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Stock Number Reference: MOLLE 4000 Pack System Lead NSN: 8465-01-673-3374 Assign Date: 2018-06-11 Components Item NSN Assign Date Right Shoulder Strap 8465-01-673-3510 2018-06-11 Left Shoulder Strap 8465-01-673-3517 2018-06-11 Frame 8465-01-673-3400 2018-06-11 Compress Strap 8465-01-673-3521 2018-06-11 Waist Belt 8465-01-673-3449 2018-06-11 Item provided by G.I.’s friend.

(description copied from archived webstore, 2005 ver.) Standard issue to the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, this pack has a total carrying capacity of approximately 3,000 cubic inches. Constructed using 1000 denier Dupont© CORDURA©, the pack features: external portable radio and three pop flare pouches, internal securing harness for communications […]

Fort Bragg, N.C. — For the first time since their inception, Army Airborne forces will soon be fielding a new fighting load system tailored to the paratrooper’s unique requirements. “The Airborne Tactical Assault Panel (ABN-TAP) was developed with the paratrooper in mind and will allow the paratrooper a greater degree […]

To create the MOLLE 4000, Landry combined the short MOLLE frame adopted by the Marine Corps but originally developed for Army paratroopers and created a new 4000 cu in bag for it. He also envisioned a new, removable single point release. This was the critical piece. Until now, you either […]

Stock Number Reference: Components Item NSN Assign Date Helmet, Parachutist’s, Steel, Fastened w/Chin Strap w/Quick Release Snap Fastener 8470-00-161-9414 Unknown Liner, Parachutist’s Helmet 8470-00-753-5793 Unknown

Stock Number Reference: Helmet, Parachutist’s, Free Fall, Type I, Without Communication Equipment Assign Date: 1976-03-19 Size-NSN Sheet Size NSN Small 8415-01-018-4910 Medium 8415-01-018-4911 Large 8415-01-018-4912

1951 Dated: Stock Number Reference: Case, Individual Weapons, Parachutists’s, M-1950, Adjustable Army Stock Number: 74-C-190   1968 Dated: Stock Number Reference: Case, Individual Weapons, Parachutists’s, M-1950, Adjustable FSN: 8465-261-4995 Assign Date: Unknown     1980 Dated: Stock Number Reference: Case, Individual Weapons, Parachutists’s, M-1950, Adjustable NSN: 8465-00-261-4995 Assign Date: Unknown […]

Stock Number Reference: Pouch, Medical, Parachutist Army Stock Number: 74-P-284  

The M-1941 Mounted Canteen Cover was authorized for issue on the scale of one per man in following units: all mounted troops, dismounted cavalry, howitzer sections, infantry cannon companies, 105mm self-propelled gun units, and enlisted ranks in Armored Command, The dismounted cover was issued to all other units and individuals. […]