Looks good, almost reminded me of the old 58 bag.
What does worry me looking at the new bag is; done up tight against the cold you'd be snug, but a stuck zip would be a nightmare.
Being 5' 5" (that was tall in the 80's) and being issued a large 58 I had plenty of room to wriggle - this was my undoing.
One night on exercise I awoke face down in the bag, disorientated I rolled over and with a stuck zip on the bag (now behind me)... it took five lads to hold me down and cut me out of it - not that I was panicking or anything...
Liam
looks nice kit Chris,...
is it getting an outing quite soon??
if the defence 4 is being issued, looks like I need to make a trip to my clothing store to get one hopefully
feels a bit lighter than the old bag but dont know really.....
width wise the same not too sure, but the top looks about the same width as the old bag...
this is the new issue standard bag, my unit has just got them in, but only a small number, i was lucky to get one TBH, it is the new issue though so will be moving through the army with the new uniform pcp or psp which has taken over from mtp... the mtp was canned because it was going to cost too much, it was a better pattern than psp but cost more, the new shirts im not too keen on though, all verlcro, yuk...
Sleeping bags go on your 1157 now, so has to be got from the clothing store, easily replaced when the clothing store is open, thats the only problem, when is the clothing store ever open when you need it