M60 Ammo
Everyone carried machine gun ammo. That was the last weapon
that we wanted to run out of ammunition! Most of us wore two
belts of it over each shoulder Poncho Villa style. That left the
ammo open to contamination. The next best way to carry it was in
a cloth pouch on your ruck sack but this slowed the process of
getting it to the gunner. The best way to carry it was in the
metal box it came in but that added weight to an all ready heavy
load.