June 1944 D-Day Commando Interest - Vickers K Gun Webbing Equipment

A set of Vickers K Gun pouches these were Army coded in their designation as ' Assault & Commando Equipment ' & were used by Commandos during the D-Day Ouistreham assault where they attacked German beach defences at the Riva Bella Casino.
Very similar to the Lewis gun pouches , both pouches are marked & dated 'BHG Ltd 1944'.

FROM THE LONG ESTABLISHED COLLECTION OF AUTHOR CHRIS POLLENDINE WHO IS A MAIN CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SUPERB BRITISH WEBBING EQUIPMENT WEBSITE KARKEEWEB & AUTHOR OF TWO UNRIVALLED WW1 REFERENCE WORKS CAMPAIGN 1914 & CAMPAIGN 1915 .

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