Which army doss bag is this ?

[Shewie]

One for the squaddies .......

Is this synthetic or down filled ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARMY-MILITARY...Collectables_Militaria_LE?hash=item2ea97633e6

I though the mkII down bags with the centre zip had a flap over the closure. Is this the later synthetic bag ?

 

[MartiniDave]

Well, it looks like my pattern 58 "Maggot", complete with horrid nylon liner, which is down filled, snuggly warm but a bit heavy. I don't know if the syntetic ones look any different though.

Dave

 

[topknot]

looks synthetic, Dutch or German to me.

 

[FGYT]

yep definatley looks German/ Dutch


Definatly Not a 58

pretty sure its not British Issue

ATB

Duncan

 

[johnboy]

I concur it's not 58 patt nor is it the old Down filled arctic bag nor any of the new bags out of CQC..

Looks like the quilting on those old German Sleeping bag jacket things... Nasty....

 

[MartiniDave]

Sorry, I didn't look closely enough, its actually nothing like my Pattern 58! Guess it's really much too long since I got out and used it.

Dave

 

[Chrisj]

Judging by the stitching all over it I reackon it is likely to be synthetic. The pockets formed between the stitching don't look large enough to get the down to loft well enough if it were down. Either way if it is stitched through and not box wall construction that is a heck of a lot of cold spots created by the stitch lines.

 

[legin]

I too sink it iz Cherman

Nigel.

 

[w00dsmoke]

Not sure but it looks like a either a Dutch or possibly Swiss Carynthia made military bag. Certainly Euorpean.

Carynthia at one time had the market for European army sleeping bags. The design is pretty common among many European countries and so does the fill weight. I'm sure it's synthetic.

WS

 

[topknot]

One of are member get one , i've seen a thread away back with pic's .

 

[jayuk]

It's definitely a German army synthetic sleeping bag. It replaced the one with the arms around the early 1990s.

It would be suitable for summer use in the UK, but it's not made to the same high quality of most German army gear. The current synthetic and 58 pattern British army bags would be a better buy.