My 602 build just became a green stocked 601

[old tanker]

Thirty rounders were in the Third Armored Division in Germany when I got there in 1972. Twenty rounders were also around. Not sure who decided who got what, but more than likely, maneuver units got thirty rounders while the guys in the underwater messkit repair battalion did not. I did not pay too much attention, as a tanker,I was assigned a pistol. Which ammo pouches you had might have been a factor. Thirty round pouches were nylon and came with slick 'high speed' ALICE equipment. Having seen nylon web gear melted onto guys pulled out of burning vehicles, I took great care to make sure all my web gear was the old cotton M1956 stuff. For that reason I also hoarded all the good twenty rounders I could lay my hands on as they fit the old pouches.

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