What are the 3 slots for under the Canadian cover for the Bren mag. ?

[Peter Laidler]

Yep........ We had 37 pattern webbing when I first joined the Army and I must admit that I'd never noticed that before. Mind you, I did seem to spend an inordinate amount of time scrubbing, cleaning and blancoing the stuff and cleaning the brass bits. THEN getting it all boxy so that it stacked up properly onto the tops of our lockers. In the billets at Carlisle and elsewhere in the Country we had these wartime 'spiders'. Bloody cold and not much thought was given to creature comforts........ 2 electric plugs per 16 man room for example. But they thoughtfully put in a blanco room with large troughs where you could wash and scrub your kit.........

Sorry to digress but seeing '37 pattern webbing sends me into cold sweaty nightmare mode