pattern 37 SMG magazine pouch?

[henry r]

i was checking out an antiques shop, just in case, and saw an interesting magazine pouch. it was rather expensive (IMHO) and in poor condition so it's still there, but i can't find pictures or information on what it might be on the internet.

it looked like a pattern 1937 pouch with 6 separate slots for SMG magazines.
it looked to be made from the standard pattern 37 materiel, the flaps were fastened with pat 37 style snaps and it had cloth loops and and a pat 37 looking buckle in the top centre. it looked as though it was set up to be worn in place of a mk2 pouch or similar.

i'm in Australia so owen or austen was my first guess, i did search for thompson too, no joy yet.

the closest i can find is this early vietnam era owen pouch, similar but not the same.


any ideas what it actually is?

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[gsimmons]

It's for the sten sub machine carbine. It looks like a basic pouch with dividers. The first ones were cut down lanchester mag pouches.

[henry r]

this one was roughly 12 by 14", each pocket was formed by stitching the front to the backing (from memory the backing was one piece but i only had a quick look), not like the lanchester pouches shown on a google search.

again it it similar to this sten? pouch but not the same. aka 6 pockets, mk1/2 pouch press studs, no carry sling, belt loops etc on the back.


think the lovechild of the pouch above and a US thompson pouch with some recessive early patt 37 press studs thrown in.

[gsimmons]

Sorry, I can't picture it. The one you picture is the second type. The earlier one(MkI?) has a large front flap with press studs and is parallelogram shaped. Let me look at Peter Laidlers sten book tonight.
Does it look like a Thompson SMG pouch? Some were made in the UK.

[henry r]

all of the pockets have individual flaps and it is a rectangular shape not a parallelogram.

i'll try to get some pics next wednesday when i'm back up that way. (it's an hours drive from here)