4th Gen Phrobis with misaligned roll-mark...fake??

[Carlo]

Originally Posted by pwcosol

Adding to what Howard said, although the pouch certainly looks similar to a single pocket magazine pouch for the Beretta M9, from what others have stated, it was never intended to be one.

Hello!
I think the pouch was originally intended to be used (also) as a pistol magazine pouch, but actually never used in the field to store the Beretta magazine.
Here is a piece of paper I found inside the pouch of my XM9 (already posted in the forum).

[Mister Moon]

[porterkids]

Originally Posted by pwcosol

Adding to what Howard said, although the pouch certainly looks similar to a single pocket magazine pouch for the Beretta M9, from what others have stated, it was never intended to be one. I have found two used Phrobis M9s which had a fire-starter stone & strike stick in the pouch (kept the one which was still sealed in plastic). A small multi-tool is also a possibility, too.

Maybe its just a matter of semantics, but the pouch was designed and intended to be for a Beretta pistol magazine. It appears that it was never actually used for this purpose, but that was its intended use. That's straight from Mickey Finn's mouth to my ears.

[pwcosol]

Thanks Bill for setting the record straight. Perhaps what I was thinking is the "magazine pouch" was seldom utilized for this purpose. Since the vast majority of M9 bayonets were issued to soldiers whom did not carry a pistol in the field, this would seem to be the case. The importance and/or usefulness of this feature must have been considered minimal. I cannot recall whom stated this fact, but the pouch was never an "inventoried" item having a NSN assigned to it, so once supplies ran out, that was it. The addition of the pouch also terminated with the Phrobis contract as well.