Pouch, Twin Cell, SLR

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General Information

Name: Pouch, Twin Cell, SLR.
Country of Origin: Australia.
Manufacturer: Web Force.
Date of manufacture: c 2000.
Camouflage Pattern: Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (DPCU), Auscam.
Equipment Family: Pattern-90 Web Equipment.
Number Of compartments: Two.
Volume Capacity: N/A.
Weight: 200g.
Size:
     Height- 23cm including loops. 15cm body.
     Width- 4.5cm.
     Length- 17.5cm.
Waterproof: No.

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History

The Twin-Cell SLR Pouch was designed to hold two 7.62mm, 20-round L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) magazines and could also fit two M-18 style smoke grenades. This pouch was part of the 90 Pattern Web Set, a web equipment system produced by the Australian company Web Force. It could be worn in either a high or low position on a Web Force web belt or the Australian issue M-1988 web belt.

Description

The pouch was made from a cotton and polyester blend canvas printed with a DPCU camouflage pattern. Its square-shaped body featured two sets of black nylon webbing belt loops on the back face, with each set of loops lined with black hook and loop tape on their internal sides. These two sets of belt loops allowed the pouch to be worn in either a high or low position on the belt, and the hook and loop tape prevented the pouch from moving around when worn on a Web Force web belt. The two cells of the pouch were large “cup” style open pockets shaped to fit the lower portion of a SLR magazine or smoke grenade, with each cell lid closing over its pocket using a patch of hook and loop tape.

While some units of the Australian Army were issued parts of the Pattern-90 Web Set in the 1990s, it is uncertain whether this particular object was among them.