Equipment Books
Collector's References are a category of book more in-depth than primers
and study individual subjects in great detail. The books on this page are
recommended reading for understanding the personal equipment used by
Canadian soldiers in the 20th Century.
| British Web Equipment of the Two
World Wars
Martin J. Brayley, Europe Militaria
No. 52, Crowood Press, 2005. 64pp
An excellent full-colour photographic
guide to British 1908 and 1937 Pattern Webbing, with a good look
also at 1944 Pattern and some of the interwar sets. Good extras,
like list of British manufacturers and their abbreviated names as
found on actual webbing items.
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Web: Equipping the Canadian Soldier is the first book devoted
solely to Canadian produced 1937 Pattern field equipment. The book
was written by lifelong collector WE "Ed" Storey, and covers in
detail all major components of infantry and officers field
equipment, larger items of field equipment, orders of dress, and
even reprints the wartime manual regarding this equipment.
Physical Description
- Service Publications, Ottawa, ON,
2003.
- Softcover, extensively illustrated
- ISBN 1894581091
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The Tangled Web: Infantry
Accoutrements 1855-1985 was the first major attempt to catalogue
all major types of infantry equipment used by the Canadian Army in a
single volume. The book was written by retired Brigadier General
Jack L. Summers.
Physical Description
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Hardcover,
published by Museum Restoration Service, 1992
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146 pp., many
illustrations
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ISBN 0919316972
Review
A good introduction
to Canadian infantry equipments, though rather pricy and not
comprehensive. Certain types of infantry equipment are covered much
more comprehensively in other sources, but for many less common
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