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I hear nothing but good things about Primaloft.
The ECWCS has just two small handwarmer pockets.
The cargo pockets on the N3-B were also great for stowing hat, gloves, scarf, etc.
As to the N3 parkas specifically, I quite sure that the N3 series parka was originally intended to be worn primarily by aircraft maintainers and traffic control and 'air police' standing around on airfields totally exposed to extreme winter weather. We forget that in the cold war there was a lot of USAF presence in remote locations. Although I'm sure the N3 series parkas were worn by aircrew in some larger bombers, I'm sure that wasn't too common, since the N2 series was just as heavy but being shorter would have been more convenient crawling around in an aircraft. But we don't have any official records or information so I'm speculating.
bit of a bummer that surplus of the future [i.e., ECWCS Level 7 stuff] won't make the crossover as well
warefare these days isn't supposed to be lengthy like in WWII or Korea when you needed to carry all sorts of odds & ends for weeks
As to the N3 parkas specifically, I quite sure that the N3 series parka was originally intended to be worn primarily by aircraft maintainers and traffic control and 'air police' standing around on airfields totally exposed to extreme winter weather.
I'm just interested in the N3-Bs for their usefulness in Midwestern civilian life
As to the N3 parkas specifically, I quite sure that the N3 series parka was originally intended to be worn primarily by aircraft maintainers and traffic control and 'air police' standing around on airfields totally exposed to extreme winter weather.