French Army First Aid Kit Pouch F1

 

Brelage F1 / FAMAS

Dressing Pouch TAP TTA 

II/93

1990s

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This is a : 1990s French first aid pouch (pochette à pansement II/93)

Description

French Army para first aid kit IFAK dressing pouch TAP TTA II/93

This is the French Army first aid kit or dressing pouch for TAP and TTA II/93 (the "Trousse 1er Secours Armée française"). It has the rear plastic clip and web straps, front leather pull strap, and velcro closure. 

Pochette pour pansements armee francaise
Below is an example of the Pansement individual (individual first aid dressing) Model 1990s

These are often referred to as a TAP (Troupes AéroPortées = Airborne troops) item, but I found one mention on a French forum that they were a TTA Piece of equipment. TTA (toutes armes/modèle général) refers to an item that is used by all arms, eg being the general model and not specifically used by one branch of service.

Physical Description

Made from olive drab Nylon.It originally contained various tablets, small dressings, tourniquets, etc.

Dimensions are: 13 x 10 x 4 cm.

History note Category

For the Indochina and Algerian war periods you will often see II/48 written here. In later years you will encounter II/85, and I believe III/93 as the design and contents of the pouch was changed/modified.

From research the II/48 marking indicates the type of contents (class II) and the year (1948) that the contents were chosen/approved for use.

Version III/93 was distributed until the 2000s for any departure on OPEX. It contains various tablets, small bandages, tourniquet etc...

Printed Label 

Object Details 

Category    

Load Carriage Systems

Related period 

1990-2000s

Materials    

Nylon

Dimensions 

Catalogue number 

Associated 

• French Army
• Brelage F1 / Famas
• Brelage TAP

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"Brelage" nylon modèle F1