouches on carbines. My father was a glider rider in the 82nd/101/17th. He got moved around quite a bit.
Remembered the pictures I had copied from some of my uncle's photographs he made in WWII while with the 1269th ECB. This one is of Sgt. Bob Thibodeaux and according to the information on the original picture was made in France in 1944.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../2d26ob6-1.jpg
Going by the machinegun and the bayonet lug, it's Korea. Certainly not WW2 or Vietnam. And it shows the pouch on the stock so my question is answered - at least from Korea on.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimF4M1s
Myself? I find the mag pouch on the stock to be in the way and heavy but I have easy and quick access to ammunition and, more importantly, no one is trying to keep me from resupplying.
And thanks Johnny for the pic of Sgt. Thibodeaux.