Favorite Issued Kit

[Eye In The Sky]

Forgot…

Gortex socks, green, almost knee-high. I got tired of buying my own kit (Matterhorn field boots and Rocky socks) before these came out…

Still use the issued one, they’ve held up really well and I can patch them if needed.

 

[markppcli]

Forgot…

Gortex socks, green, almost knee-high. I got tired of buying my own kit (Matterhorn field boots and Rocky socks) before these came out…

Still use the issued one, they’ve held up really well and I can patch them if needed.

In that note, the issued patch kit is frankly really good. I’ve fixed a ton with it and it’s always held up really well

 

[Halifax Tar]

Forgot…

Gortex socks, green, almost knee-high. I got tired of buying my own kit (Matterhorn field boots and Rocky socks) before these came out…

Still use the issued one, they’ve held up really well and I can patch them if needed.

Good call I've used a set I have a few times.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Meant to sit in an armoured vehicle, without heat, at well below zero. With the overalls it was too hot to move around in.

Oh right, like an armoured crew member would move off their vehicle….

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Oh right, like an armoured crew member would move off their vehicle….

Well, in fairness, sometimes it's the other C/S that is brewing up the hotdogs...

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Well, in fairness, sometimes it's the other C/S that is brewing up the hotdogs...

Or gravy…

 

[FJAG]

Or gravy…

If memory serves me correctly - back in the days of the Centurions and when our RP4s came with tin cans and not bags - tank crews would put their cans in a metal box above the radiators which were towards the centre rear of the engine and had a small access hatch. The heat there was a constantly around 180*F so you could just go out onto the engine deck and grab a hot can.

That and they had boiling vessels for making the gravy in.

 

[markppcli]

There we were in wainwright, February with -30 as the standard. Hot meals come out and sadly it’s army “steak.” Not to to fear, we ice bagged the left overs and tossed them in the admin bin to flash freeze. Full week goes by of smashing steak sandwiches off the panini press in the back.

 

[OldSolduer]

Ranger blankets - have I mentioned them?

 

[Halifax Tar]

Update on my thermos. Forgot it at the camp this morning.

Just got back to the camp and the coffee is still piping hot! Great piece of kit.

 

[Kat Stevens]

Update on my thermos. Forgot it at the camp this morning.

Just got back to the camp and the coffee is still piping hot! Great piece of kit.

Still use the old green Stanley thermos I was issued in 1980 every winter

 

[Halifax Tar]

Still use the old green Stanley thermos I was issued in 1980 every winter

That's exactly the one I have.

I can't believe how good it is.

And the carrier just makes it that much more practical.

 

[OldSolduer]

That's exactly the one I have.

I can't believe how good it is.

And the carrier just makes it that much more practical.

Same here - far better than that canteen shaped abortion they called a "thermos". The only thing it kept hot was your temper when it froze solid on a mild day.

 

[RangerRay]

Update on my thermos. Forgot it at the camp this morning.

Just got back to the camp and the coffee is still piping hot! Great piece of kit.

I was so upset when I had to turn that in.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Sir Ranulph Fiennes' choice of glove for arctic/ antarctic expeditions?

How I get ready: Ranulph Fiennes

‘On a trickier climb, some would wear gloves rather than mitts, but it’s best to wear two pairs of mitts so your fingers stay together and don’t get frostbitten’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grimey]

Sir Ranulph Fiennes' choice of glove for arctic/ antarctic expeditions?

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How I get ready: Ranulph Fiennes

‘On a trickier climb, some would wear gloves rather than mitts, but it’s best to wear two pairs of mitts so your fingers stay together and don’t get frostbitten’

www.theguardian.com

'My wife said I was irritable, so I thought, “Why not cut off the dead bits myself?” So I got out the Black + Decker bench and a saw, and my wife brought me cups of tea. The thumb took two days, but eventually I got rid of all five of the ends, and the surgeon said I’d done a good job!'

When you're eyeing the Dewalt chop-saw and having thoughts of self-surgery, break out the Tetley

 

[Kat Stevens]

'My wife said I was irritable, so I thought, “Why not cut off the dead bits myself?” So I got out the Black + Decker bench and a saw, and my wife brought me cups of tea. The thumb took two days, but eventually I got rid of all five of the ends, and the surgeon said I’d done a good job!'

When you're eyeing the Dewalt chop-saw and having thoughts of self-surgery, break out the Tetley

Please. Brooke Bond's PG Tips, old boy.

 

[Blackadder1916]

Please. Brooke Bond's PG Tips, old boy.

 

[Kat Stevens]

The tour de france one is epic

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Sir Ranulph Fiennes' choice of glove for arctic/ antarctic expeditions?

View attachment 74745

How I get ready: Ranulph Fiennes

‘On a trickier climb, some would wear gloves rather than mitts, but it’s best to wear two pairs of mitts so your fingers stay together and don’t get frostbitten’

www.theguardian.com

I used the army's arctic mitts doing a mining exploration job in Northern Manitoba, we still worked (not efficiently) at -50 and those mitts saved my fingers.