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One of the co-authors of the book "American Web Equipment 1967-1991" has stated on another militaria forum that canteen cover LC-2 was never procured by DLA in any color other than olive green and tan,
Yes, I have read this theme in another forum, and therefore I wanted to know your opinion. In various forums, there are many opinions about the camouflage covers, so it's quite confusing for a "beginner".
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" Over the years, on this forum and others, a debate has raged as to whether or not the nylon water canteen cover has been “officially” contracted to be manufactured in something other than OG-106 nylon duck. Simply put: whether it is ERDL, woodland, 3-color desert, 6-color desert, black, "desert tan”, Flecktarn, ACU, MARPAT, etc., there has been no other color (besides OG-106) contracted for manufacture for use by the United States Government. It is a pretty sure bet that whatever color it is, it was manufactured for the commercial market.
In Gordon Rottman's 1989 book U.S. Army Combat Equipments 1910-88, the author (in his section detailing the Integrated Individual Fighting System (IIFS) development) states "Woodlands-pattern first aid pouch and canteen covers of the same design as the ALICE versions, are attached to the belt..." Some individuals have held this statement as gospel. But what I quoted is all that appears in the book concerning the matter…that is all there is! Rottman offers no further information in the book, nor a source for the information that he wrote (so that the information could be fact-checked). During my research, I (among numerous others) have found numerous errors with this book (and not just this book by Rottman, there are other works of his that have been called into question). Further, when researching the creation and development of the IIFS (for my book), I found absolutely no evidence from Natick Laboratories that a woodland camouflage pattern first aid pouch or water canteen cover were ever trialed with the system. I went as far as asking Greg Lowe (since his company was provided samples of all the trial IIFS material up until 1984 for review), when I interviewed him for the book, if he ever saw the items Rottman spoke of. Lowe’s response was that only the IIFS trial TLBV and the FPLIF had been produced in woodland camouflage pattern".
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FYI there are replica canteen covers sold commercially that may be taken as genuine government contract equipment because of the markings:
Stansport marked EASTERN CANVAS PRODUCTS, INC. \ DSA 100-74-C-1830.
Powell Military Supply marked POWELL MILITARY SUPPLY INC. \ DSA 100 PM-C6481 (phony contract number derived from the company initials and their phone number).
Truspec Mills marked TRUSPEC MILLS CO. \ DLA 100-92-C-1334.
Thanks Richard, it is necessary and useful information!
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MOLLE II Equipment
"Field user feedback on the original MOLLE led to modified designs to some of the MOLLE components. With these changes, MOLLE became MOLLE II. Specific changes included:
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MOLLE II Pouch, Canteen Carrier/Utility was introduced (NSN 8465-01-484-0450)"