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    Can anyone identify this sling? Neat photo.



    Looks like american ingenuity at its best.

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    There he is, with his hard won trophy. Before anyone says they look young, look at your own pics from recruit training.
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    Yep , chopped down cloth ammo belt from a M1917 or M1919 Browning machine gun. Funny , I was just talking about seeing these used before , and here's one.
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    I don't see the atvantage over magazines, unless they were holding rifle grenade cartridges.....Frank

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    Maybe just extra rounds

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    Because carbine ammo didn't come in bandoleers, these guys tried everything to have quick access. Additionally, the magazines may have been in short supply at this time. I can see some guy who has just had his carbine go "click" and want to have at least one round to shove into the chamber while he gets out a mew magazine.

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    Dave, you make a good point. I'm sure they had a valid reason for that adeptation....Frank

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    Also the WW2 ammo came in boxes . The strippers are post WW2 inventions.
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    When my older brother was in Vietnam, he had a 1911 and a handmade belt that held 45 cartridges besides the extra magazines. He was an O-3 and ran a POL point for choppers on the Cambodian boarder. I must be getting old. The two guys in that pic look like kids!

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    That's what I was saying, just look at your own early pics in uniform...
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