Differences between 2G, 2.5G and 3G Army

• nightzip

  21 Mar 06, 12:29

  Originally posted by pufferfish_79:

  I doubt so. I think thats the beta version, just before they release the 1.0G version
  
  Wah metal helmet. Did u really cook maggie mee in it ?

  u mean they cook maggie mee in the helmet and eat, then later wear back the helmet? ewwWW....
• specfore

  22 Mar 06, 00:16

  Haha... I tell you what is really clownish... the old steel helmet had a plastic inner liner, with its own leather chin strap. If you can't picture what I mean, look at those Vietnam and WW 2 movies, you will see that the American GIs have a steel helmet and what looks like a thin leather strap going across the brim of the helmet. That strap holds the inner liner in place.
  
  Anyways... for the recruits who did not have a jockey cap or beret, when they were performing guard duty, the standing order was that they were to use the plastic inner liner as a headgear ! From far, the recruit would look like a nut case with a helmet about 2 sizes too small for his head.
  
  The steel helmet itself was pretty useful. It could be used as water bucket and during defense exercises, when your fire trench was flooded, you can use the water bucket ( helmet) to bale out the water !
  
  We have never tried boiling water in it, like the movies. Main reason is that we may end up having to sign 1206 for it if somehow it is damaged or blackened by fire. Also, remember, there was a helmet cloth over it and it was a hassle to remove it.
• nightzip

  22 Mar 06, 13:34

  will it get dented?
• specfore

  22 Mar 06, 20:55

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  will it get dented?

  Pretty tough steel. Not easy to dent, unless it is dropped from the 2nd floor or something.... which has happened in our time , when our instructors decided to test if the SBO and helmet can defy gravity or not.
• gaoxingdcf

  25 Mar 06, 23:05

  I 3G except that i no goretex raincoat and boots... Oni got poncho and leather boots then the rest of the equiment...
• Hellraiza

  26 Mar 06, 23:28

  the new full leather boots are not Goretex.
• Gordonator

  26 Mar 06, 23:43

  Originally posted by Hellraiza:

  the new full leather boots are not Goretex.

  u mean they don't come in Goretex boxes? then what brand are they?
  
  they look exactly like Goretex except they are full leather.