Original U.S. Vietnam Era M1956 Individual Equipment Belt Suspenders

Original Item: The M-1956 Lightweight Load-Carrying Individual Equipment Belt Suspenders were standard equipment for the USGI during the Vietnam War. These are genuine USA made vintage Equipment Belt Suspenders manufactured the 1950s and early 1960s that were supplied to Greece before the Vietnam War. As these were not issued to US troops, there will not be any NSN or contract number markings. All show some use but each is offered in very good condition. The M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment [LCE], also known as the Individual Load-Carrying Equipment [ILCE], replaced the M-1910 olive drab cotton canvas and web individual equipment which had remained in service, with various modifications since that year. The M-1956 LCE came at a period when the United States Army was in the process of adopting a new service rifle, and thus the system is very general-purpose in nature, designed to accommodate ammunition and cartridge magazines for a number of standard issue small arms. The M-1956 LCE rema