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Description: | C.P. & CO. INC. May 1918 INSPECTED JOHN E. WRIGHT
With the intense amount of grenade fighting during the First World War the Americans used this form of multi-pouch carrying system for bombers. Worn at the chest/abdomen and suspended from a neck strap, the weight to the front was considerable. In 1918 the M1918 Grenade Belt was developed, comprising ten pouches sewn to a deep waist belt, each having 'lift the dot' fastening, with the belt having the facility for the bomber to add a pistol holster. This later variant spread the weight more evenly and at least gave the bomber the option of carrying a further weapon.
Grenade carrier: 11 pockets stitched to a webbing backcloth in two rows, 6 along top row, 5 along bottom row. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | C P & Co Inc | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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