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    m65 jacket

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    Posted

    Depends what it is - a Vietnam era dated olive green one will be worth more than a later camo one. A play with the 'completed items' search facility on eBay will give you a fairly good idea as to the value.

     

    Having said that, a friend of mine bought a tidy med-reg sized Vietnam era dated olive green one in a surplus shop in Canterbury last year for £50.

    Webley Mk6

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    My understanding is that there shouldn't be a problem with the deactivation status as long as only the inert bullets are modified, not the gun. I would personally secure them with something like Blu-Tack rather than glue so they are easily removable should someone official wish to inspect it.

    ID from Zap Number?

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    Posted

    Here, try this

     

    SSgt Gareth Evans. 1623evans@armymail.mod.uk. 33ENGR-21FdSqnEOD- SQMS

    1623evans@armymail.mod.uk is his military email.

    Well b*gg*r me - I think you've cracked it.:wow: I've had a theory for a while that it might have belonged to a member of the 33rd Engineer Regiment. I bought it at the local car boot sale and just up the road from me is the Carver Barracks near Saffron Walden where the 33rd are based. Elements participated in Op Herrick XII - HQ 4th Mechanized Brigade.

     

    I assume the initials count as Staff Sergeant Gareth Evans - 33rd Engineer Regiment - 21 Field Squadron - Explosive Ordnance Disposal - Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant?

     

    I attach a pic. It's in mint condition and has some sharp creases in it. Perhaps it was only used at the homecoming parade? Would anyone like to take a guess on what the missing badge on the right shoulder is? A TRF patch?

     

    http://www.awesomekit.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3209

     

    CS95 Desert DPM Jacket - 4th Mechanized Brigade.jpg

    1944 Pattern Water Bottle Cup?

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    Posted · Edited by Enfield1940

    The Dutch also used and made 44 pattern kit.....and with much unmarked 44 webbing still around it's no surprise that the mugs follow similar and are probably from a foreign source......

     

    I bought several NOS 1st pattern metal capped British 44 bottles and mugs from a Dutch seller at Beltring two years ago now at a very reasonable £5 each......the bottles were unmarked (and undented !) and had the chained retainer securing the cap........the mugs themselves were riveted and all WD-stamped and dated 1945.......the bottles were definitely British and of the very early pattern.....

     

    I'd be unsurprised if the mug is foreign, but I've yet to positively ID it.

     

    There was someone doing P44 bottles with the chained caps for £2 each this year, although they weren't undented. I grabbed one as it was silly not to at that price.

     

    I have a suspicion they may be Danish though:

     

    http://m55q.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/M45-50%20webbing%20equipment

    1944 Pattern Water Bottle Cup?

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    Hi,

     

    One for the hardcore webbingologists – there’s a minor mystery regarding P44 water bottle cups that’s niggling me…

     

    I recently acquired an example of the later type of P44 water bottle with the rubber rather than metal cap. It came with a carrier and 2 unmarked cups, one of which is identical to the unmarked cup shown in the P44 water bottle section of Karkeeweb:

     

    http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/1944/1944_equipment_bottle.html

     

    The text comments that “The two cups in the photos far and centre left above have different styles of rivets - these are presumably manufacturing differences of no great significance”.

     

    And another example of this combination of rubber topped bottle and unmarked cup recently appeared on eBay:

     

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200821320316?nma=true&si=4lT1e%2BPPi3ScSoYWn3%2BpHQlpptI%3D&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2557&orig_cvip=true

     

    I’d always taken it as read that unmarked P44 type/style cups weren’t British issue. So is Karkeeweb wrong or right? Any ideas why this combination keeps appearing? Is the bottle actually a foreign copy? A hands on comparison reveals the bottle is a slightly looser fit in the unmarked cup than in a marked up British one.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Mark

    Early Olive Green 1958 Pattern Water Bottles

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    Posted

    Until i see one i will believe they are myth!:D

    I asked this on the wwiireenacting forum and one chap replied:

     

    "the elusive green 58 pattern water bottle and mug combo did exist! Back in the late 60's when I was in the ACF I 'liberated' a set from a cadet in another unit (The KRRC cadets at Westminster) during a 'Tough Training' weekend down at Lulworth Cove in Dorset. The KRRC detachment received a lot of support from 4 RGJ (V) including OG combats and '58 pattern kit".

     

    Interesting. But where are they all?

    Modified 58 Pattern Compass + Ammo Pouch

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    Posted

    Hi,

     

    Amongst a recently purchased job lot was a 58 Pattern compass pouch that had been turned into a field dressing carrier* by removing the padding and a 58 Pattern right-hand ammo pouch** that had had the yoke and poncho carrier attachments removed so that it can only be attached to a belt.

     

    I was wondering how typical these modifications are and why you’d modify an ammo pouch in that way? (A supplementary ammo pouch?) The Energa launcher sub-pouch is still intact.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Mark

     

    *It had a field dressing in it.

     

    **Annoyingly it’s a scarce Mk1 with the ‘stiffeners’ in the sides of the lid. The internal magazine support strap has also been removed.

    58 pattern webbing

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    Posted · Edited by Enfield1940

    There is a very close variant of these twin mag pouches. They are IDENTICAL in construction but a lighter shade of green webbing material. These are from the '44 pattern web sets & were made for the Stengun. They look ENTIRELY the same, except for the colour. The down side of this is, they ALSO are very scarce! I do not even have an example in my own collection! :embarrassed:

    Apologies for necroposting, but I think I may have just acquired one of these: it's marked 'MECo 1964' and 'CN 1459' and as described it's more of a 1944 Pattern green colour than darker 1958 Pattern olive green. According to the forthcoming 1958 Pattern section of Karkeeweb, it's a "Pouch, magazine, S.M.G., Mk. 2." and was made for the Sten rather than the Sterling.

     

    http://www.leemetford.com/patterns/1958/components/component_np_official.html

     

    I am however a bit puzzled: why would they have been making Sten pouches in 1964? Or is this merely a quirk of the paperwork and post-1953 they were for Sterlings?

     

    I don't have any pics yet as I'm in the middle of cleaning it.

     

    Cheers,

    Mark

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