Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments by Gordon L. Rottman

Author:Gordon L. Rottman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472819079
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

(12) The bipod case was used alongside this M16 rifle maintenance equipment kit.

(13) The M14E2 small arms equipment case was issued with the M14E2/A1 automatic rifle, but was sometimes used for M16 rifle cleaning equipment.

Weapon accessory cases

The small arms accessory case (1010-474-5462) was a rectangular pocket with a one-snap end flap. On the back was an attachment strap with a snap at the bottom end to secure it to the side of an ammunition case or suspenders, but it was commonly carried in the rucksack. Made of OD duck or grayish-green vinyl-coated nylon, it held an M79 bore brush with thong, a plastic oil tube, combination tool, and cleaning brush.

The M16’s XM3 “clothes pin bipod” (1005-992-6676) was intended to be issued to each man, but few had any use for this inconvenient device, which could not be folded out of the way when on the rifle. All canvas bipod carrying case versions were an elongated pouch with a single slide-keeper. The “first pattern” cotton case had a slot for the disassembled four-piece cleaning rod secured by a snapped tab, and no bipod flap. The “second pattern” (1005-999-2430) had a flap secured by two snaps, an M11 cleaning rod slot, and a large zippered pocket for cleaning items. The “third pattern” (1005-283-9439) was made of nylon and lacked cleaning gear accommodation, being used alongside the M16 maintenance kit (below).

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