US Army WWII Field Gear: Setup using Primary Sources
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2024
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This video talks about how to properly set up your web gear using primary source documents, including the field manual and photographs from the time period. Remember, look at as many photos as you can so that you can get a good idea of general trends. Anyways, here's the link to the canteen video I mentioned:
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Very accurate set up-exactly what I wore. This type of set up extended until the 80’s. Our USMC set up was slightly different with the M1941 haversack had a attachment for the e tool
The picture at 4:29. That is not a first aid pouch on his front right, it's a compass pouch (very similar size to the FA pouch). That would make sense since he's an officer.
4:40 I think the pouch on the right side front is a pouch for the compass
The “Friendly fire” story regarding the camouflage uniforms worn by the 2nd Armored Division infantry has been largely debunked. The uniforms were discontinued after they wore out and continuance of such a special uniform would have posed too many challenges on an already overstretched logical line post the Normandy Breakout
Not all soldiers were right handed
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They weren’t but it was considered wrong to shoot left handed so you ended up learning to shoot righty.
Didn’t matter really but the stigma was you were to learn shooting right handed
@@fireemblemistrash75 you literally couldn’t shoot a rifle left-handed if you wanted too. Rifles have always been built to shoot right handed. There was an old saying in the American Civil War, every soldier was right handed.
I’m lefthand. I do everything with my left hand. But with a rifle I shoot right handed. It strangely come natural to me since I was a kid. Even if there was a left-handed rifle I wouldn’t be able to shoot it because it’s just natural for me to shoot right handed. Which was always strange to me because I am as left-handed as it gets.
Might sound weird but I actually believe it’s passed down like an instant. Because our ancestors always fought wars and hunted with right handed rifles. Back then you learn to shoot right handed or you didn’t shoot at all.
But every soldier had to learn to shoot a rifle right handed because that’s how rifles have always been built. There’s an old saying in the American Civil War that every soldier was right handed.
I never heard of the m1936 suspenders being used alongside the m1928 haversack on a single individual, atleast not as a standard kit. The haversack has straps to attach to a cartridge or pistol belt so the 1936 suspenders seem quite overkill. They are more convenient, but there is a cheaper option built into the haversack.
Great video! Thanks for the information and pictures
Awesome video. Good job.
I've been building my kit for a couple of years with the goal of marching in the Battle of the Bulge Parade in Bastogne. I got most of my stuff from ATF, but I've also got some repro stuff from online vendors here in Germany. I hope to make it this year and maybe even get to Normandy in June.
I was 10-13 analyzing the Airfix 1:32 US Army infantry figures, while I collected some of the authentic gear, like the Canteens, Pistol belts, Shovel, M1 Carabine pouches, different pat.Suspenders, BAR and M1 Garand cartridge belts , :) Later I was issued much of the same equipment in the home guard at 15. NATO gear could be Norwegian, US British and German origin back then
Just picked up a replica belt...I'm using it for a costume, not a soldier but a Ghostbusters uniform as they use a WW2 pistol belt around their waist...but I do have a canteen pouch I can use with it while hiking or the like so It'll be more than just a costume piece and will see use more than once or twice a year.
Great video! I'm curious to know which US Army field manual you were referencing for images in the figures. Thanks!
very helpful
Good vids
What were they thinking with the bottle? With this webbing system, the bottle swings as you run and hits you on the butt every 2 seconds. I ran 5 km and my butt is blue 😂
Yes,I would agree. I think it would depend on what the manual called it...? 😏
Question, as a veteran U.S. Army Infantryman in the 80s, we called the entrenchment tool a E-Tool never a shovel. What did they call it? 🤔
That's a good question. The M43 was referred to as an E-Tool during the war too I believe, but I'm not sure about the T-Handle since there's often discrepancies between what items are called by collectors and what they were called at the time. If I come across something I'll let you know.
so we see a lot of American soldiers in the movies who have an M1 garand and a 1911, did this happen and if so where did the 1911 holster go?
Usually 1911s were issued to soldiers who needed a personal sidearm for some reason but didn't have an actual rifle, such as truck drivers, logistical folks, or machine gunners. Sometimes you see them amongst riflemen, but this would've been rare and dependent on a soldier's ability to scavenge, as it wasn't regulation. In the older movie "The Thin Red Line," one of the soldiers who really wanted a pistol steals a 1911 from an officer (or maybe an NCO with a Thompson), which seems to paint the picture that GI's typically didn't have access to them.
What about the M1936 Musette Bag?
I didn’t have one at time of recording, maybe a part 2 is in order
Were bayonets often not carried at all?
I would say they usually were by infantry and similar units, but that would depend on the unit, and if they needed them depending on their situation
Vasquez rubbed the ash on the haversack right
He started it that’s for sure 😂
Why is the aid pouch in the back where hard to reach instead of the front?
Oh, thats easy, if your hurt and bleeding, some one else will use your first aid pouch, on You.
how were m1a1 thompson mag pouches integrated onto different webbings
I don’t believe that it’s in the manual, but Thompson pouches were carried on the pistol belt
Or a special should pouch which could hold I believe 6 Thompson Stick magazines.
@longrider42 I've seen some of the 5 cell pouches worn on the back of the belt, others on the left or right of the buckle, depending on the soldier, timeframe, branch, etc.
Can you have more then one ammo pouch?
For what type of setup?
@@ritchhistory1888 u.s. dday first infantry division
I guess it depends on wether you’re carrying a carbine or garand, though I would still look for original photos
@@ritchhistory1888 carbine
I have seen canvas 1911 pouches for 45 acp pistols on the crossover strap for air crews, tankers, even paratroops like Easy Co, of the 101st AB. Screaming Eagles.
I’m guessing no one with a cartridge belt had a pistol.
in tnhe future you need a mic you can barely be heard just a fyi
Yeah I’ll probably do that for the next video
Why are you spelling "rich" with a t?
My last name is Ritchie!
@@ritchhistory1888 ohhh that's cool!