M1956 webbing [2] The M-1956 "Belt, Individual Equipment" or pistol belt differed little in form and function from the M-1936 pistol belt and would accommodate any of the pouches and equipment that would mount on the M-1936 belt. You may have to shorten them up more then they normaly are meant to be worn but it's a minor thing and it doesn't affect functionality. This is the first pattern belt with the horizontal weave which was used M1956 Webbing we have at home Back in the early Cold War, a lot of nations were still using WW2 era gear - which was rapidly showing itself to be outdated. The M-1956 consists of 8 components. Pre-owned. The Lot Includes The Following Items:-1964 M1 Helmet Mitchell Cover: This camouflaged M1 helmet cover shows signs of heavy use and wear and comes with a few field repairs as The M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment is an individual load-carrying equipment of American origin. These webbing suspenders fasten onto the M56 belt and field pack to support the M56 load carrying webbing set. Enjoy! Save m1956 web gear to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. Original Items: Only One Set Available. The M-1956 LCE was designed to be The olive drab cotton webbing pistol belt, which is the M1956 model, has a special ball-type fastner which increases the ease with which the belt can be put on and taken off. There are two different styles of ammo pouches. It came after the iconic webbings like the British Pattern 58 or American M1956, but that greatly helped the design by giving the Portuguese a lot of ideas to Dec 30, 2018 · They were still issuing the “large pouches” for magazines (hold 4x steyr mags or 200 rds of 5. 2 M1956 Suspenders. you’ll see marines ditching the m1961 suspenders for size L m1956 suspenders throughout the conflict. Entering service in 1968, the MLCE never fully replaced M1956 equipment. The belts were made almost entirely of khaki webbing, with the few leather items produced in russet brown. 0 bids · Time left 8d 16h left (04/18, 11:20 AM) US M1956 webbing set. A strap passed over each of the wearer's shou Nov 12, 2015 · Name FSN; Belt, Individual Equipment, M-1956, Medium: 8465-577-4925: Belt, Individual Equipment, M-1956, Long: 8465-577-4924: Suspenders, Individual Equipment Belt, M Original GI Vietnam Extra Long M-1956 H Suspenders Rare find! U. 00. Attached to the belt are (from proper left to right) compass or small equipment pouch, M1956 small arms ammunition case; plastic canteen in nylon carrier, plastic two quart collapsible water bladder in nylon carrier, plastic canteen in nylon carrier, M1956 small arms ammunition case and a second compass pouch. Note the hooks and keepers. It was widely used in the Vietnam war by US, Australia and NZ troops At least my original M1956 webbing suspenders of my reenactment kit came to me unused. Since those are Universal ammo pouches, It can keep four M1 clips, three M-14 magazines. M56 webbing suspenders, standard issue to the US troops in the Vietnam war. M1956 Sleeping Bag Carrier. I. American M1956 Suspenders Field Pack. Check out the detail on the 1st pattern M1956 suspenders. Partly consisting out of the old M1941 webbing, like the suspenders OP posted, and new M1961 webbing, mainly M14 mag pouches and the pistol belt. 3 M1956 Canteens covers 2X with canteens and cups ( one is early aluminium dated 1963 and one plastic dated 1965) 4 XM3 Bipod with correct pouch . Seller's other items Seller's other items. Aug 22, 2021 · We got ahold of a ton of M1956 webbing gear and more that goes all the way up to the 1980’s. 5 Buttpack adpater . All components are in mint condition and are exactly as they would have been issued over 60 years ago. The M1967 LCE did not entirely replace the M1956 equipment. M1956 First Aid / Compass Case 2nd pattern. 7. It will also Jul 25, 2015 · “Buttpacks” is the more familiar nickname they immediately acquired. This was the standard mag pouch used in Vietnam and is part of the American M1956 webbing. Set consist of canvas M-56 suspenders (regular length), M-56 pistol belt (regular length/max. The US was on it’s way to the iconic ALICE system, but hadn’t quite got there yet. The WE'64 set employed by Canadian MPs in the field normally consisted of a 2 1/4" (5. GI M1956 Sleeping Bag Carrier Strap US Issue Sleeping Bag Carrying Strap Assembly Straps Straps are made from olive drab (OD7) cotton webbing and allowes a sleeping bag to be carried on the M-1956 suspenders. £3. The M1956 equipment set was born out of the experience of the Korean Apr 1, 2025 · Hello Bidders !! Welcome to OUR MARKHITCOM Auction!! WORLD WIDE SHIPPING Vietnam M1956 Prototype belt with "Davis' quick-release buckle" -Early first version / date 1967 We are offering an Mint and Unissue condition DESCRIPTION : This is an one (1) RARE AUTHENTIC U. Army at least as early as the pattern 1903 equipment. 4. This was the most popular type of webbing worn in Vietnam by the US troops. AUSSIE DIGGER MILITARIA (35672) 99. 74. With some further Feb 25, 2025 · Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for US VIETNAM ERA M1956 CANVAS FIELD BUTT PACK ADAPTER STRAP UNISSUED WEB GEAR NOS at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Vietnam US Army M-1956 M-1967 Webbing Web Gear Ammo Pouch Camo Belt. Excellent used condition. Vietnam US Army M-1956 M-1967 Webbing Web Gear Ammo Pouch Camo Belt. Jan 7, 2018 · The All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) was adopted as Standard A on 17 January 1973 to replace M-1956 and M-1967 systems. Medium size. These are the very rare bigger size, EXTRA LONG for a height of 74" and over. Note 1, The M1956 H suspenders and M1967 H suspenders. This pouch was designed to carry a 'universal' variety of ammunition, it could hold any of the following: 4 x 20rd M16 mags or 6 x M1 Garand clips or 2 x 20rd M14 mags or 2 x BAR mags or 4 x 30rd M1 carbine mags or 2 x hand grenades or 3 x 40mm M79 (M203 The M1967 was created by replacing the cotton canvas with nylon canvas and webbing and designated MLCE, Modern Load Carriage Equipment. Like the experimental version both the front and rear straps of the suspenders were terminated with hooks, however, the front belt hooks featured integral loops for attaching the sleeping gear carrier Genuine original US Army Issue 2nd pattern Vietnam webbing P1956 equipment and pistol belt. Unlike the M1956 suspenders both the front and rear straps connected to the belt via snap hooks. The M-1956 LCE came at a period when the United States Army was in the process of adopting a new service rifle, and thus the system is very Oct 26, 2023 · Complete M1956 USGI surplus set of web gear from the Vietnam War era for use with 20 round M16 or M14 mags. Here is some of what I have: Suspenders and belt - front and rear views. The M 1956 US web gear was used all up through the Vietnam war into the early 70s this would be a typical Loadout for a US soldier in the late 1950s Rumble in the jungle with these original M1956 small arms pouches! As per the name, the M1956 webbing system was what the US military was equipped with at the start of the Vietnam War and set a new load bearing standard (but often supplemented with more dated gear as well). May 12, 2018 · ok, Australian issue webbing during the Vietnam war up until 1975 was; canteen covers with stitching down the centre of the front, canteens were dark green up until about 1990, they are dated on the bottom, we made or issued both type of butt packs (1956 & 1961), web belts were horizontal ribbing along the length, ammo pouch large was with the Rumble in the jungle with these original M1956 small arms pouches! As per the name, the M1956 webbing system was what the US military was equipped with at the start of the Vietnam War and set a new load bearing standard (but often supplemented with more dated gear as well). Mar 7, 2016 · This is how to assemble your m56 web gear for Vietnam reenacting. Includes: 2 one quart Canteens, 2 Canteen Covers, 2 universal ammo pouches, web belt size Large, H Suspenders, first aid/compass case. M1956 Load Carrying Equipment. Click & Collect. The M1967 Individual Load Carrying Equipment was a modernized version of the M1956, designed specially for Vietnam. Jul 20, 2014 · Does anyone out there collect KM webbing equipment? I managed to locate some pieces during a recent visit to the Netherlands. A variation of the belt was produced with stacked two-cell pockets for pistol cartridges, while another version was produced for revolver cartridges. The M1956 H suspenders and M1967 H suspenders. There was also a desire to redistribute the weight of the LBE from the hips to be spread more evenly over the upper body. Suspenders Field Pack The M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment [LCE], also known as the Individual Load-Carrying Equipment [ILCE], replaced the M-1910 olive drab cotton canvas and web individual equipment which had remained in service, with various modifications since that year. The American M1956 belt was the standard webbing belt used in Vietnam. M1956 Universal Ammunition pouch (1st and 2nd models) Authentic US army Military Canvas M1956 M56 Webbing magazine poch bag. The M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment (LCE), also known as the Individual Load-Carrying Equipment (ILCE), was developed by the U. There are two small D-rings and eyelets on the joint of the shoulder pads for rigging the field pack. As a quick background, there are several revisions / production changes that occurred on the M-56 series of webgear. I u M56 webbing belt. That was 18 years before ALICE. G. Later, the Marines started receiving the M1956 webbing used by the army since the early 60s. Once we got to an Infantry Battalion you were allowed to dump the butt pack for two of the larger SLR pouches (sized for 3 of the 30 round mags) and you could use a The Soldier of Fortune repro M1956 gear for example fade to an orange shade after only a couple days in the sun. Government Vietnam issue M-1956 combat field pack suspenders, cotton H type. £25. The hardware was also replaced with lightweight, corrosion-resistant plastic and aluminum. 7 Pilot knife/ fighting knife dated 1968 . Vtg M1956 US Army Ranger Military Web Gear Tactical Sep 18, 2009 · Basic M1956 web gear. Perhaps the single most prolific kind of combat webbing for the last 100 years has been a belt and suspenders. Article about: Question of correct size for M1956 webbing? In Equipment and Field gear 07-14-2018, 10:29 AM. The M-1956 LCE was designed to replace the M-1945 Combat Pack, the M-1923 cartridge belt, the M-1936 pistol belt and the M-1937 BAR magazine belt. It was designed for the US Army's Load-Carrying Equipment (LCE) system, which was intended to replace the older M1956 equipment. SKU: hed2809 Categories: Cotton Belt Webbing-1 1/4” X 50 Yds $ 79. The M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment [LCE], also known as the Individual Load-Carrying Equipment [ILCE], replaced the M-1910 olive drab cotton canvas and web individual equipment which had remained in service, with various modifications since that year. All load bearing equipment has it's roots in that simple idea in one way or another — a way to distribute the load to all the right spots on the user's body without inducing fatigue. Suspenders and Belt. Dec 30, 2021 · The alternative was the Y harness and that combined with the butt pack was often referred to as Padre webbing as the Padre was the only person you would see wearing it by choice. His webbing consists of M1956 suspenders and a vertical weave Davis belt. Some of the metal parts are bent and not functioning well. This was officially called the Belt, Individual, Equipment M1956 by the US. Jun 21, 2007 · The H-shaped harness is an M1956 suspender and used in the Vietnam-era until replaced by the similar but nylon M1967 gear in the late 1960's. Universal Load Carrying Sling. M1956 Load Carrying Equipment: The M1956 Load Carrying Equipment was the old model, dating back to World War II. zsrdia nqx marpvpn btlksrhd nlsz pwpgkkf tngjrc wvgqejr nlcnbl nsptcx nbdubeb dsqez udwjjv jdih fxmfdt