Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated German Replica personnel were issued a distinctive

personnel were issued a distinctive trade specialty badge to be worn on the lower left sleeve of the service tunic and the flight and field blouses as identifying insignia with a couple of exceptions

and enlisted rank roughly equivalent to a U

Under the final plan

There are some areas where past peppering and pitting was present

this equated to 425 mph and covered just over 175 miles

Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated German Replica personnel were issued a distinctiveOriginal Item: Only One Available. Development of the Tropical Rucksack (a. k. a. Jungle Rucksack) began in 1965 when MACV requested a nylon version of the ARVN pack from Natick Labs for evaluation purposes. However, after initial testing the rucksack had to be significantly redesigned in order to strengthen the pack and round off the corners of the frame. The redesigned rucksack was assessed against three Cresson H. Kearny modified Gurkha Australian