Brief History: The AK-47 is a gas piston-operated 7.62×39mm cartridge assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. Work on the AK-47 began as early as 1945 in Russia and in the following year 1946, the AK-47 had reached prototype phase and was presented for official military trials. 1948 came and after gaining a production…
Baker, a WW II veteran who served briefly in General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters staff before putting his skills at organization and logistics to work with Field Engineers. In 1963 he was working in Okinawa when Special Forces Capt. David E. Watts worked to develop the Counterinsurgency Support Office (CISO) in…
The family of hand held signals (HHS) are used for both day time and night time signalling and night time signalling in the case of the M127A1. There are a variety of types: M125A1 – Cluster Green Star M158 – Cluster Red Star M159 – Cluster White Star M195 -…
This rectangular canvas rucksack contains a large internal space for storing various assorted medical equipment. It has several inner pockets and ties to keep the contents of the M5 Medical Bag secure The M5 Medical Bag (the one here is a 1980’s example) contained all the medical supplies a platoon…