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B-4 Bag
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Anonymous
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Hi Ed,
The ones made during the Vietnam war are in a rubberized canvas material. I have the smaller one of the crew bags. They're not bad and are usually pretty cheap. WW2 ones are around but are usually very worn on the outside and sellers often have lots of photos of the 'immaculate' interior (and why wouldn't it be?) but the handles and leather edging are usually pertty knackered.
Dave
The ones made during the Vietnam war are in a rubberized canvas material. I have the smaller one of the crew bags. They're not bad and are usually pretty cheap. WW2 ones are around but are usually very worn on the outside and sellers often have lots of photos of the 'immaculate' interior (and why wouldn't it be?) but the handles and leather edging are usually pertty knackered.
Dave
unclegrumpy
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JACKET_ HEAD said:
Actually, the late 1960's through at least the 1980's USN parachute/kit bags are rubberized inside, but the USAF bags from the same period are not. The Navy bags are dark green and the Air Force ones are gray green. A full retail price for either type is about $25.
The WW II and Korean War era bags are out there, and range in price from $40 to over $100 for an early war example in good shape.
Yes, I have seen the rubber-like material of the later bags, but I'd like to know where to get them! I have seen random photos of modern cordura versions of the B-4 in green and blue and they are easily available in the present day US cam pattern, but it's the green or blue that I'm after. The modern versions seem like they can pack a lot more kit than the old 'two suiter'.
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Anonymous
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How about these ?
http://www.bellsaviation.com/mm5/mercha ... gory_Code=
http://www.bellsaviation.com/mm5/mercha ... gory_Code=
L42A1. Nice gat !! You ever use one ?
Dave
http://www.bellsaviation.com/mm5/mercha ... gory_Code=
http://www.bellsaviation.com/mm5/mercha ... gory_Code=
L42A1. Nice gat !! You ever use one ?
Dave
unclegrumpy
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zoomer said:Don't confuse the kit bags with the B-4s, which were fold-overs, like today's garment bags.
Kit bag
B-4
You are right, I was having a brain fart!
I didn't think anybody cared about the suitcase style bags...except for the painted ones. The B-4's are out there, and cheap, though finding super clean ones is tough....most I see are musty and probably too funky to actually use. The later impregnated ones often have a rather special aged rubber smell to them as well.
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Anonymous
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At least with the rubberized ones you can dunk 'em in the bath with some washing powder to clean them up. But I wouldn't try that with a canvas and leather one !
Dave
Dave
MikeyB-17
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Soldier of Fortune have a reasonable looking mechanic's bag for only £15. I nearly got one myself for my ANJ-4, but it isn't quite big enough. ELC of course make the AN-6505, I have one of those which I love, but they probably want a stupid amount of money for it these days.
http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/reenactors/index.asp
http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/reenactors/index.asp
Marv
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epic militaria do a USAAF aviator's bag, it's bigger that the ELC version and you easily fit a sheepskin and A2 jacket in together without any problems.
got one myself and it has come in pretty handy, here's the link the site and the pics give you a good impression of the size etc....
http://www.epicmilitaria.com/product.ph ... viator-bag
got one myself and it has come in pretty handy, here's the link the site and the pics give you a good impression of the size etc....
http://www.epicmilitaria.com/product.ph ... viator-bag
