Military Personel Multitool of Choice?

Stockman,
Not sure if your trying to build a period toolkit or just assemble what todays tool kit has but I'm a Hooker(15 uniform) and are basic tool kit was just the same general purpose mechanical clamshell that every other mechanical job uses. The knife it has a colonial and is black if that helps.
 
Stockman,
Googled up the aforementioned Colonial for you.

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I did four years as an Infatryman in the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Vicenza, Italy), and I carried a Leatherman Wave for all four years. Loved it. Got great service out of it and if it ever started to stiffen up I just oiled it. As a SAW gunner I always had a big bottle of CLP (oil for those who don't know). Sadly, my Wave drowned in an unfortunate fishing accident this past summer. I was very sad. I got eight excellent years out of that thing; two pre-army, four during, and two post-army. As I couldn't afford to buy a new Wave at the time, I bought a CRKT Zilla Tool. It's a bit bulky and I wasn't happy with the sheath at all, but I've done some pretty horrible things to it and it's performed admirably so far.
 
citizensoldier, thanks for your research, I already own a couple of TL-29, as well as the CS-34/TL-13 combo.
I'm into vintage tools(including knives ;-)) and that is why I'm trying to assemble something that could be called period toolkit. Not especially military with FSN(nach'49), but something that could have been found in any barn during the '50s. Dont cost me more than brand new tools of that quality would.
(Barcalo, Schrader, Kraeuter, J.H.Williams...)
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Peter
 
the army is giving away gerber multitools to MOST troops going to iraq these days. i say screw that, i will be taking my leatherman blast - it never stops working, never needs a day off, never needs to be cleaned, although i do, and has every tool i need
 
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