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CHAPTER 5
FITTING OF BATTLE DRESS UNIFORM AND COAT,
COLD WEATHER (FIELD JACKET)
5-1. MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BATTLEDRESS UNIFORMS The Battledress Uniforms, Temperate
and Hot Weather (Fig. 5--1), consist of a “bush--type” coat, trousers, and a field cap. The uniform
is printed in the woodland camouflage pattern. The Coat, Cold Weather (Field Jacket) is also
printed in the woodland camouflage pattern.
These items are worn by both male and female
soldiers.
a. Design.
(1) Coat. The coat has four bellow type patch pockets with flaps (one on both the lower left
and right fronts and one on the left and right breast), a concealed front button closure, a straight
cut bottom, elbow patches and long sleeves with cuffs.
(2) Trousers. The trousers have a button front fly, two waist adjustment straps, right and left
hip pockets with flaps, two side hanging pockets, right and left cargo pockets with flaps, seat and
knee patches, and leg hem drawcords. The Hot Weather BDU has an insect protective front fly
underlay flap.
(3) Cap. The temperate cap is visor style with a circular crown and retractable earlaps. The
hot weather cap has added air vents and does not have earlaps.
(4)Coat, Cold Weather(Field Jacket). The coat is a lined, hip--length design, having a
bi--swing back, convertible stand--up collar with adjustable tab closure, four buttonholes and
horizontal slide fastener closure on undercollar (exit for hood), attached hood (concealed
between body layers) with drawcord adjustment, two--piece set--in sleeves, adjustment tab cuff
closure and hand shield extension, shoulder loops with button closure, slide fastener fly front
closure with snap fasteners, two bellows type breast pockets and two lower inside handing
pockets with snap fastener flap closures, waist and hem drawcords, and inside buttons for
attaching of insulating liner.
b. Material.
(1) Coat and Trousers
(a) The Temperate Coat and Trousers are made of 50% nylon and 50% cotton twill cloth,
printed in the woodland camouflage pattern.
(b)
The Hot Weather Coat and Trousers are made of 50% nylon and 50% cotton
wind--resistant poplin, printed in the woodland camouflage pattern.
(2) Cap The temperate cap is made of a cotton warp, nylon filling, water--repellent, oxford
cloth, printed in the woodland camouflage pattern. The lining of the earlaps are wool and nylon
flannel oliver green shade 108. The hot weather cap is made of 50% nylon and 50% cotton
wind--resistant poplin, printed in woodland camouflage pattern.
(3) Coat, Cold Weather (Field Jacket). The coat is made of nylon and cotton sateen,
wind--resistant and water--repellent fabric. The material for the lining of the coat and interlining
the fronts is a wind--resistant, water--repellent cotton oxford cloth, OG--107.
