While I was a LRRP going on local ambushes I carried:
— 20 mag’s of 7.62 duplex in 3 collapsible canteen pouch’s and bandoliers
— 1 white phosphorous grenade
— 6 or more fragmentation grenades.
— 1-2 claymore mines (varied)
— 1 old style Canteen of water
— Compass
— Panel marker in my hat
— pill kit
— Watch

LONG MISSIONS
— All of above +
— Ruck sack
— Water in collapsible canteens
— LRRP Rations
— Pancho (if needed)
— Socks (if needed.)
— Signal mirror

I never carried a smoke grenade or anything I considered excess baggage. Usually I had more ammo and grenades than any other two guy’s on the team combined. The extra weight going from 5.56 ammo to 7.64 (duplex) just meant that the chronic pain in my shoulders got there quicker. In the end it probably saved my life when I got shot because at least one pouch took a hit.

Roger Anderson
B-1/26th Inf
66-67
HQ LRRP F/52 LRP
67-68


Roger's M14 E-2 after taking hits from enemy rounds in Vietnam