M-1951 field jacket

M-1951 field jacket with a 1st aviation brigade patch

The M-1951 field jacket was a US Army four pocket jacket made of 9-ounce wind resistant, water repellent treated cotton sateen cloth in Olive Green Shade 107 (OG 107).^[1] It was redesignated as the M-1951 field coat in November 1956.

Description[]

The M-1951 field jacket was based on the M-1943 field jacket.^[2] The M-1951 was given snap fasteners instead of buttons and a zipper. Earlier issue M-1951s had smaller, brown buttons like on the M-1943, and later jackets had larger, green buttons as used on the M-1965 field jacket. Unlike the later M-1965 that replaced it, the M-1951 had button cuffs, a pointed collar and had a separate hood that buttoned on to the collar. Many soldiers liked the M-1951 as it presented a sharper appearance than the M-1965 field jacket when starched. It was still issued in many units as part of the organizational issue.

M-1951 field trousers were made of the same material and were also in the OG 107 color. They had six pockets similar to the M-1941 jumpsuit and were issued at the same time as the field jacket in organizational issue. Like the jacket it had a separate cold weather liner that could be buttoned in. The trousers had drawstrings on the trouser cuffs and waist and cloth straps inside the cargo pockets that could be used to support heavy items. Suspenders could also be worn with the field trousers.

See also[]

• Uniforms of the United States Army
• U.S. Army M-1943 Uniform
• M-1965 field jacket

Notes[]

References[]

• Shelby Stanton, U.S. Army Uniforms of the Cold War 1948-1973, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg PA 1994. ISBN 978-0811729505

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