Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated German Gun Magazines with belt loop and snap

with belt loop  and snap close tie down

while the French called it Yperite (named after Ypres)

the TZ-45 is much more the sort of weapon one would expect in that place and at that time

and soon a fire started in her after torpedo room that could not be brought under control and threatened to spark an ammunition explosion that would have wrecked the ship

I wouldn’t have hesitated

Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated German Gun Magazines with belt loop and snapOriginal Item: Only One Available. Development of the Tropical Rucksack (a. k. a. Jungle Rucksack) began in 1965 when MACV requested a nylon version of the ARVN pack from Natick Labs for evaluation purposes. However, after initial testing the rucksack had to be significantly redesigned in order to strengthen the pack and round off the corners of the frame. The redesigned rucksack was assessed against three Cresson H. Kearny modified Gurkha Australian