The M-1943 US Army Field Jacket

[Spitfireace]

Seeing as how the Greeks don't want no freaks, that is pretty freaky. Lol.

 

[FtrPlt]

Insofar as I'm aware, the US M-50 field jacket is an M-43 with liner buttons added. Replaced by the zippered M-51

 

[Spitfireace]

repaceled by the m.

 

[mr denim]

Hello, I want to share some photos of the original WW2 period M-1943 US Army Field Jacket I have acquired.




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Hello, I want to share some photos of the original WW2 period M-1943 US Army Field Jacket I have acquired.




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I once bought an M43 jacket reproduced by the Chinese brand gizemo. The replica is the 1944 model, to be honest, I think his quality is not different from those Japanese brands, but the price is very high.

The M-1943 US Army Field Jacket

Hello, I want to share some photos of the original WW2 period M-1943 US Army Field Jacket I have acquired.

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

 

[mr denim]

Hello, I want to share some photos of the original WW2 period M-1943 US Army Field Jacket I have acquired.




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Hello, I want to share some photos of the original WW2 period M-1943 US Army Field Jacket I have acquired.




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I once bought an M43 jacket reproduced by the Chinese brand gizemo. The replica is the 1944 model, to be honest, I think his quality is not different from those Japanese brands, but the price is very high.

 

[mr denim]

I once bought an M43 jacket reproduced by the Chinese brand gizemo. It's a copy of the 1944 model. To be honest, I don't think its quality is any different from those Japanese brands, but its cost performance is extremely high.
I paid about $240 for this jacket

 

[Erwin]

Insofar as I'm aware, the US M-50 field jacket is an M-43 with liner buttons added. Replaced by the zippered M-51

Looks like you have skipped one jacket regarding the transition from m43 to M50 or you are not aware

 

[Pilot]

Looks like you have skipped one jacket regarding the transition from m43 to M50 or you are not aware

Correct… the sling shown in the label is a giveaway for a mid of 1945 version… hence Korea and not WWII.

 

[jack31916]

Correct… the sling shown in the label is a giveaway for a post 1948/49 version… hence Korea and not WWII.

The label with illustration of the drawstring was used in the (very) late war ( feb. 1945 and onwards) 370E version of the M-1943 Jacket. I have a M-1943 jacket with such a label, dated March 13, 1945. Probably not used in WW2 but not a post 1948/49 version.

Some good reading on the subject: http://www.usww2uniforms.com/370E.html

Best regards

 

[Pilot]

The label with illustration of the drawstring was used in the (very) late war ( feb. 1945 and onwards) 370E version of the M-1943 Jacket. I have a M-1943 jacket with such a label, dated March 13, 1945. Probably not used in WW2 but not a post 1948/49 version.

Some good reading on the subject: http://www.usww2uniforms.com/370E.html

Best regards

You are right, I stand corrected.

 

[Erwin]

MQ1 jacket was skipped to be precise

 

[Erwin]

I once bought an M43 jacket reproduced by the Chinese brand gizemo. It's a copy of the 1944 model. To be honest, I don't think its quality is any different from those Japanese brands, but its cost performance is extremely high.
I paid about $240 for this jacket
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Maybe copies have their own fanatics, but in my personal opinion any repro is just a repro without any collectable value, big no no in my opinion, copies are aweful, even these JP made.