French 60mm mortar vest Indochina
The French developed a light mortar shell vest with front and back canvas pockets to carry 8 rounds of 60mm mortar ammunition for use in Indochina and later Algeria. These could be used to carry extra machine gun magazines too like 24 Bren .303/MAC 24 7.5mm magazines, a cool dozen Ba mươi ba “333” beer cans, or 8 magnum-sized ‘Foster’s lager’ beers!