A bandolier is a pocketed belt for holding ammunition. It was usualy slung over the chest. In its original form, it was common issue to soldiers from the 16th to 18th centuries. This was very useful for quickly reloading a musket. A belt is a flexible band, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. ... Boxes of ammunition clog a warehouse in Baghdad Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ... A soldier is a person who serves in an armed force for pay. ... Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ...
A somewhat different form of the bandolier came into use in the 20th century when it accompanied modern cartridges and hand grenades. They are now rare due to the prohibitive size of modern clips. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Rimmed, centerfire . ... A hand grenade is a hand-held bomb, made to be thrown by a soldier. ... An M16 magazine. ...
A bandolier carrier strip for carrying pin-like contact elements through a plating bath and for subsequent use in automated insertion apparatus is provided by a non-metallic strip-like base member of flexible non-conductive material with a layer of conductive material on at least one side thereof.
The bandolier in accordance with claim 1, wherein said plurality of pairs of spaced apertures are arranged in two rows whereby one member from each pair of spaced apertures is aligned in one row and the other members for each pair are aligned in another row.
The bandolier with the plurality of pin-like elements is fed through the plating material whereby the layer of conductive material and plurality of pin-like elements are plated by the plating material.