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

Original Item: Very Few Available. 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 in the 1950s and early 1960s. All show some use but each is offered in very good condition. An example of the markings on one: SUSPENDERS FIELD PACK COMBAT M-19568465-577-4922QU(STU) 8182-E-61 AUG. 1960 (5) The M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment, also known as the Individual Load-Carrying Equipment, 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 remained in service from t