There was a South Vietnamese unit, I believe of national police that wore uniforms in the brown side pattern. It’s the same unit as the officer from the infamous .38 headshot photo taken during Tet ‘68.
@silkplayer9
4 жыл бұрын
Here you go www.google.com.vn/search?q=c%E1%BA%A3nh+s%C3%A1t+d%C3%A3+chi%E1%BA%BFn&client=safari&hl=en-vn&prmd=ivn&sxsrf=ALeKk01SrSgOFSDA1hE2I5EdvirpXo_HAw:1596045657714&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipp-SzhfPqAhWYH3AKHWuKDykQ_AUoAXoECA0QAQ&biw=375&bih=553
@eliezercohen750
Жыл бұрын
Yeah the elite CSDC wore a pattern similar to brown Mitchell but I don't believe it was the same. They also used FN production Uzis and lots of Grease Guns and shotguns.
@wes11bravo
3 жыл бұрын
Because I was a Vietnam nerd who collected all this stuff before I enlisted, I traded a kid my Woodland helmet cover for ratty Mitchell Pattern cover in BCT. It nicely matched my shot out and rattling POS XM16E1 I was issued with in June 1984.
@garge7676
3 жыл бұрын
In the dry season, when vegetation turned yellowish-ish color, some troops would flip the cover over to this side. There was also apparently a few photos of guys in Cambodia around 1970 with the 1st Cav using it for some reason.
@jameswhoneedstoknow5148
5 жыл бұрын
Are you going to talk about the ERDL camo in a video
@janezmarinic7212
2 жыл бұрын
I've seen footage of US Marines in 1968 during the siege of Khe Sanh wearing M1's with this side of the cover.
@therougestalker
5 жыл бұрын
You can see Saudi's and their Nigerian allies wearing the brown side of the Mitchell pattern during the gulf war. I've heard that these were manufactured in Taiwan brown side only but who knows.
@meanjune
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve had this question for years since I was a kid LMAO! Thank you for answering!
@joeschmo4432
5 жыл бұрын
Col David Hackworth in his book Steel my Soldier's Hearts, told he had ordered his battalion in the 9th Inf Div (4/39th) in '69 to flip the covers over to the Brown side as the Green side had become covered in graffiti that would depict things like F the Army (FTA), etc, as a disciplinary measure.
@MikeB128
5 жыл бұрын
Yep. And I'm sure they started writing on the brown side after that :)
@joekurtz8303
4 жыл бұрын
Read same in that book and his other book About Face . It did have a positive effect on morale, and many other things to turn that unit around. Both good reading. Have this helmet cover and elastic band, found in surplus store discard pile in alley bin.
@lexyseeley2118
3 жыл бұрын
I did not know the Vietnam helmet cover had a sand side.
@the_real_Kurt_Yarish
3 жыл бұрын
@@terryv The Mitchell helmet cover definitely did have a predominantly brown camouflage printed on the reverse of it's normally seen green side. You're probably thinking of the ERDL helmet cover, which did only have a green camouflage print, with its reverse being the dye from the front bleeding through. The ERDL pattern was introduced late into the Vietnam War and it's use was much rarer than the Mitchell pattern. Compare these two: www.vietnamgear.com/kit.aspx?kit=374 www.vietnamgear.com/kit.aspx?kit=373
@nateranger783
4 жыл бұрын
Did anyone ever just not wear the helmet cover? Was this against regulations or something?
@herbwag6456
5 жыл бұрын
I've got that helmet cover on a German M35 Stahlhelm and I favor the brown side.
@codydonoghue5082
5 жыл бұрын
dude just get a ww2 german helmet cover for like $20
@Moonlight.Deadite
3 жыл бұрын
@@codydonoghue5082 a splinter heer cover would cost $20 while a WSS one would be $60 or $80
@damonswanson3156
2 жыл бұрын
I have my brother’s Mitchell pattern helmet cover. It has a blue cactus sewn into the right side, He was a U.S. Army combat engineer with I believe the 4th Army. 1966-1967.
@MikeB128
2 жыл бұрын
4th Army was a training unit during Vietnam.
@damonswanson3156
2 жыл бұрын
Oops! I meant to say 4th Infantry. “Ivy”
@damonswanson3156
2 жыл бұрын
3rd Brigade/ 25th Infantry Division “Blue Cacti”
@fanta4897
5 жыл бұрын
Talking about camo, could you make video about the camo patterns used in Vietnam? Also one more question: did soldiers ever use mismatched camo like germans in WWII (for example pants in one camo pattern, tunic in another, etc.)? German soldiers did do so because of shortages, so when they got supply of camo, the guys in unit just all took one piece from it be it helmet cover, camo smock, etc. (except for well supplied units and sometimes higher ranking people in the unit, those usually took more), and when they got supplied with another camo they just combined it (if you have camo pants, but you still have field gray tunic, then you'll much rather replace that tunic than those pants). I'm not sure how well the american units were supplied, but I'd assume that the same could happen to them.
@RinkyRoo2021
2 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine wearing a helmet in the heat there,I cant even imagine getting off the plane and knowing you are in it for a year ..the heat rain snakes bugs VC etc,my freind went there in 66 and another in 65 .
@eliezercohen750
Жыл бұрын
The heat with the helmet is actually supposed not a problem with a cover on and especially if cold water is poured on top while wearing.
@genarobarron67
4 жыл бұрын
The Marines would flip it sometimes.
@deanfacca1405
4 жыл бұрын
8th Cav used the brown dominant side and they were in 3 corps. Also the Iraqis used it in the gulf war
@hunterfigueroa9500
5 жыл бұрын
Did they make a Mitchell cover with a different pattern,because the one got is different then yours???
@MikeB128
5 жыл бұрын
You probably got a reproduction.
@Bigman-xy5zw
5 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about soldiers in Vietnam not wearing covers on their helmet. I know a lot of south Vietnamese soldiers were not issued covers until later in the war, but I’m wondering if it was common for troops like on bases and stuff to not wear covers?
@seangilbert7365
3 жыл бұрын
Covers were issued around 1958 I believe. Safe to say effectively all US troops in country had them and wore them. Only troops who might not wear them on a regular basis would probably be National Guard and reservists; you can see pictures of such troops at riots showing this.
@verdant2215
3 жыл бұрын
Some helmets have black spray spots on the OD helmet as a makeshift camo. No cover just bare helmet
@trippyalien556
2 жыл бұрын
i want to know how the jungle boots would be taken care of today.
@lrrprangerglenn
5 жыл бұрын
Never saw anyone with brown out in entire year in Nam.
@MikeB128
5 жыл бұрын
Right, which is why I said it wasn't exactly common. Still, I got the question so I figured I'd answer.
@Jake-dh9qk
5 жыл бұрын
@@MikeB128 can you do a video if nam soldiers ever wore their underwears on the outside of their pants
@kilo393
5 жыл бұрын
@@Jake-dh9qk Most of them didn't wear underwear in Vietnam because of the hot, tropical climate.
@lrrprangerglenn
5 жыл бұрын
@@MikeB128 agreed. Saw some Marine Corp in photos with brown out. I was in Army.
@lrrprangerglenn
5 жыл бұрын
@@kilo393 correct. We were either wet from sweat or Monsoons. Jungle rot was common for those of us in infantry.
@WayIntoAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, was the ERDL helmet cover ever made with ripstop material?
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