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I need to find photos of cold weather gear that the Army issues to its soldiers. I need this for an ROTC presentation. I've searched online and the only things that came up were these online "Army surplus" stores that displayed various equipment and I have no way of verifying if they are authentic.
Try this contact. It is the Army Cold Weather Test Center.
TechDir@crtc.army.mil%20
The Reaper
02-27-2005, 14:01
Look at Natick's web site.
You know, less than 30 seconds on Google, and I had a lot of pics. Have you tried the Northern Warfare Training Center?
Don't take this personally, but I get the impression that a lot of people asking questions on this site are lazy and had Mommy and Daddy do most of their homework.
TR
I've searched more in Google and I think I found something useful. The NWTC have some good photos too. Does anyone know what type of field jacket is that http://www.wainwright.army.mil/nwtc/CWLC%202004.htm in the 1st photo?
I believe you see a parka shell and not a field jacket.
It has been a long time since I was at Ft. Greeley and "blowing up the Alyaska Pipeline"(1976) but the Army is big on layered clothing.
For neg 40 deg weather the unifirm consisted of: T-shirt, long johns, wool shirt, field jacket w/liner and parka shell W liner. There were times when pulling an akio, we were down to T-shirts in spite of the temp. The biggest danger was getting overheated and wet.
New materials such as gortex, and thinsulite were in the developmental stage and I am sure the clothing is lighter and more comfortable. The boots were vapor barrier with a valve to equalize pressure -- an improvement over the original "Mickey Mouse" thermal boots.
Pictures can't really tell the whole story.
Time for another FOG story:
We were to jump into the tundra and make a long overland trek to "blow" the Alyaska pipeline. The aircraft were to be maintained at temperatures below freezing. Instead, the crew had the heaters up to shirt sleeve temp while we were dressed for minus 40 degrees. To make a long story short we got violently ill. I picked up the crew chief's tool tray and puked into it. Served him right. My over whites (a layer I forgot) were then over orange -- the color of the orange juice I had for breakfasr!! :D
That's just the cold weather Gortex parka with the "fur" trim attached. I have yet to see them used here, but hubby has one sittin gin the basement with the rest of his TA-50. They do more layering up here, and sometimes top it off with the winter whites, which are just cotten covers.
The white "Mickey Mouse" boots are still used.
Wiseman, also do a search on SPEAR Lightweight Environmental Protection, or LEP. You can also search on the Protective Combat Uniform, or PCU, which is in limited issue to some Navy/USMC personnel.
Thank you all for the help! I appreciate it.