Cartridge pouch
Pouches are made of leather made, fabric or plastic container , for receiving the ammunition used. They are used in the military as well as civil.
history
The first cartridge pouches (actually cartridge pouches) were introduced by the Swedish King Gustav Adolf for the Swedish troops in the Thirty Years War .
Germany
First World War
The belt equipment included the belt M1895 made of natural-colored leather with a country-specific belt box lock. This belt was worn blackened from 1915. To the left and right of the belt lock, a natural leather-colored cartridge pouch unit M1909, each with three solitary pockets, was drawn onto the belt, which were also blackened from 1915 onwards. Each of these pockets was loaded with three loading strips of five cartridges each (45 rounds per M1909 unit, a total of 90 rounds). The weight of the cartridge pouches was absorbed by the knapsack strap that was hooked into the back of the pouch.
Austria
First World War
The natural leather-colored belt was carried with a brass box lock on which the double-headed Austro-Hungarian eagle was embossed. The two natural leather-colored double cartridge pouches were pulled onto the belt to the left and right of the belt lock . Each pocket took two loading strips with five cartridges each (20 rounds per cartridge pocket, a total of 40 rounds). During the war these bags were also made from substitute materials, e.g. B. various types of fabric produced.
France
First World War
At the beginning of the war, the belt equipment consisted of black-dyed leather and three cartridge pouches from the 1888 and 1905 models. The only difference between these pouches was the changed belt loops. Two cartridge pouches were pulled right and left onto the blackened leather belt, the third also sat on the belt in the soldier's cross. To lighten the weight of the heavy bags, a Y-shaped, black, leather belt carrier M1892 was put on, which could be hooked into each of the three bags with brass hooks. The paddock equipment was slightly revised after the start of the war and is now issued in natural leather colors. The belt was closed with a large brass clasp that did not show any imprints. At this point in time, the blackened leather belt M1903 with a two-pin buckle was already being worn. This belt was slightly revised again in 1914 and from December 1914 onwards it was only issued in natural leather colors. From this belt there were also simplified war versions with only one thorn. The three leather cartridge pouches for each soldier were redesigned in 1916 and now also delivered in natural brown.
See also
literature
- Alfred A. Kruk: Cartridge pouches, cartridge belts and bandages 1850–1950. Münster 2000, ISBN 3-00-005396-4 .
- Laurent Mirouze: Infantrymen of the First World War. Dißberger, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-924753-28-8 .
- Laurent Mirouze, Stéphane Dekerle: The French Army in the First World War. Ausmarsch 1914. Vol. 1: Uniforms - Equipment - Armament. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-08-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Trip in Sweden . Arnold, January 1, 1843, p. 35 ( books.google.de ).