Quote Originally Posted by Sapper740 View Post
Another unofficial modification was sewing a short length of a Vicker's fabric machine gun belt to the forearm of one of the smock's sleeves to hold ammunition which could be accessed with a minimum of movement.
That's an interesting mod, not heard of that....but a logical one for snipers.
I know one of the more popular mods with the Airborne (not necessarily a sniper one) was to remove the elasticated pockets from the parachutist oversmock, and have those re-stitched onto the Denison smock, which allowed extra ammo or grenades etc to be carried, these were often fitted to the lower rear sides of the smocks, or sometimes have been seen on the sleeves as well.