toggle rope

{{Short description|20th-century miltiary equipment}}

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A toggle rope was part of the standard equipment of British commandosUSE OF TOGGLE ROPES Sgt John Liddle, 22nd Training Battalion Royal Marines. 1st Feb 1944 and the Parachute Regiment during World War II. It was {{convert|6|ft|m}} long, and had a toggle at one end in a tightly fitting eye splice, with a larger eye at the other end.Pre-Service Physical Training and Recreation for Army Cadets 1943, Chapter 17 IMPROVISATION AND MAINTENANCE OF APPARATUS AND KIT FOR PHYSICAL AND RECREATIONAL TRAINING p.154Home Guard Instruction Manual No.51, Part III Patrolling This enabled them to be fastened together to create an ersatz rope ladder, or to secure around a bundle for hauling, among other uses as well as an ad-hoc truncheon. The ropes were carried around the commandos and paratroopers waists while not in use.{{cite book|title=Commandos and Rangers of World War II |first=James |last=Ladd |date= 1 January 1979 |isbn= 9781131235172 |page= 241}}

The toggle rope was also used by US Army RangersThe RANGER-December 1, 1941, How to Make a Good TOGGLE ROPE For Your Ranger Work. and Australia in the Vietnam War as the fibre rope assembly, single leg, polyester fibre, 1in circ. 9ft longhttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1149740https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5a5ec07d90751a15e847651f Later variants of the nylon rope lacked the toggle and was 10mm x 4m long and was stored in a 1 ft long coil when stashed away. Modern day issued variants are the Platatac toggle rope.

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The South African Defence Force (SADF) issued a modern version of the toggle rope widely to its soldiers in the 70's and 80's, it was generally referred to by soldiers by its Afrikaans name "tokkel-tou". The toggle was manufactured of anodised aluminium and a spliced nylon rope 190 cm long was used. {{Cite web |last=hatchfive |date=2023-04-03 |title=SADF Toggle Rope |url=https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2023/04/03/sadf-toggle-rope/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Tales from the Supply Depot |language=en}}