Wooly Pully sweater

[addyb]

Question:

The "commando" sweater, green, patches on elbows/shoulders.

Is it field gear, or is (was) it only for garrison wear?

A.

 

[Graham_S]

definetly field gear. i still use mine when i'm out in the field. a great piece of kit.

 

[Goose]

Was both, summer dress was shirt sleeve order and winter was wooly pully!

 

[swamp donkey]

Definatly both, two issued one for work ,one for parade, Hated them then, hate them now ,never wore one if I could get away with it. For me the most useless bit of kit issued, even putties where more use but thats just me

Just to hi jack the thread I need to replace my Norwegian army wooly jumper used to be artic issue gren lift up collar thumb holes you know the ones . Any of you vikinhgs know if they are available over there as I just cannot find one in uk. No even on E bay

 

[Eric_Methven]

The wooly pully was great until your wife sticks it in the washing machine and it comes out like it'll fit a two year old!

Eric

 

[stotRE]

The wooly pully was great on exercise when i was a sproggy sapper,along with my boil in the bag waterproofs,poncho,58 pattern large pack and a doss bag full of feathers(or should i say quarter full of feathers,all stuffed into one corner).

Top tip was to get cam cream on the collar of your green shirt and then try and get it off before RSM's kit inspection.

ROP's anyone

Wooly pullys are great if you want to itch from sun up to sun down and then let of steam like the morning mist.

Better off with a norwegian army shirt and a descent fleece.

 

[Brian]

Hi,

I hate my wooly pully and always used to wear a HH field jacket when not in camp. Swamp Donkey you can get the Norwegian sweater from Silvermans. They call it a Green Norge sweater, its £40. I'm looking at one as well.

Brian

 

[steven andrews]

Hi,

I hate my wooly pully and always used to wear a HH field jacket when not in camp. Swamp Donkey you can get the Norwegian sweater from Silvermans. They call it a Green Norge sweater, its £40. I'm looking at one as well.

Brian

Yup, the HH field jacket was a "must have" bit of kit. That, a Norgy shirt and a windproof smock.

The guys who wore issue kit used to suffer - gibbering in a GS cotton shirt, wooley pulley and a useless 85 pattern jacket.

 

[Goose]

I made a jumper to fit a two year old once!
If you think wooly pullies are itchy,remember KF shirts?

 

[stotRE]

KF shirt.................Ouch!

Closing up your poncho roll with a spoon

Doss bag in a black bin bag on the outside of your large pack........dry?

In the prone position with your large pack on..........does anybody see the enemy!
I didn't just ants and worms

 

[swamp donkey]

Stot;- Gib barracks or Cove camp ?
Not forgetting shovel on back of large pack , go to get up shovel blade in back of leg

Just thought of some thing more useless Barrack dress trousers what where they all about


Brain :- Thanks for that but £45 foran extra large and I dont like Silvermans these days just to greedy

 

[steven andrews]

"Large" pack...

 

[Big Geordie]

Hey.. dont knock wooly pullies.... I missed mine so much I bought one yesterday on e bay for 99p.
The reason? I was told my high tech fleece is bound to get burnt around a fire whereas the wooly wont suffer as badly. Did I get it wrong again??
I'll get me coat.
George

 

[swamp donkey]

99p can never be wrong

yep fleeces do melt , I have a couple that would make better sieves

 

[stotRE]

Better to melt than itch

Either that or make a full suit from used sandbags.............medic!

 

[Brian]

Surely we could have them under the trades description act as the "Large Pack" was anything but large. Oh and I liked the fact that it would shrink when it got wet!

Brian

 

[swamp donkey]

yes;- stand to at first light webbing doent fit must of eaten all the pies last night webbing flapping about because the wasist belt will not do up . Look at old sweat looking sweet because he has a rollerbelt

Better start filling the sand bags and buy a hurricane lamp from E bay

 

[Goose]

We need a "swinging lantern" forum to save hijacking other threads!
Pull up a sandbag...........

 

[addyb]

Wow, gosh this thread certainly took a different direction!

It went from asking if the commando's sweaters still issued to "Squaddies reminising about old gear." Great stuff guys!

Thanks a bunch!

 

[TwoFourAlpha]

'58 pattern webbing has got to be the worst equipment carrying system ever.

Ammo Pouches at the front? Blisters on thighs, and broken ribs when somebody shouts "CONTACT!! "

Gains about 5lb when it rains.

Large pack that ain't. Remember how to put it on? Hook it on and thow it backwards over your head- very tactical.

Oh, and you can stuff that NBC suit in a bumroll designed to hold a poncho- which is still in there too, no probs.

Looked quite smart when blocked out with cardboard in a locker layout- Wonder how it ever got approved?

However, worse than the webbing- the tin-pot helmet. Elastic 'comforter' designed to push your hair back into your scalp, and a big rivet in the middle, in case you ever got too comfortable.

On the other hand, I quite liked KF shirts, and resisted OGs as long as I could.