User:KreyszigB/M65

Design
The jacket is a lined hip length design, having a bi-swing back ; a fly front closure secured by a zip and snap fasteners. It has two piece set-in sleeves (with adjustable cuffs and hand shield extension) and a convertible stand-up collar. The collar has an adjustable tab closure (secured with loop fastener tape. It incorporates four buttonholes for attachment of a separate fur-ruffed hood and a horizontal zip fastener closure on the undercollar, which acts as the exit for the integral hood. The integral hood has a single drawcord adjustment, and, when not in use, is concealed between the jacket outer shell and fabric liner.

The jacket has two bellows type breast pockets and two lower inside hanging pockets all with flap closures secured by snap fasteners. The specification (revision K) requires pieces of loop fastener tape in the following positions for insignia: at top of each sleeve for placement of patches; on the right and left sides of the chest directly above the breast pockets  for nametape and U.S. Army tape and a piece of loop fastener tape for the rank centred between the second and third snap fastener on front flap. There are also pieces of fastener tape on the collar tab, undercollar, sleeve tabs and outside of underarm.

On the inside of the jacket there are buttons for attaching the insulating liner in cold weather. The liner is specified by MIL-L-43536. It has open underarms, buttonholes at the neck and front edges, and buttonhole tabs at the sleeve bottoms for attaching the liner to the jacket. The liner is quilted and made of polyester batting covered with 3 plies of ripstop nylon cloth. It was redesigned (i.e. buttons were added to its front) to make it capable of being worn independently of the field jacket.