Military winter gear

[richardslayer]

Sorry for digging up an old thread, but it was how I found the forum, at the time I was looking for a jacket i'd seen on another website and can't find anywhere.

Anyway, if anyone knows what it is and where I can get some that'd be great.
Here is the spec:

It looked like a US issue BDU UCP Shirt but thicker, it had slanty chest pockets, it was fleece lined, it had a hood and I believe it was Gore-tex. Also the title was US Army Winter Jacket (hence how I found this thread) but I can't find one anywhere!

If anyone can tell me what it is i'd love to get some in for Winter

[Treesuit]

Richard,

I think what you might be refering to is the newer version of the US military's ECWCS. Patagonia made a complete line of cold/wet clothing for the military depending on the terrain and weather on wherever you were to be. It is very rare to find and extremely pricey. The whole entire system was 16 pieces of clothing and you could mix an match everything. It think the jacket you might be refering is the extreme cold weather jacket they had in the line up. Although this line of clothing was totally separate from the normal ACU sytle of clothing.

[cavguy]

Treesuit is correct I think the particular item you are looking for was the level 4 wind jacket. It is ACU in color. The kit has 7 various layers, everything from inner layers to full loft outer layers. There is also a version of the system issued to troops in Special Operations units called the PCU it is pretty nice too you even get 4 X pairs of underwear in the PCU kit!

[ak70g2]

Just got an invitation for a 7-days (civilian) winter survival training in february 2013, so I kindly ask you to make some proposals for winter clothing and an good sleeping bag, capable to withstand a temperature of -30 degrees Celsius. The only other requirement for the sleeping bag is to enter in the bottom compartment of an Berghaus Vulcan backpack.

What winter sleeping bags are used by British and Norwegian armies?

PS. Our resident polar bear Norge is still AWOL, I suppose.

[sodjer]

hey ak70g2,the british sleep system is ok ,but heavy,because they are cheap my whole family has one,rough tough and warm in scottish climates (rarely below -10 in winter,but always wet)your best bet in british kit is an artic down bag(you can kip on bare ice with this one,but getting harder to get ),the company i deal with only sell them in multipls of 5 ,but they have sold out http://www.fieldtextiles.co.uk/ishop/86 ... cr273.html p.s the dutch use the british sleep system. davy

[Treesuit]

The only other requirement for the sleeping bag is to enter in the bottom compartment of an Berghaus Vulcan backpack.

What are the size dimensions of the bottom compartment?

[ak70g2]

The only other requirement for the sleeping bag is to enter in the bottom compartment of an Berghaus Vulcan backpack.

What are the size dimensions of the bottom compartment?

Is approx 34 cm width x 28 cm depth x 30 cm height. I was looking for an Norwegian Nanok Enduarance SF-25 sleeping bag, I think I'll ask for more info.

http://www.nanok.no/engelsk/page32/page35/page35.html

Often I want Norge back on the forums, his expertise in cold weather gear come very handy...

[rationtin440]

Whatever happened to Norge anyway? I've not seen him on here in ages.

[dirtbag]

He's lurking...
Last visited:Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:11 am

[Treesuit]

How about this everyone; does anybody know a outlet or website where somebody could purchase a norwegian sleeping bag. I think that might be better approach.