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Originally Posted by MrEvolution
Is that a FUR lining? IN THIS HEAT!??!
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It wasn't that hot on Sunday morning. I had that entire kit on for maybe 4 hours.
There are quite a few pics of Forcemen wearing their parkas during Dragoon.
No fur lining except for the hood. The parka is reversible. Not sure if it is a "fashion item" or an original. Either way, from what I have seen in reference books it is pretty close to the specs of a Version 3 Parka. I bought a few of them off of ebay. I own a version one parka (much longer with fur on the cuffs) that is definitely the real deal (dated 1942). That one isn't getting within 1,000 feet of a paintball field (the pics were taken just outside of the local paintball field. I'll probably revive this thread when the snow falls with a Freddie's Freighters FSSF impression. Need to get a Yukon packboard first though.
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Originally Posted by Boyso
Nice loadout, but I haven't seen any forcemen using mitchell helmet covers in my ref. pictures. Mind sharing yours?
Where did you get the Artic Parka? eBay?
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The helmet cover a cut piece of camouflage parachute; WPG item # 102887000 usually used as a scarf.
While not necessarily Forcemen, there are plenty of pics of US soldiers wearing this on their helmet. It's there more to obscure the post war liner than anything. I am failry certain that there is one commonly known photograph of 3 Forcemen in a mortar pit with one of them wearing an impovised cover on the helmet. Obviously it's different than what I used but it is still a makeshift helmet cover.
Edit: found the pic. Forceman on the left is wearing a makeshift helmet cover. Most certainly FSSF due to the Johnson LMG.
Also FSSF entering Rome:
