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Thompson Submachine Gun Magazine Bag
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08-07-2022 08:30 PM
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30 rounders fit perfectly.
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Originally Posted by
RCS
a general purpose magazine pouch
That's correct. Not scarce or rare but perhaps drying up now 70 odd years on...
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I think rare with the 42 date, first year issue ?
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Originally Posted by
RCS
rare with the 42 date
Perhaps that, yes... Like the OD3 gear.
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I don't know. I only found a few originals for sale. One is currently listed for $125, and one sold for $115 and another for $125, all are 1942 dated. Reproductions all over the place. I never saw one before but then I was never looking either.
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Both the M3 and M3A1 submachine guns were in service in the US for a long time and still with vehicles and tanks even longer, the only way
to carry extra magazines was the pouch shown
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Originally Posted by
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Both the M3 and M3A1 submachine guns were in service in the US for a long time
I remember when I was in an M60 Tank, there was a rack designated for the M3A1...that was 1979. Long time they served.
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early modification of Lend Lease M3 smg
The early M3 smg had a magazine catch that could one could bump against something or drop and the catch would release the magazine. US ordnance came out with a guard or fence around the magazine catch. Those M3 smg's already provided to the UK had a field modification where a bar was spot welded across the magazine catch as a guard against accidental release of the magazine.
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