Military Gear & Equipment

Military gear and equipment includes everything that is supplied to or used by soldiers or other service members. These sections of Olive-Drab.com provide information about some of those things that make up the vast inventory of supplies, equipment, and materials that are provided in support of the military mission.

Today in WW II: 22 Feb 1942 President Roosevelt orders Gen. Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines to Australia as American defense of the Philippines fails. More ↓

22 Feb 1943 Members of White Rose anti-Nazi movement executed in Germany.
22 Feb 1943 An American amphibious force lands on the Russell Islands, sixty miles northwest of Guadalcanal in the Solomons.
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Military Uniforms, Gear & Equipment on Olive-Drab.com

Rare World War II color photo of African-American engineers participating in nighttime flag ceremony, Ft. Belvoir, VA. Each soldiers is wearing a garrison cap, a wool Service Coat over wool shirt and trousers, with a cartridge belt. The rifle is the M1 Garand.

Military equipment and gear are described on the individual pages or sub-sections of Olive-Drab.com for all the specific types. In addition to the sections linked below, weapons, military vehicles, and rations are covered in their own sections that you can find from the menu bar on the page top.

Individual Equipment
Personal Protection
Other Field Equipment
Military Uniforms & Equipment Reproductions

Marines in full combat gear look out from their truck in convoy, Marine barracks, New River, NC, May 1942.