WW2 British Large Pack Mystery Pack And Modification
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- WW2 British Large Pack. Mystery Pack And Modification.
The origins, history and peculiar marking on this particular pack are a mystery but it does give some clues. I hope viewers can help me find out
This vintage pack is at least 80 years old and still going strong. There are many available at reasonable prices so are a good consideration for bush crafters on a budget. In this video I share some of the packs features and a modification to bring it back to functional use as a haversack and back pack.
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Here in England,those bags were the in thing,at school,in the late ‘70’s.
EVERYBODY had one.
We used to draw our favourite band logos on them.
Out local surplus place sold them for about a fiver each…maybe cheaper.
I still have a 1977 surplus German Army Parka too,made of ventile cotton, with a deep pile liner,it’s almost like a Buffalo shirt is now.
The same cotton as early explorers like Scott of the Antarctic used to wear.
Great video,bought back school memories.🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for commenting. The same was happening here in NZ at that time. These packs still rock going over 70years now.
@@southernlandsolo7839 can’t find them here now.
@@soggz4246 lol. I think that's because they are here in the Army Surplus store in Auckland, New Zealand lol. Sorry for the bad news bro
I use my haversack for school down here in the USA. I put pins on it and some patches. Me and my friends like our canvas bags, mine is the only genuine one though
My grandpa had one of these
There were a lot of different variations in how the pack was secured. Used from 1908 till the late 1950s. Size of the pack changed in a couple places in India and south Africa most other places like Australia kept the old version.
There's a old photo of two tenth battalion soldiers from Australia in ww1 after Gallipoli one has the 1908 gear while the other bloke has 1871 Martini webbing gear. There was a really wide mix of what was used up till the end of ww2.
Interesting, thanks for sharing. The mix of pre-century and post-century webbing does not surprise me. NZ and Australia army's both suffered from "this is what you got, just make it work" syndrome well into the 1980's lol.
I wouldn't know a British pack like that one if it came up and bit me arse,but I wouldn't mind having one though. Thanks for the great vid!!!!👍
Lol. Thanks Kevin. A solid little pack for the bush and pretty good for an urban day pack too.
The green red green stripes are not regimental colours. It is called Unit serial number / POM (Preperation Overseas movement) marking. It is a code painted on vehicles equiptment and packs. Also a number was painted. This was done when a unit was transported overseas. Your large pack was used to transport extra clothing and goods a soldier wanted to have with him when his kitbag would not be available after landing in an other country (also marked with identical bars and number) Any transport unit and probably military police unit would be able to identify were vehicles and kit should go and to whom it belonged. Theser are sites where these POM colours are published. So it might be possible to identify the unit it belonged to.
Thanks for the info. The POM Markings, sound the most likely as the colours match up with some of the numbers. Great to find out the history on this pack and that it has a UK/US/NZ connection.
Nice modification Dave. I might have to keep an eye out for one of those packs. Cheers
A good selection to be found at the moment. A solid item but with its limitations. Overall a good pack. Thanks Zeb.
I just picked up that exact bag today at a resale shop in Michigan, I was searching youtube to find WWII bag modifications and bam..
And holy crap I bought another old bag at the same place that has those exact traps you have!
lol. Awesome bro. They will serve us well
Interesting! I actually believe the marking are actually US Army POM markings. We didn’t use the Pattern 37 gear, but it’s very possible it was picked up by a GI while in the country, prepped to ship home, but never taken for whatever reason.
It’s funny I found your video, as I was just researching POM markings a couple days ago and on a unrelated search, looking at P37 gear today.
Very interesting. Thanks very much. I checked out the online POM Marking website (www.med-dept.com/pom/about.php) and the numbers on my pack (2 and 7) match up with the Dark Green and Crimson Red colour bars. One viewer pointed out that the Green and Red are also the colours of one of our NZ Infantry Regiments, which is also feasible, but I think your POM Marking idea seems to match up with the markings. Any ideas on which unit it could have been with? I wonder what the Yellow dot could signify.
I've seen the P37 large packs altered by the addition of a pouch to each side. One guy referred to his as an alteration done in India during WW2. Just got info, search: "Indian Modified Chindit Pack".
Just checked out the Chindit modification. Great idea. Thanks
@@southernlandsolo7839 I only wish that I had learned of that modification sooner. I have 5 new p37 web sets (except for canteen and small pack that I could have modified a long time ago!
New Zealand infantry colors i think,
(they wore green/red/green felt ribbon hat bands)
nzhistory.govt.nz/war/infantry-units/new-zealand-rifle-brigade
@@neilcastell6951 Thanks Neil. That looks like it. I knew the red and green from my grunt years but thought this one was from a foreign unit.
Southern Land Solo ... I used one of these last year as a day pack, found it surprisingly comfy and mine was showerproof as it had been painted/waxed.