Gallomilanista66
Marksman
Hi everybody
Ive been gathering info on US gear and uniform and this forum has been very helpful. I have another question and I hope I can once again benefit from your intel ...
My question is about the 3-cell 30 round Thompson or Grease gun ammo pouch (the type that went with the dml Mike Walker USMC tanker figure).
I read somewhere that those pouchs were only used by the USMC... and not army or paratroopers in the ETO, who were only using the 5-cell 20 round pouches (or the ammo bags slung over the shoulders)
But now I came across a drawing by Ron V, while screening some old osprey books on google books...he shows a 82nd AB para during Market Garden holding a grease gun and equipped with what seems to be a 3cell ammo pouch. I don't have the info that goes with the plates (it's not available on google and I don't have the book) so I don't know what he writes about that...
So my question is, would it be possible for a para or regular trooper in the ETO to have the 3cell ammo pouch for his grease gun ? (I plan on making a 17h airborne guy - ie, late war)
Thanks for your help !
Ive been gathering info on US gear and uniform and this forum has been very helpful. I have another question and I hope I can once again benefit from your intel ...
My question is about the 3-cell 30 round Thompson or Grease gun ammo pouch (the type that went with the dml Mike Walker USMC tanker figure).
I read somewhere that those pouchs were only used by the USMC... and not army or paratroopers in the ETO, who were only using the 5-cell 20 round pouches (or the ammo bags slung over the shoulders)
But now I came across a drawing by Ron V, while screening some old osprey books on google books...he shows a 82nd AB para during Market Garden holding a grease gun and equipped with what seems to be a 3cell ammo pouch. I don't have the info that goes with the plates (it's not available on google and I don't have the book) so I don't know what he writes about that...
So my question is, would it be possible for a para or regular trooper in the ETO to have the 3cell ammo pouch for his grease gun ? (I plan on making a 17h airborne guy - ie, late war)
Thanks for your help !