Portuguese gear colection

Here its my portuguese combat gear colection, I will post one item for message.

Portuguese M940-63 helmet:

Portuguese paratroopers BAR-belt, the suspenders are american made (you can see pictures of Portuguese paratroopers in the war wearing US-marked suspenders):

Thanks for the pictures! Field equipment from Portugal is rarely seen clearly identified, if at all.

Are the helmets hard to find in Portugal? How about other older equipment?

Steve

From time to time I find helmets and M64 combat gear (the one used in the Ultramar War), its becoming rarer and more expensive as time passes. When I was a child almost every adult male had lots of uniforms and combat gear at home but most was destroyed since it was hard used in construction, hunting and fishing.

Next Saturday I'm going in a trip just to find some rarer items.

M64 magazine pouches from the second model, these appeared in the seventies and were used in the Ultramar War:

Here its my only M64 double magazine pouch with this kind of closure. Its the first model side by side with the second model:

Portuguese M64 large pack:

I am not surprised items are getting hard to find. Here in the US it is the same story, though of course the size of our military means there is a lot of stuff still available. Many items probably were used for hunting, construction, etc.

I am surprised to see snaps for the closures of the magazine pouches. Most nations, it seems, were using similar methods like the 2nd Model. Snaps generally suck

Steve

I think the clips were adopted as economy measure.

Here its my M64 haversack:

Two models of M64 canteen and covers:

Here its a M64 Dilagrama pouch (Dilagrama its a rifle-grenade device):

M64 double grenade pouch:

My M64 straps canteen carrier with canteen, usually issued to troops carrying more than one canteen since it was cheaper to produce and the men only needed one canteen cup:

Another m/940-63 helmet, this was my first helmet:

Here you can see the most common orders for the M64 webbing.

1) Complete M64 (rarely used):
- 1 combat belt
- 1 H-harness
- 1 double grenade pouch
- 1 canteen and carrier
- 2 double magazine pouches
- 1 large pack
- 1 haversack


You can see the strange method of mounting the haversack at the front since the magazine pouches were mostly used in the kidneys, the large pack was mounted at the back and the canteen and grenade pouch at the sides.


2. Usual orders
- 1 combat belt
- 1 H-harness
- 1 double grenade pouch
- 1 canteen and carrier
- 2 double magazine pouches
- 1 large pack or 1 haversack









3. Combat order
- 1 combat belt
- 1 H-harness
- 1 double grenade pouch
- 1 canteen and carrier
- 2 double magazine pouches

PedroPato wrote:Portuguese M940-63 helmet:

Fantastic helmet Pedro, the Riddell style liner is interesting ,as is the chinstrap arrangement, the plastic OG chin cup reminds me of the Spanish Para M1 style, I would like to add one of these to my own collection day,many thanks for sharing!

If you want I can try to find one for you.

My recent acquisition, a mint early type M64 canteen, cup and cover! This was the most used model during the Ultramar War.

My new mint M64 later type canteen, cup and cover:

After years of search finally I got the pair completed! Early type M64 magazine pouches:

One of my birthday presents this year, the current issue Portuguese Army combat vest!

My Portuguese M/964 OTAN Steel Helmet, I only have the steel pot but I'm trying to find the plastic helmet that goes inside. This was an almost copy of the French M51 OTAN Steel Helmet. It wasn't deployed to Africa in large numbers because since it was NATO materiel it could not be used in the war.

very impressive and beautiful great job

Tanks!