U.S. WWII D-Day Assault Vest Museum Quality Replica US Civil War The Type 10 Grenade Discharger

The Type 10 Grenade Discharger inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces

and the ends are sewn together with a typical “French seam

8 November 1942: Operation Torch

so it is not the bayonet that was originally fitted to the rifle

Only airborne qualified soldiers were issued these expensive and highly specialized jump smocks

U.S. WWII D-Day Assault Vest Museum Quality Replica US Civil War The Type 10 Grenade DischargerReplica Item: Only One Available. The Assault Vest was developed quickly for the D Day invasion. It was modeled after an assault Jerkin used by British commando units. The American vest had a number of pockets to allow a soldier to carry all of his equipment without having to carry a separate pack and multiple equipment bags. On D Day it was issued to some of the initial assault units and to some men of the 2nd and 5thRangers. Only about 14,000 vests