Naughty15tracy's questions about 1980s combats, kit, etc.

[naughty15tracy]

Thanks for the interest. I was not actually looking for clothes, except maybe an old C Scot R cap badge tarten cloth, an old field cap (1 before the robin hood style/Red Green cap) and the map. I think I have a real good lead on the map, and the field cap dose not matter if I can find the tarten cloth for the cap badge. Otherwise it was just info I was looking at getting; there was allot of good help and I would like to thank you all; somethings like what is carried in what pocket in the old combat uniform is still kinda tough because everyone is a little different and the info is a little vage, so unless I could go back in time and go up to a female soldier who just came in from training or from a call out and still all her clothes and gear (right down to her underwear), i will have to pick and choose what to get and where to put it (and please do not say to put it there - I know how your minds work); the info i was wondering about what goes in the rucksack is also tough for reasons you already know, so I have decided to pack it like the person was using her army gear for a backpacking trip, and unless there is something you feel I need to know, I was going by how a civi packs their backpacks; the other gear info I was looking at was what goes in the duffel bag and foot locker as if the person was a female and who was going over seas like Iraq (if you have anything to add to the info please do. I may have the info already but I may not and that little something could be usefull (like how to fold your money to put it in your wallet)). as for the size part, that lady who helped me on that, that was great! Everything looks better knowing it all fits the same person. Thanks everyone. Oh I found the other sizes I was trying to get the old combat sizes for. Here they are: Shoe size 8, 5'10" tall, 40/31/41 and 152 pounds. Thanks again everyone

 

[Michael OLeary]

Tracy,

STOP STOP STOP.

Please, go back and read that last post.  Next, rewrite it with capitalization, punctuation and the use of paragraphs.

You have been asked before to pay more attention to your written presentation, and we have been more than patient with you.

Thank you

Milnet.ca Staff

 

[naughty15tracy]

Another question, did they use the bivi bag much back in the 80s?

 

[George Wallace]

Bivy Bags were very rare in the 1980's.  They became popular in the 1990's.  Prior to the Bivy Bag being issued people used their Ground Sheets.  Prior to Ground Sheets, people used Ponchos. 

 

[naughty15tracy]

Are the bivi bag worth getting? Would you say if the soldiers who where out in the field in the 80s where given a choice between having 1 or going with out, would they take 1?

 

[dangerboy]

Are the bivi bag worth getting? Would you say if the soldiers who where out in the field in the 80s where given a choice between having 1 or going with out, would they take 1?

Bivi bags are worth getting, before we got issued them I can remember several people (including myself) paying big bucks for British bivi bags. To this day I almost never use my shelter half and just use the biv bag.

 

[naughty15tracy]

Thanks. was the British bivi bags camafluged or where they o.d.?