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Modular Sleep System

The Modular Sleep System (MSS or Modular Sleeping Bag System, MSBS) is designed to insulate the user in environments ranging from mild weather to extreme cold weather.

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Component

The system consists of:

  1. a patrol sleeping bag
    • 50 to 30°F when used alone
    • 3 pounds
    • green, replaced by foliage green
  2. an intermediate cold weather (ICW) sleeping bag
    • 30 to -10°F when used alone
    • 4 pounds
    • black, replaced by urban grey
  3. a compression stuff sack
  4. a vapor permeable bivouac cover
    • woodland, replaced by UCP

The patrol and ICW bags are used separately, or together, by inserting the ICW bag within the patrol bag, attached by using snap fasteners, to form an extreme cold weather (ECW) sleeping bag system. The ECW bag configuration provides insulation to at least -30°F for a user dressed in polypropylene expedition weight undershirt and drawers and standard cushion sole socks, and to -50°F for a user wearing various layers of ECW clothing.

The stuff sack, when packed with sleeping bags, is capable of being compressed to one cubic foot and fits in the sleeping bag compartment of the large field pack with internal frame. Each bag, either independently or joined together, is compatible with the bivy cover.

Specification

  • 4-component system
  • 5-component system: patrol bag, ICW bag, bivy cover, small and large stuff bags

Logistics

  • Woodland
    • 3-piece system (w/o bivy cover): 8465-01-395-1154, TAMCN: C34212F
    • 4-piece system: 8465-01-445-6274 [pdf], TAMCN: C34212F
      • stuff sack, black 357: 8465-01-398-5428
      • patrol bag, camouflage green 483: 8465-01-398-0685
      • ICW bag, black 357: 8465-01-398-0687
      • bivy cover, woodland: 8465-01-416-8517
    • X-Long
      • patrol bag, camouflage green 483, X-Long: 8465-01-452-1688
      • ICW bag, black 357, X-Long: 8465-01-452-1690
      • bivy cover, woodland, X-Long: 8465-01-452-1695
  • UCP[3]
    • system: 8465-01-547-2757
      • bivy cover, UCP: 8465-01-547-2644
      • patrol bag, foliage green: 8465-01-547-2706
      • ICW bag, urban grey: 8465-01-547-2694
      • stuff sack, foliage green
        • small: 8465-01-547-2656
        • large: 8465-01-547-2670
    • system, X-Long: 8465-01-551-9876
      • bivy cover, UCP, X-Long: 8465-01-547-2355
      • patrol bag, foliage green, X-Long: 8465-01-547-2712
      • ICW bag, urban grey, X-Long: 8465-01-547-2697
      • stuff sack, foliage green
        • small: 8465-01-547-2656
        • large: 8465-01-547-2670

Improvement

Reference

  • http://www.tennierindustries.com/modular-sleep-system.html
  • http://www.tennierindustries.com/rfi-mss.html
  • http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/marinefacts/blmsb.htm
  • https://www.performancedays.com/files/performancedays/content/exhibitors/documents/306/Climashield_military_brochure.pdf

Notes

  1. A-A-55262 para 3.1
  2. SPM1C1-07-R-0135: https://sam.gov/opp/bcf6186a8a94a002e9459a703064d01e/view
  3. SPM1C1-10-R-0052: https://sam.gov/opp/81e0f9e7bdc36a53616c41db7852a7dd/view