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Don't get too worked up over the names of things. Sometimes things pick up a name years afterwards that was never used originally, like those cargo pants I mentioned. When they were originally issued in the 1950s, they were officially called field pants and I never heard them called anything else. Reenactors buy M41 field jackets (sometimes called a Parson jacket). They were officially termed a "field jacket." The M43 outfit had a "field coat" (followed by later variations) that was forever afterwards called a field jacket.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (3) Thanks(3)   Quote bartlebyyphonics Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Dec 2020 at 7:40am
just to share a m-1951 jacket liner...
first some trim, stamp, label, repairs, inner elbow patch details...

 
then worn: one way, then another (with differing nigel cabourn [artic pants, then army pants...] and for second version with m-65 trouser liner underneath too) ...


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plus, from lightning military jacket book...

a different m-1951 liner

some experimental 1940s liners...

and a great alpaca vest...
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Interest photos of the field jacket liners. They bring back memories. 

The button-in liners really made the field jacket a good cold weather garment. I wore mine for years after I got out of the army. The one I had was the old-style fleece rather than the later quilted style. I don't know when the army made the switch. I also don't know when field jackets and liners went out of style but I'm pretty sure they were later issued in woodland camouflage material. Two different styles were being issued when I entered the army. The Korean war style, M1951, was being issued, presumably until they used up all they had. And they were also issuing the M1965 version at the same time. This was in 1965, the year I went into the army. Wikipedia says there was an M1950 model, too, which I didn't know. 

There was also an M1951 parka, too, referred to sometimes as a 'fishtail' parka. It was something else that was issued in your regular unit and it also had a liner. I don't remember using it while I was in the army. 

The Air Force had a slightly different field jacket in a "sage green." The pockets were different and it had a built-in hood, I think, and presumably there was a liner that went with it. 

More than you wanted to know!
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Thanks Blue Train - interesting stuff. I believe that is the m51 Fishtail parka liner that Bartlebyyphonics is wearing in the pics above.
Too much Denim - too little time...
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hey all,
great info BlueTrain: not oversharing, good informing!

from what I see (inc. real McCoys recent release as well as other mod forums) is indeed what Denimetc says; it is the fishtail liner rather than the shorter m-1951 jacket... (annoying, as the fishtails are rare beasts now, whilst I have a shorter Korean-era version in my sights...) - managed to find in a UK army surplus site, but stock already all gone now...

m-1965 liners seem pretty available on US e-bay, and I can confirm from experience of the trouser liner, they are pretty damn effective insulators...
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If I can make a rather late addition to this thread (we're talking about old things anyway), there have been all sorts of issue garments that saw relatively little use, or rather, were not produced in large quantities. 

One such item was the artic version of the so-called M41 field jacket. I've only examined one example, and that was a few years ago. It was fashioned, if that's the word, exactly like the regular field jacket but was longer by four or five inches and I think had a heavier liner. It might have been made of a heavier material but I'm not sure. There were also some heavier parkas introduced during the war that sometimes even show up in old movies. One was sheepskin lined, the other had a removable pile liner. They were both styled "Overcoat, Parka Type."

There were mackinaws that remained in service for a few years after the war. There were variations. There was a "jacket, mountain," that had a built-in hood but apparently no liner. There was a pull-over ski parka, too. There was the parachute jumper coat, probably better known than most other jackets or coats. It doesn't seem to have remained on issue through the end of the war, though. There was also a tanker jacket, called the winter combat jacket. 

Probably the least known of army issue uniforms were the Navy-style dungaree "jumper" and trousers, intended for issue to aviation crash crews and mine planters. For those who could get them, usually higher ranking officers, Army Air Corps uniform items seem to have been popular. 
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