odd G-K-43 mag pouch
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Nigromontanus
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pics are ok. Not officially issued, seeing the too weak fathom for the loop made either for private or collector-fraud business. Not interesting if you do not know the complete history since 44/45.
Thanks for the response but as it had a K43 mag in it (that fits like it defiantly was made for it) - my thinking has always been late war ersutz (sp?) type of pouch maybe issued to LF or Volkstrom troops. Late in the war when other materials were in short supply they were making k98 slings out of things besides leather and I bet they made ammo pouches out of material other than leather and or canvas. I'll send the pic's to Darren Weaver and see what he thinks.
To me, the construction doesn't look typical of any WW2 German item, the thread is very thin and the style of sewing is like nothing I've seen that's from the period. When I first saw it I thought it was a cleaning kit of some type.
A K43 magazine will fit in a pocket, you really don't need a special pouch made that must be used on a belt. Most were kept that way I guess considering many of the K43 pouches appear to be unissued.
A K43 magazine will fit in a pocket, you really don't need a special pouch made that must be used on a belt. Most were kept that way I guess considering many of the K43 pouches appear to be unissued.
As Farb said, to me neither the construction (i.e. thread and sewing) nor material look German WW2.
G./K.43 pouch variants:
http://claus.espeholt.dk/g43_pouches.html
G./K.43 pouch variants:
http://claus.espeholt.dk/g43_pouches.html
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My thanks to all of you for your thoughts and opinions!
If the lid of this pouch didn't fit around T mag so well - I'd be inclined to agree - but the lid fits T mag & T body of T pouch fits T mag SO well that I'm convinced it was made to hold T mag that's in it!
The mag is easily withdrawn and the size is perfect for it.
I'll run it by Darren Weaver and see what he thinks.
Thanks again Guy's
My thanks to all of you for your thoughts and opinions!
If the lid of this pouch didn't fit around T mag so well - I'd be inclined to agree - but the lid fits T mag & T body of T pouch fits T mag SO well that I'm convinced it was made to hold T mag that's in it!
The mag is easily withdrawn and the size is perfect for it.
I'll run it by Darren Weaver and see what he thinks.
Thanks again Guy's
The interesting thing about cloth pouches is that they have the ability to form fit square things one puts in them. There are other mags which would fit in that pouch like that. I've been collecting German field gear for as long or longer than K98ks (better than a quarter century) and there is nothing about that pouch which makes me think German pre-1945 construction other than the mag shoved in it. Of course, i have not seen everything and I just bought a nice unquestionably original K43 pouch, '45 dated, for $45 delivered from the Ukraine, so the cost difference between that being, say a 1968 holder for Czech military bandaids or a 1969 DDR decontamination kit, and some form of mag pouch is negligible. It's more of a mental exercise.
It's a pouch for Swiss K31 cleaning kit.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Schweizer-Ar...181579087781?pt=Militaria&hash=item2a46f4ffa5
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Schweizer-Ar...181579087781?pt=Militaria&hash=item2a46f4ffa5
Warrior1354
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I don't think this would be a late war pouch either. By the last months of the war they were more worried about making ammunition and rifles then magazine pouches.
