The olive drab cotton field cap is a visor style with retractable earlaps lined with wool flannel, and grommets for ventilation. It was designed to be worn with the M-1943 field jacket. It could also be worn under the hood of that jacket and with the steel helmet and liner. ^[1][2]

Specifications

• PQD spec 381
• Army spec 6-379
• MIL-C-1911

Nomenclature

• CAP, FIELD, COTTON, O.D. WITH VISOR

Logistics

• 73-C-16010 through 73-C-16040 ^[3]

Replacement

• M-1951 cotton field cap

Notes

1. ↑ https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015031821443?urlappend=%3Bseq=124
2. ↑ https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$c195000?urlappend=%3Bseq=589
3. ↑ https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112119570098?urlappend=%3Bseq=35