Intermediate Cold Weather Sleeping Bag

The intermediate cold weather (ICW) sleeping bag is for use in locations where mean monthly temperature ranges from +45°F to +10°F.

Description

The ICW sleeping bag is of quilted construction with the outside and the inside panels, flap and weatherstrip filled with synthetic batting. The front opening is equipped with a slide fastener, a flap closure with snap fasteners along the front opening and an adjustable face closure with drawstring.

The sleeping bag is furnished with a hood conforming to MIL-H-43879.

Specification

Type I of early editions of MIL-S-43880
MIL-S-44016, superseded by A-A-55116

Logistics

8465-01-049-0888
8465-01-033-8056 (previous model, conforming to Type I of MIL-S-43880, which is identical to that described above except the outer fabric is quilted with a diaphragm cloth to form channels which are filled with a mixture of 50/50 waterfowl feathers and down.)