US Paratrooper Loadout WWII

Found this out there on the interwebs and thought you guys would dig it.It purports to show a pre-D-Day paratrooper's loadout. You can see at the top of the gear pile the main and backup chutes, then moving down into the weapons there is quite a bit of interesting gear. Note the 16-inch M1905/M1942 bayonet,…

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M1A1 Carbine, Paratrooper Model, USA 1942 - Irongate Armory

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