Shaun Greaves Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Hi all, I am new to militaria and was just wondering if anyone could identify this jacket for me? Any information would be much appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites
Rakkasan187 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Looks like an M43 Field Jacket. Leigh "Pain is only Weakness Leaving the Body"MSG Leigh E Smith JrUS Army (Retired) Link to post Share on other sites
huntssurplus Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Agreed, post-WW2 used though with the U.S. Army tape. Probably 60's era. Hunt I am an amateur collector of US military items of the 20th century. Looking for items related to: -The Aleutian Island Campaign of WW2, Alaskan Theater, Alaska Defense Command, and more specifically the Battle of Attu -Items related to the 50th Combat Engineer Regiment/Battalion -Items related to Wheelus Air Force Base Libya, particularly from 1957-1960 -WW2 items belonging to service members from Northern Virginia -WW2 Uniforms (all branches and services) -Cheap/Throwaway WW2 named uniforms -Smaller WW2 Groupings -7th Infantry Division Items -WW2 Photos and Letters (all branches, theaters, services, etc) ^^ PM ME!! Instagram: @surplus_central https://instagram.com/surplus_central/ eBay: http://www.ebay.com/usr/giovachm Link to post Share on other sites
Shaun Greaves Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 Responses are much appreciated guys. The M43 is the late war issue field jacket, correct? So when you say probably 60s era, does this mean the jacket was produced/issued during the 1960s or made during the Second World War but used in the 1960s? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Doctorofwar Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 M-43 was “officially” superseded by the short lived M-50, then the M-51 and then the M-65. Stuff stayed in the system for awhile however. Your jacket was probably made sometime prior to the M-51 (c1951) but was in use until the 1960s to acquire the ‘60s era name tape. The M-43 and M-51 were very similar and only differed in detail. Link to post Share on other sites
huntssurplus Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 The jacket is most likely manufactured 1944-1949, but, the "U.S. Army" tape dates to the 1960's. Therefore, while it was manufactured in the WW2/Immediate post-war era, it was most likely either first issued, or reissued in the 60's. It was very common for the WW2 manufactured M43's to continue to be issued for decades after as its construction is very similar to the m50/m51 as mentioned by the previous member. I'm guessing this was worn right around the time the M65 came out. Hunt I am an amateur collector of US military items of the 20th century. Looking for items related to: -The Aleutian Island Campaign of WW2, Alaskan Theater, Alaska Defense Command, and more specifically the Battle of Attu -Items related to the 50th Combat Engineer Regiment/Battalion -Items related to Wheelus Air Force Base Libya, particularly from 1957-1960 -WW2 items belonging to service members from Northern Virginia -WW2 Uniforms (all branches and services) -Cheap/Throwaway WW2 named uniforms -Smaller WW2 Groupings -7th Infantry Division Items -WW2 Photos and Letters (all branches, theaters, services, etc) ^^ PM ME!! Instagram: @surplus_central https://instagram.com/surplus_central/ eBay: http://www.ebay.com/usr/giovachm Link to post Share on other sites
Shaun Greaves Posted June 12 Author Share Posted June 12 Brilliant guys, thank you very much for the information! Link to post Share on other sites
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