Strobe Pouch - Vietnam Era?

[Celduin]

I picked up this SDU-5/E pouch in the surplus store rummage bin today. I would like to add it to a Vietnam mannequin, but I am wondering when it was made.

 

 

The material is thin OD nylon packcloth. The shade isn't as green as the M1967 compass pouches made of the same material, yet this strobe pouch has the same color brown trimming that I've seen on M1967 gear.

 

 

The white laces that normally come with these things are no longer here. The verdigris is especially crusty and will not come off.

 

 

The open pouch with an Altoids tin to scale.

 

We know that these strobes and strobe pouches have been in the supply system for a very long time, from Vietnam until the beginning of the War on Terror at least. Without a label, is there any way of knowing whether this pouch is wartime or postwar?

[FIGMO]

IMO SDU/5E pouches rarely if ever have dates on them. I have several of these pouches and none of them are dated.