Ammo pouch mystery

Things a soldier would carry other than firearms, ammo, or uniforms. Meaning equipment such as ammo pouches, bayonets, holsters, oil cans, cleaning equipment, etc.

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Ammo pouch mystery

Post by Niner » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:13 pm

The regulars know by now I don't pay much attention to accoutrements. Doesn't mean I don't pack rat them away...just don't keep track of what came with what. I could use some help.

Some of it I know and some not...as you will see by the picture discriptions.
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The back sides
The back sides
Have no clue.  Some kind of Mauser maybe?
Have no clue. Some kind of Mauser maybe?
The other side of "mystery"
The other side of "mystery"
Haven't got a clue what this goes with but have only the one.
Haven't got a clue what this goes with but have only the one.
Other side of Turk ammo pouch.
Other side of Turk ammo pouch.
Came with Turk Mausers
Came with Turk Mausers
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Nagant pouches. Two look to never have been issued.
Nagant pouches. Two look to never have been issued.
SKS the other side.
SKS the other side.
Came with an SKS
Came with an SKS
Most of the collection.
Most of the collection.
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Post by stripperclip » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:50 am

nice collection but I also don't know one from another :D
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Post by tarasbulba » Sat May 17, 2008 1:08 am

Sir, the bottom two pouches look like the ones I received when I bought my YUGO M48 egyptian 8mm rifle.Almost the same size,shape and the liter of the two could be a sister to the one i have. The russian ones you got those down correctly. The small bluish one arrears to be for pistol or revolver ammo. As far as the others are concerned they remain a mystery to me. Frank
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Post by Niner » Sat May 17, 2008 11:28 am

That is a good thought on the M48. But I only have one of those. I do have a Yugo 24/47 and a few VZ24's. Might all be the same family.
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Post by USDF » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:27 pm

Your mystery pouch is for a moisin-nagant rifle. Mine has a Russian city name stamped into the leather on the back. :bigsmile:
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Post by Niner » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:14 am

Why would it look different fromt the other Nagant pouches? Maybe an earlier model?
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Post by USDF » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:55 am

NINER,

That's what I was thinking. Let me do a little more research & get back to you.
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Post by USDF » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:07 am

NINER,

Try this website for all your mosin-nagant questions.

Scrolldown to "Mosin-Nagant Rifle Accessories" , and then click on "Ammo Pouches" on the right side of the screen.

It says it's Romanian post war. The one I have is definitely Russian though and so marked. Several soviet countries must have used the same pattern.

http://7.62x54r.net/
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Post by Niner » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:09 pm

Sure looks like it. Only mine has no markings stamped on it any place I can notice. His has "Herbak Janos" stamped in plain sight.
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Post by tarasbulba » Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:54 am

About the second or third time I looked over this collection of ammo pouches another country came to mind. I was in a gunshop in New York. They had a pile of these things at dirt cheap prices. The brown one would hold 3 5rd stripper clips of 7.65x53mm argentine rifle ammunition. Yours looks to be the twin of the one I have. So you may have another possible identification on your hands. Frank
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