How To Use A Poncho Liner

Component of military machine field gear

Soldier covering himself with a poncho liner (2012)

Demonstration of how to use a tarpaulin to protect from chemical agents

A poncho liner, besides informally known as a woobie,^[i] is a piece of field gear originating in the Us military that can be attached to a standard outcome poncho to provide additional warmth, as well as being usable every bit a coating, sleeping bag or protective cover. It consists of quilted nylon with a polyester filling. It is attached to the poncho by ways of integral lengths of textile which are looped through the poncho's eyelets.

Poncho liners were first used by the U.South. military in the Vietnam State of war. They gained the nickname "woobie" later; that term is conjectured to have derived from the proper name for a child's security blanket in the 1983 moving-picture show Mr. Mom.^[2]

Construction and history [edit]

Although it is unclear how this particular originated, information technology was get-go fielded around 1962 to special forces troops in Vietnam. The poncho liner consists of 2 layers of quilted nylon encasing a polyester batting. There were necktie-cords on the corners and side that could be tied through matching grommets on rain ponchos. They measured 62 10 82 inches. The intent was to field an detail which was lighter and faster drying than the standard-issue Army Wool Blanket, which had substantially been rendered obsolete in the moisture and tropical surround of Vietnam.

The first ones were Olive Drab on both sides and the earliest models featured squared corners. Effectually 1963, a 2d model was fielded which was made of WWII duck-hunter patterned parachute textile. This model required the standard "centre seam" because the fabric wasn't wide enough to produce the entire width. Later, the commencement camouflaged pattern was produced which was named, "ERDL Pattern." This stood for Engineer Research and Development Laboratories and the acronym became the common proper noun for the blueprint, which was enlarged somewhat in the 1980s to go the Woodland Blueprint used on the BDU uniform and late 1980s poncho liners. The heart seam was abandoned in the early 1970s because textile could be produced in bolts that were wide enough that this sewing pattern was at present obsolete.

Until the USMC produced their own Digital Woodland Pattern, most poncho liners were produced with the same blueprint on both sides. The Marines decided to field one with Woodland Design on i side and a solid Coyote Color on the other. There are examples of improved models, which included high-tech 3M fillers (Thinsulate and the similar), border and caput zippers (at that place is no hole for 1'southward caput on standard result poncho liners), and a multifariousness of colors and patterns. Brigade Quartermaster, Inc. used to sell a zipper modification kit, which essentially codified and standardized commonly made modifications. Most recently, there accept been models produced and issued in the Army's Universal Combat Design, the USAF'southward Environmental Camouflage Blueprint, and Multicam/Scorpion 2/etc.

Opinions [edit]

Opinions among the troops more often than not held the poncho liner in high regard as a very useful piece of equipment, light and packable yet reasonably warm. Even when soaking wet, the poncho liner wrapped around a soldier would trap body heat.^[2] Many soldiers went to great lengths to notice ways to keep their poncho liners equally long equally possible, fifty-fifty when they exit the service ofttimes upcycling or custom tailoring them into smoking jackets, hoodies, blanket coats or robes.

References [edit]

^ Powers, Kevin (11 September 2012). The Yellow Birds (Hardcover ed.). Footling, Brown and Company. pp. 206, 208. ISBN9781444756166.
^ ^a ^b Officer, Angry Staff (xviii August 2015). "Why The Woobie Is The Greatest Military Invention E'er Fielded". Task & Purpose . Retrieved fourteen March 2017.