The DPCU camouflage pattern Shelter, Individual, was first produced around 1991, some years after the official adoption of this camouflage pattern. The design of this Shelter is the same as the olive drab version previously issued. The Shelter is a simple, lightweight nylon ‘Fly’ type tarp carried by soldiers in the field.
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The ABC Protective Tarpaulin, known as the ABC Schutzplane in German, can be traced back to German soldiers who carried it during World War II. It was an important part of a soldier’s chemical protection equipment.
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In the early 1960s, the West German army introduced a distinctive sleeping bag with arms, often mistakenly labeled as an “Ambush” or “Sniper” bag. Not the warmest, it offers versatility, functioning as a jacket. Rated for temperatures down to 5 degrees Celsius, it was later replaced by the conventional “Mummy” style in the late 1980s.
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