Norweigan army sleeping bag

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Viking

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Oct 1, 2003
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Do any of you know anything about this sleeping bag? When I bought it it said that he was from the norweigan army. It is really heavy and large, probably made to fit a fully dressed soldier. But I want to know more about it, when was these sleeping bags made and are they made for winter or summer?

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Adi007

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Sep 3, 2003
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Got any labels on it?

Nice looking sleeping bag though.
 

Adi007

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Viking said:
There is only a small label with a shield on one side an some numbers on the other.
What are the numbers?
 

Gary

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Apr 17, 2003
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And you'll need it here for sure!

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No not a Nato stock number - thats for sure.
 

Tvividr

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Jan 13, 2004
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Viking said:
We will soon see if it´s warm enough :wink:
Gary said:
Thats what I'm worried about - you might be be me??? :chill:
:eek:): :nana: don't worry. On the news this morning they said that the long term prognosis indicated that it would be a mild winter. I guess that's a 50/50 chance - those weather men can't be trusted for long term predictments. Guess that you can expect anything between 0 - minus 20 C, although I've had minus 29 on that mountain too, and then you really gonna do this :hyper:
 

Gary

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Apr 17, 2003
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We dont call it viking we call that warm breeze F**ting!! :rolmao:

We shall see. :super:
 

Tvividr

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Jan 13, 2004
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Gary said:
We dont call it viking we call that warm breeze F**ting!! :rolmao: We shall see. :super:
Yeah, real viking gorp always give you lots of gas :shock:
Johan, I will email the pic of your bag to a few noggin army people that I know, to get their oppinion.
 

Hoodoo

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Nov 17, 2003
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Here's a description of a Norwegian bag I found online. I don't know if it's the same as the one you have. The url is here.

It must get real cold in Norway for them to produce a military bag like this one! Mummy style made of Olive Drab water repellant cotton canvas with 5 lbs. of Dupont Dacron Hollofil® for cold weather comfort. Complete with anti-snag two-way center zipper, circle reinforced foot, sewn-in roll-up ties, draw string hood and full length oversized wind baffle. Measures 79”L from top to hood with 28” across the shoulders tapering to 18”, rolled size is 20”L x 10”D. Stuff sack with carry handle included. Weighs 6.50 lbs. New Unissued.
 

Viking

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Oct 1, 2003
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www.nordicbushcraft.com
This is an answer I gor on another forum

Looks like one of the "new model" sleeping bags issued from 1990's on.
The ones I used in my day had "Navy duffel coat" type buttons.
Used one of the new models with zipper during my last reserve call up some years ago though.
If I remember correctly the new model was an evolution on the 3 layer design concept of the old model (i.e. with an inner "washing layer", a mid quilted "heat layer", and an outher cover layer.
During my basic training year we used to change the inner layer of the sleeping bag for a new one from the depot once every month.
If I'm not wrong think the sleeping bag comes in 2 models.
A standard model, and a "jaeger" model with better insulation properties (comfortable in underwear mode down to -28 - -30 C) for jaeger and recon units. We hade some of the prototypes of the jaeger models on testing in my unit, when I did my basic year. They were made by Ajungilak based on their Tyin cold weather sleeping bag model (though with zipper opening, and were a great improvement over the old model maggots we used at the time.
 

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