The 3.5 inch rocket launcher was 1.52 metres long but broke into two parts for carriage. As such it would be about 76 cm long and could fit the 60 cm carrier parachutist with an obvious need for the end caps to protect the bits sticking out!
Here is another one:
https://pegasusww2britishmilitaria.c...ers-equipment/
Image is of soldiers of 16 Parachute Brigade in the 1950s from The British Soldier in the 20th Century by Mike Chappell.
Tim
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