Quote Originally Posted by BazSmiles View Post
We can only really go on the description provided (see attached).

There will always be a need to access ammo pouches; although, yes, not ideal.
Just before D-Day......I wonder if these were 1st or 6th AB?

The sniper is wearing a newer issue web strap para helmet, and the guys in the background are wearing the leather strap version.

As for pouches, makes you wonder what a sniper would have carried in his pouches, as I'm sure it wouldn't have been 2 pairs of Bren mags in each......a few grenades I would guess, or they pulled all the charger clips from a bandolier and pulled of the chargers, and filled one pouch with loose rounds given you can't use a charger with the scope on. Lying prone with stuff in the Bren pouches is bloody uncomfortable though.....and they are bugger to get anything out of them, except a pair of Bren mags, so not sure what a sniper would have put in them.....other than rations and other stuff like that.