WW11 Ranger Jackets

[Mycroft]

Hey can anyone tell me about WW11 ranger jackets, their history, and where I can get one. Also, are they as good as they seem as in the movies.

 

[BellyTank]

Do you mean an M-41 Field Jacket?
BT.

 

[Bogie1943]

Here's mine.

 

[Bogie1943]

Brit. made from WWII Impressions.

 

[PADDY]

Great Jacket Josh!

I could almost envisage you scaling the cliffs of Pont-du-hoc in Normandy there Josh (if you have the chance fo visit it, just make it happen!) with the Rangers!

Thanks for sharing that great jacket!

 

[Matt Deckard]

WW11 hmmm. My history books only mention WWI and WWII.

who won the other 9?

 

[Mycroft]

Sorry about the WW11 I think I ment to type WWII or World War II. Any how it is like a field jacket, but it has a collar that straps around the neck. I forgot what that type of collar is called.

 

[BellyTank]

Both of the WWII US Army field jacket styles; M-41 and M-43 had a "throat latch" at the collar for neck fastening. The M-41, seen in all the above picks was/is "Khaki", waist length with a zipper and buttons and bi-swing style back- and the M-43 was Olive Drab, longer and a 4 pocket fly- button style. Not forgetting the Paratrooper's jacket, which was khaki with 4 gussetted cargo pockets and a belt.
Do you now know which style you're referring to? There is no such animal as a "Ranger" jacket, not from WWII anyway.
-BT.

 

[Mycroft]

Thanks for the info. I think I say it in a catalog labeled "ranger jacket" and took it to literally. DO you know where I can get one and for a good price.

 

[BellyTank]

Which one???
BTank.

 

[Mycroft]

the one with the throat latch.

 

[BellyTank]

Here we go again-
Both jackets that I mentioned have throat latches.
Is it the one pictured above that you want?
BT.