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Old 11-10-2011, 05:06 PM
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Australian. Mind you that's 1st line ammo and if combat was expected then you got two, three, five times as much.
However, as has been posted in another thread a few weeks ago (which one escapes me at the moment) one of the greatest Australian battles started off with nothing more than 1st line ammo - Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam.

Back when I did my initial infantry training we had an average of 11 blanks per SLR to last us a week - cutbacks....
The M60s had about 200 rounds and there wasn't a single M16 in sight.

There was lots of screaming "BANG".

With regard to the pouches, yes, we had two of them, but the second was used for grenades or other items. Great place to keep your chocolate handy.
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