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Front and rear views of a soldier of the Royal Welch Fusiliers with 1937 pattern web equipment, Normandy, August 1944. 1937 pattern web equipment (also known as '37 webbing'), officially known as "Equipment, Web 1937" and "Pattern 1937 Equipment" [1] was the British military load-carrying equipment used during the Second World War.
1908 pattern webbing; 1937 pattern webbing – UK, 1937 onwards; 1942 battle jerkin; 1970 pattern webbing; 44 pattern webbing; 58 pattern webbing - UK, 1958 to 1990s; 61 pattern webbing; 72 pattern webbing; 85 pattern Personal load carrying equipment (PLCE) 90 pattern PLCE; 95 pattern PLCE
The difference between 1937 and 1939 pattern webbing, besides materials used in manufacturing, came down to the latter not being issued with a backpack. If troops needed a backpack, pattern 37 haversacks and packs were used. The government placed an initial order of one million sets of leather infantry equipment pattern 39.
1903 pattern bandolier equipment; 1937 pattern web equipment; 1942 Battle Jerkin; 1951 pattern web equipment; 1964 pattern web equipment; 1982 pattern web equipment; Tactical vest (Tac Vest) 2003–present; Head dress. Canadian military fur wedge cap; Glengarry; Tam o'shanter; Field Service Cap; Beret; Balmoral bonnet; Brodie helmet; Mk II ...
1937 pattern web equipment; A. A-2 jacket; AC 37 anti-tank gun; AC 47 anti-tank gun; American fiber helmet; B. BC-348; Beretta M1934; Beretta M1935; Beretta Model 38;
It was first used by the British Army to whiten Slade Wallace buckskin leather equipment, and later adapted to coloured versions for use on the 1908 pattern web equipment. [2] Blanco was also used on the 1937 pattern web equipment , though in this case it was primarily used for camouflage purposes since fitting instructions now permitted the ...
Britain faces its “1937 moment” and must be prepared to act rapidly to prevent the spread of war in Europe, according to the new head of the Army. In a speech on Tuesday, General Sir Patrick ...
Each British soldier's equipment normally included two magazines for his section's Bren gun. The large ammunition pouches on the 1937 pattern web equipment were designed around the Bren magazine. The Bren was regarded as the principal weapon of an infantry section, providing the majority of its firepower.