no 9 frog ??

[Calflash]

I'm looking for a frog for a No 9 bayonet. Will a Canadian C1 frog fit? One for a No 4 is to small and one for a 1907 is to big. The nomenclature on all these frogs makes my brain hurt.

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[peregrinvs]

I believe this postwar type frog is correct for the No.9 bayonet:

British Lee-Enfield No9 bayonet scabbard and frog vgc 1949 dated SOLD

Although any frog designed for use with the No.5 type bayonet scabbard will work.

[Calflash]

SO a C1 will fit?

I believe this postwar type frog is correct for the No.9 bayonet:

British Lee-Enfield No9 bayonet scabbard and frog vgc 1949 dated SOLD

Although any frog designed for use with the No.5 type bayonet scabbard will work.

[browningautorifle]

SO a C1 will fit?

As Brian stated yes, the #5 frog was a bit shorter in the belt loop than the C1 frog but only would be noticed by someone that saw bags of each. I have a few C1 frogs if you need one...canvas ones of course.

[Peter Laidler]

In real life, when you were issued a patt'37 frog at the start of your basic training it was a bit like being issued with your pouches. You really didn't know or even care what sort you got - nor did the Company Quartermaster. You just got issued a pile of kit and whatever frog or set of pouches came, you used. I didn't realise that there different types until many years after the olkd '37 pattern stuff was taken off us and replaced with '58 pattern stuff or later in Malaya, with the superb lightweight patt '44 stuff. In the real army, any frog that fitted your bayonet was OK. Loose, tight, short, long, unbalanced..........

[Sentryduty]

In the real army, any frog that fitted your bayonet was OK. Loose, tight, short, long, unbalanced..........

Same way QM would issue boots, uniforms, and helmets, glad to see them hold standard across the scale of issue.

[Calflash]

QM standards are consistent in all armed forces.

[Brian Dick]

Yes, both the Canadian Pattern '64, (green web), and Pattern '82, (green nylon), will fit perfectly.

[Peter Laidler]

Army uniform issues....... My first greatcoat issued when I was an apprentice in January 1963 was about size 13 while I was about 5'6" tall so it covered me twice over. Mind you, the winter of 62/63 was xxxxxxx cold. When a few of us told our permanent staff Sgt, Sgt Jones, that they didn't fit properly he told us to swop them around the three billets until we found one that DID fit. Alas, I think everyone got a size 13!

[tankhunter]

Army uniform issues....... My first greatcoat issued when I was an apprentice in January 1963 was about size 13 while I was about 5'6" tall so it covered me twice over. Mind you, the winter of 62/63 was xxxxxxx cold. When a few of us told our permanent staff Sgt, Sgt Jones, that they didn't fit properly he told us to swop them around the three billets until we found one that DID fit. Alas, I think everyone got a size 13!

And ill wager, you were told: 'Don't worry lad, you will grow into it'!........