Mag pouches on the stock

[gene of oregon]

If something happens in a split second, you grab your weapon and know you have 45 rounds to defend yourself from that second on. The additional seconds looking for or grabbing your belt could mean your life or others. Same reason we'd tape two 20rd mag's together.

[Vern Humphrey]

Just curious - Were the magazine pouches put on the stocks during WW2 or Korea or is this a 'reenactor thing'? In my limited experience I don't remember seeing this pictured.

Respects

The mag pouches were definitely WWII -- they will only take the original 15-round mags, not the later 30-round mags. So by the end of the war they were obsolete.

[PhillipM]

The mag pouches were definitely WWII -- they will only take the original 15-round mags, not the later 30-round mags. So by the end of the war they were obsolete.

I never even thought of that. 15 rounders were obsoleted?

[Vern Humphrey]

I never even thought of that. 15 rounders were obsoleted?

Of course! Who would go into action with a 15 round magazine when he could have 30 rounds?

When I was issued an M2 carbine as an Adviser to the Viet Namese Army in 1966, the 30 round magazines were all there were.