The Vietnam Stopgap: A Look at the short lived US M1967 Modernized Load Carrying Equipment

Our first video of 2023 in which we continue The United States' Post World War II Load Carrying Equipment story by diving into the shortly seen yet largely significant M1967 Nylon system.

0:00 Intro and the M1956

1:41 Early testing of M1967

2:55 Names, Designations and Continued Development

4:55 Belt

6:23 Suspenders

7:40 Compass/First Aid Pouch

7:59 Ammunition Pouches

11:47 Entrenching Tool Carrier

14:07 Field Pack

15:19 Canteen Cover

15:52 Sleeping Bag Carrier

17:17 Usage and Eventual Replacement of the System

21:15 Outro

VIDEO HERE  (22 minutes)

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Shit, I went into the army in 1978 and was issued the canvas 1956 gear for my TA-50. I think the only nylon gear I got was a canteen cover, and that was only as a replacement for the canvas one I fucked up somehow.