Publisher: Os Publishing 1989 | 48 Pages | ISBN: 0850459362 | PDF | 22 MB

The development of US Army infantry equipment has been a story of trial and error, of adopting new designs to meet new problems. 11 was not until 191 o that a whole system of equipment, including everything from the waist belts to the canteens to the cartridge-carriers to the haversack, was officially adopted. Prior to that, each piece of equipment was designed to meet a specific need, without any consideration of anything else the soldier had to carry. This is true even of so-called 'systems' that were developed and tested—but not adopted—by the Army from time to time during and after the Civil War.