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Greatest Article of TA-50 Ever (1 Viewer)

As a Texan, what is this word "cold" you are referring to? :geek:

You must live in East Texas.

I lived in El Paso for many years, and it got damned cold there in the winter. As in zero or sub-zero temperatures fairly regularly.

And my first time driving through the panhandle, there was over 6" of snow on the ground.
 
You must live in East Texas.

I lived in El Paso for many years, and it got damned cold there in the winter. As in zero or sub-zero temperatures fairly regularly.

And my first time driving through the panhandle, there was over 6" of snow on the ground.
I was there in ‘69 and yes it did get cold. That winter El Paso had its first snow in many, many years, years. Needless to say there were accidents galore because people didn’t know how to drive in the snow.
 
I sure envied that sleeping bag with the arms some German's had back in the 'mouse skin???' uniform days. During a REFORGER we got Belgian rations. A box for the squad for a day. It was good but I passed on the sardines. Couldn't even stand the smell... ✌️

Yeah I was too honest with 19 - some of my comrades managed to take one of the bags home after service. We called It "Mumienschlafsack" - "mummy sleeping bag" ;) - food was really bad, I saw potato bags with signs "for pig food" behind the kitchen :D :D :D
 
Yeah I was too honest with 19 - some of my comrades managed to take one of the bags home after service. We called It "Mumienschlafsack" - "mummy sleeping bag" ;) - food was really bad, I saw potato bags with signs "for pig food" behind the kitchen :D :D :D

I remember Bundeswehr sleep bags that converted into a parka when you got up, thus keeping you warm first thing in the morning.
 
I was there in ‘69 and yes it did get cold. That winter El Paso had its first snow in many, many years, years. Needless to say there were accidents galore because people didn’t know how to drive in the snow.
I was stationed at Bliss when it snowed one year and I was white knuckling it the whole was home from post. I-10 was complete carnage.
 
Drivers in Georgia are like that when it snows.

Car won't go. Push the accelerator harder.

I see people labor under that delusion even in northern climes. But I did see it more often down south. Even in Kentucky, a light dusting of snow and sprinkle of ice would have the on-ramps for 31W loaded with spinning, sliding, going nowhere cars. I could usually drive right around them and leave them to their own devices.
 
I remember Bundeswehr sleep bags that converted into a parka when you got up, thus keeping you warm first thing in the morning.
yeah, they were good. But we had some shitty stuff too. As tent everybody had a peice of Cloth wich he could knot together with the one of your comrades. And that was the home while negative degrees temperature. We called it "Dackelgarage" - "dachshund garage" ;) :D
 
About that time of year. I see these are now called vintage, I just broke mine out and you cannot tell that it was issued in the 1970s!View attachment 67546858
I agree....my first duty station was Ft Richardson Alaska in 1984; the Pile cap, AKA, the "buffalo chip" and woobie were my two favorite articles of TA 50.
 
I agree....my first duty station was Ft Richardson Alaska in 1984; the Pile cap, AKA, the "buffalo chip" and woobie were my two favorite articles of TA 50.
It could have been worse, Ft Wainwright was my son's first duty station. :)
 
yeah, they were good. But we had some shitty stuff too. As tent everybody had a peice of Cloth wich he could knot together with the one of your comrades. And that was the home while negative degrees temperature. We called it "Dackelgarage" - "dachshund garage" ;) :D
I can't remember how many times i was issued a tent half and how little it was ever used. As in, never.
 
I can't remember how many times i was issued a tent half and how little it was ever used. As in, never.
We used the shelter half as a cover when it snowed so we could hopefully keep the snow off our sleeping bags in Germany.
When in the light infantry it was part of a heavy poncho, wool blanket, poncho liner bedroll. It almost kept the rain off us, but we were often too tired to care.
Sometimes in formal defense positions we used them as blackout curtains.
Very handy for everything but what they were designed for.
 
Don't think they issue those out anymore. We had balaclava and neck gaiters.
 
Sir, you are besmirching the good name of the true greatest piece of TA-50 ever: the poncho liner aka “woobie”.

I’m way before your time, camo was just phasing in.
 

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