BePo magazin pouch for Walther MP ??

[Asbjoern]

By chance I found a magazin pouch for three MP magazines ... stamped with the brand name GECO and dated to 1962. Some details remind my of the contemporary pouches for the G3 used by the Bundeswehr, others are not common on BW stuff. On multiboard someone gave the hint to the Walther MP, someone else found an offer by Sauer Militaria offering a similar pouch as Westgerman BePo item ...

Can this be true ? And is it possible to tell which country used these pouches ?





Jens

[Guardian 5]

Wow, Jens, you sure know how to uncover rare magazine pouches. I am completely stumped by this one. Congratulations on an interesting find.

All the best,
TJ

[Klaus1989]

very strange pouch. Would guess, that it is not for export? However was surprised to see old 1964 newsreel, that showed Chilean soldiers with the BW vinyl G3 pouches (which they used for SIG 510 magazines). It would appear, that some vinyl gear was exported, but could not imagine who would use this pouch, if that was the case.

Bepo units always seemed to use leather and canvas equipments.

Regards
Klaus