kphfun Posted December 8, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 8, 2009 I was talking to a guy today who swears that the US used brass keepers on some pistol/ammo belts late 1944 into 1945. Would this be true? Cheers, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constabulary Posted December 8, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 8, 2009 I was talking to a guy today who swears that the US used brass keepers on some pistol/ammo belts late 1944 into 1945. Would this be true? Cheers, Kevin As far as I know they only used brass keepers were on the OD#3 pistol belts. Keepers were flat. The OD#7 belts have either ribbed or flat keepers made of steel alloy - not brass. Post WWII they used bronze or brass again for the ribbed keepers on the M-1936 pistol belts. I hope have not mixed up something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted December 8, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 8, 2009 I think I've seen later-War Belts which did have brass components- I'll have to go back to the pile and look things over. There was a good deal of complaint about the cast alloy parts' tendency toward breakage as the War progressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kphfun Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted December 9, 2009 My bad you guys :pinch: , I meant Fasteners... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artu44 Posted December 9, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 9, 2009 My bad you guys :pinch: , I meant Fasteners... Anyway, just for info, I have a late OD7 with alloy buckle and brass keepers. Casuallly it was a Navy issue. From mid 1942 until 1945 buckles were made from light alloy with the only exception of some USMC ctg belt and British Made stuff. Obviously it's possible a few brass buckle would have been found in the bottom of the bin and used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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