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[2CAVTrooper]

I was a Mk-19 gunner in 2ACR in Bosnia.

We used the .50 ammo cans for keeping weapon cleaning supplies for the pistols, M-4 carbine and M-16. I painted the cover on mine so one could easily see it wasnt for ammo.

I had one 32 round, 40mm box used for my gunners box. This contained cleaning supplies for the Mk-19, an extra T&E mechanism, extra pins for the cradle, the M-60 machine gun adapter, and mounts for the PVS-4 and TVS-5.

For our ammunition load out, we were never issued a full combat load. I had 20 rounds of 9mm, 100 rounds of 5.56mm. On the truck, we had 3 cans of 7.62mm and three 48 round boxes of 40mm.

We had no AT-4 or LAW on the truck.

The seat behind the TC was folded down, and thats where we stacked our rucks. The seat behind the driver was open (this is where I would sleep when not on watch, patrol, etc).

We had 3 boxes of MREs, a dismount bag (radio, map, binos, PLGR (GPS), MELIOS (laser rangefinder), two tripods (one for the Mk-19, the other for the M-60), three 5gal water cans (one inside, two outside mounted either side of rear hatch), two fuel cans mounted on the tailgate. One roll of barbed wire, one coil of concertina wire (strapped to the hood), six T-posts, and a picket pounder.

[18bravo]

@2CAVTrooper

in Bosnia.

It’s been so long since this thread started I had to scroll back to see where this HMMWV is supposed to be. You load out is obviously perfect for the OP. You guys carried a lot of stuff we didn’t. But then, we carried a lot of stuff other units didn’t.
I left out mission specific items, but yeah, Carl Gustav with extra rounds, AT-4’s, LAW’s, and assloads of .50 ammo.

Note direction of feed painted on top of cans. More strapped to the hump where the A/C was.

We tried to keep the personal stuff in the back if we could.

Those sure were the days.

I’m surprised they didn’t authorize more ammo than that. We carried three times that just for Katrina.

[Fubar]

What you guys think?

[18bravo]

Damn. Better than mine. It really looks like it was made from “hundred mile an hour” tape and clear plastic. I’m not bothered by it - maybe more people will start doing it.

[Fubar]

Haha thanks! I cut a somewhat square piece out of a sprue bag, then painted some masking tape black and just kinda tape everything together

[Tank_1812]

Looks the part.

[18bravo]

Here’s a bona fide example that was used. As you can see, Rangers and SF like to use these rather than having maps flapping about.

Yours looks very much like this.

[SableLiger]

Yeah. The bodies of the soldiers killed in that ambush ended up at the 47th Combat Support Hospital morgue in Kuwait. I visited that morgue and saw the body bags especially the one holding the remains of Lori Piestawa, the first female soldier KIA during OIF. That kind of brought the war home to me.