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The M-1956 LCE continued application of the belt-supported-by-suspenders concept, adopted by the U.S. Army at least as early as the pattern 1903 equipment. [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.
The United States Army entered the conflict in Southeast Asia with the canvas and cotton duck M-1956 load-carrying equipment (LCE). Developed in the early 1950s, the LCE was designed for use with all small arms then in service with the Army.
Plastic 1-quart canteens are issued as well, with a metal canteen cup and stand. Several types of eye protection are offered, including ballistic goggles and sunglasses made by Eye Safety Systems, Inc. and Wiley X, and are available with prescription lens inserts. [31]
The canteen cover is attached to the equipment belt with slide keepers. The water canteen cover is designed to accommodate the canteen, water (NSN 8465-00-889-3477). In 1975, the LC-1 designation for the water canteen cover was changed to LC-2 due to some minor design changes. The national stock number remains the same.
The canteen system was reformed in 1917 with the foundation of the Army Canteen Committee, this was a not for profit company, rather than a co-operative, but otherwise had the same aims as the Canteen and Mess Co-operative Society, which it absorbed. By April 1917 the committee managed more than 2,000 canteens across the world. [15]
The webbing's last major operational use occurred during the Vietnam War where it was reissued in response to capacity shortcomings that had been identified in M-1956 load-carrying equipment; in addition to full sets of webbing being fielded, individual components were combined with those from 1944 Pattern webbing and/or M1956 equipment and ...
On 15 November 1956, she was withdrawn from the fleet for test conversion to diesel engine power. Bethlehem Steel, in Baltimore, performed the conversion and she was reclassified EC2-M-8b. Her hull was lengthened at the bow to 467 ft 3 in (142.42 m), and new Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton diesel engines, producing 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) each, were ...
(m. 1956; div. 1979) ... with Khmer recruits largely given menial tasks; Sâr was tasked with growing cassava and working in the canteen. [77] ...