The nylon E-Tool cover was part of the M1967 MLCE system that started being issued in 1968. I did not include it as well as the buttpack from that system in the photo of the front and back of a harness set up for use during living history and Soldier training events I participate in, but the nylon cover would be the correct one for late war depictions. The green rubbery plastic E-Tool covers came out in the late 1970s or early 1980s, so the ones that come on the equipment sprues of several of Masterbox’s Vietnam kits is incorrect. I had brought this up to my friend who is the owner of Masterbox, but they had already made the mold for the equipment accessories and they were already in production by the time I had gotten my sample kit, so it was too late to make the correction to the kit.
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