alphie5002 Posted April 2, 2009 Share #1 Posted April 2, 2009 Well it has been a great start to the month. Found this lot of 27 WWII USMC Wire Cutter Pouches. Three of them have cutter tags on them with the date 1944. I thought that it was weird that I found them all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hawkdriver Posted April 2, 2009 Share #3 Posted April 2, 2009 I'm ignorant on this item, how do you know they are USMC? Is it because of the snap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphie5002 Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted April 2, 2009 I'm ignorant on this item, how do you know they are USMC? Is it because of the snap? Honestly I have just done some basic research on it. I found this link under the tools reference page. USMC Wire Cutter Pouch. The last post on it is where I got my information from. Can anyone else elaborate on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted April 2, 2009 Share #5 Posted April 2, 2009 The snap and the unique bend on the cartridge belt hooks ID's them as USMC. I believe those are the late war pattern made for the large head USMC wire cutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 2, 2009 Share #6 Posted April 2, 2009 Also lack of the large US stamp on the front combined with the hanger and snap. RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphie5002 Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted April 2, 2009 The snap and the unique bend on the cartridge belt hooks ID's them as USMC. I believe those are the late war pattern made for the large head USMC wire cutters. Greg and Doyler - Great Stuff. Thanks so much for information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphie5002 Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share #8 Posted April 2, 2009 If anyone needs one of these pouches feel free to PM me. I have already had a couple members buy one. I am not going to keep all of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted April 2, 2009 Share #9 Posted April 2, 2009 way to go finding the unissued surplus! I stumbled on a similar cache of WWII USMC grenade pouches...sadly they were mostly musty and corroded and I only bought a couple of the better condition ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted April 3, 2009 Share #10 Posted April 3, 2009 Also lack of the large US stamp on the front combined with the hanger and snap. RD I should have mentioned the weave of the canvas is not as course on the USMC pouch as the Army pattern.THe Army weave is similiar to the material canvas weave that secures the wire bail on the USMC pouch RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted April 3, 2009 Share #11 Posted April 3, 2009 way to go finding the unissued surplus! I stumbled on a similar cache of WWII USMC grenade pouches...sadly they were mostly musty and corroded and I only bought a couple of the better condition ones Brig The Marine Corps must have sold off thousands of those late ww2 two pocket grenade pouches. A few years ago I bought a mint example with "cutter tag" from a guy who said he bought a couple cases of them in the 1960's, all unissued, and had been slowly selling them since then. I get the impression those saw limited service or else they just made far more than they needed. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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