Help identifying bag/pouch

[FATAL125]

So I got this bag and small metal canteen along with some other accessories a few years back.

Would like to find out whatever I can about it. Possible age or country of origin or...? There are no tags or identifying marks anywhere.

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[pogi]

It looks Polish but it could be a 3-cell Romanian mag pouch. The Polish pouches are pretty stiff. IIRC, that is a Romanian oiler but it has been a while.

 

[FATAL125]

It looks Polish but it could be a 3-cell Romanian mag pouch. The Polish pouches are pretty stiff. IIRC, that is a Romanian oiler but it has been a while.

It does have 3 compartments.

Looking online i could only find the small oil cans that are round. Couldn't find any examples that were square like this one.

 

[pogi]

Romy oilers

Oilers decoded

Unfortunately, a lot of the photo links were broken by either photo bucket or when they migrated the forum.

 

[pogi]

It does have 3 compartments.

Looking online i could only find the small oil cans that are round. Couldn't find any examples that were square like this one.

The Romy 2-cell pouches are more common. The leather tabs and metal pegs look Polish and if that canvas is thick, it is Polish.

 

[FATAL125]

The Romy 2-cell pouches are more common. The leather tabs and metal pegs look Polish and if that canvas is thick, it is Polish.

Canvas is pretty thick.

Thanks for the info.

 

[FATAL125]

The Romy 2-cell pouches are more common. The leather tabs and metal pegs look Polish and if that canvas is thick, it is Polish.

Would this have been worn on a waist belt or a shoulder strap or...?

 

[pogi]

Would this have been worn on a waist belt or a shoulder strap or...?

Belt but you could rig it up on a shoulder strap of some kind if you wanted to. The Hungarian pouches have a shoulder strap attached, so do the Chinese and early Russian 5-cell pouches.

 

[FATAL125]

Belt but you could rig it up on a shoulder strap of some kind if you wanted to. The Hungarian pouches have a shoulder strap attached.

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Maybe you could help with this too...

I also got this bag (which in looking online seems to be Hungarian) with 5 of these mags.

How can I identify the mags?

 

[pogi]

Maybe you could help with this too...

I also got this bag (which in looking online seems to be Hungarian) with 5 of these mags.

How can I identify the mags?

If you can post some pics with close ups of any proof marks it would help.

If you take off the mag baseplate, Hungarian mags have a flat spring retainer. Other E. Euro mags have a perpendicular tab on the spring retainer. The spring retainer has a park like finish as well.

Hungarian mags might have proof marks with '02', an 'M' in a circle, or a man-in-the-moon. Newer production Hungarian markings don't have any proof marks.

 

[FATAL125]

If you can post some pics with close ups of any proof marks it would help.

If you take off the mag baseplate, Hungarian mags have a flat spring retainer. Other E. Euro mags have a perpendicular tab on the spring retainer. The spring retainer has a park like finish as well.

Hungarian mags might have proof marks with '02', an 'M' in a circle, or a man-in-the-moon. Newer production Hungarian markings don't have any proof marks.

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No proof marks or any other markings anywhere inside or out...

 

[Mono1]

Belt but you could rig it up on a shoulder strap of some kind if you wanted to. The Hungarian pouches have a shoulder strap attached, so do the Chinese and early Russian 5-cell pouches.

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There is something about that guy that makes me think he's light in his loafers.

 

[FATAL125]

If you can post some pics with close ups of any proof marks it would help.

If you take off the mag baseplate, Hungarian mags have a flat spring retainer. Other E. Euro mags have a perpendicular tab on the spring retainer. The spring retainer has a park like finish as well.

Hungarian mags might have proof marks with '02', an 'M' in a circle, or a man-in-the-moon. Newer production Hungarian markings don't have any proof marks.

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4 of them seem to be brand new. No marks or wear at all. Those 4 all have polymer followers and spring bases.

The 5th one has seen some use and has all steel internals. Still no markings of any kind on this one either. Much heavier than the other 4 as well...

 

[pogi]

Are the mag bodies polymer as well?

 

[Xaevian]

Help identifying bag/pouch

This has to be a trick question...

 

[FATAL125]

Are the mag bodies polymer as well?

No they're steel

 

[FATAL125]

This has to be a trick question...

Sorry if my ignorance offends you...

 

[FATAL125]

Are the mag bodies polymer as well?

 

[pogi]

Nice Hungarian pouch, the nylon straps are a little more rare than the leather strap version. I think those are KCI Korean mags that you have.

 

[FATAL125]

Nice Hungarian pouch, the nylon straps are a little more rare than the leather strap version. I think those are KCI Korean mags that you have.

Much appreciated. Thank you for being helpful.