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m1928 haversack
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RogueJK
Tanker
Members of the Glider Regiments in each Airborne Division were issued the M1928 Haversack. (Many switched to the musette bag, though.)
It's also possible for a paratrooper to have acquired a haversack from a glider rider or leg infantryman once on the ground. But the musette bag was preferred by the vast majority of troops.
It's also possible for a paratrooper to have acquired a haversack from a glider rider or leg infantryman once on the ground. But the musette bag was preferred by the vast majority of troops.
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Glidah Drivah
Tanker
Well, keep in mind that members of the 101st, 82nd and 17th Airborne Divisions would have equipped themselves to fight a static ground war in winter conditions. So while we usually associate a paratrooper or glider infantry being equipped with a musette bag instead of a haversack, these and greatcoats would have been in use during the Battle of the Bulge. Soldier Story's figure is accurate in this regard; whereas DiD's is meant to portray a typical airborne officer in late 1944/45.