Season 1 Episode 3 Overview of basic combat gear and a quick word on riflemen weapons. Here, we cover the essential web gear to make a basic combat ready impression. Also brief introduction to weapons and the haversack.
The best option for the M1928 pack I found was two straps clipped to back to the pack as a backpack and four attached to the belt as suspenders. Keeps your ammunition belt up, and is much better for pack suspension than attaching all six clips to the belt as the pack will drag the ammunition belt up at the front. There are plenty of photos of them being worn this way. It's a pain to remove down to the belt on your own, but fine with a squad mate. I have seen very few photographs of people wearing M1936 suspenders and an M1928, in the sense that I don't recall any. You should cover the M1936 suspenders and pack. The shoulder D rings are murder on the shoulders, and you see many troops with folded blankets under that. How it passed field trials I have no idea. Late war there were some in green canvas that had padding built in, although they all seemed to be very new. Then there was the M1944/45 system, and you are not detaching that pack in a hurry either without ditching the suspenders, or ditching the butt pack without taking everything off and putting everything back on again. The best piece of field gear ever was the (M8?) light weight gas mask bag.
The undated canteen cups would all be the rolled rim variants and would be from before 1917. Before 1917 there were no maker stamps or date same with the canteens. And there were 3 styles of canteens that were found during WWII the M1910 horizontal seam canteens the M1917 vertical seam canteen (which was used throughout WWII) and the M1942 "ringed" canteen (Which also saw use all through the war). Oh and you had the M1910 canteen cups with the rolled rim and stamped aluminum cup which saw use from 1910 to the 1960's and the M1942 canteen cup which had the unrolled rim which like the M1910 cup was used until the 1960's and had a stainless steel stamped cup.
The ping from the m1 garand giving away the position of the soldier is an old wives tale, as it wasn't loud enough to be heard over the rest of the battle unless you were right next to it
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Now is there anyway to deal with the weight of the haversack because the weight of my haversack outweighs my Garand belt, making the Garand belt tilt a bit upwards (tilting up to the direction of my face, while the back of the belt is weighted because of the haversack)
I have not figured out the secret to that yet. But you can always detach the pack and wear it as a backpack, also makes it easier to drop it during combat if yiu need the extra maneuverability
@@nadleshistoricmilitaryfoun1618 yea I was doing some more messing around and figured out how to fix that issue, I had my front straps stay clipped on the front of the Garand belt, the other front straps go to your back and to the bottom D rings on your haversack. Then the clips on the bottom of the haversack go to the back of your Garand belt. Works like a charm for me, hopefully it works for you as well!
@@nadleshistoricmilitaryfoun1618 The secret is as in my separate response. Two clips front and back on the belt, two clips back to the D rings on the pack. There are many photos of it being worn this way in WW2.
@@rkoopa_bro Yes, that's correct, and attested to in photos. The best one I remember is a couple of troops in an M3 GMC on exercise in 1941, in fatigues and M1928 packs as you can clearly see the set up on that. Edit: or artillery men. I saw the photo 35 years ago...
