1st Air Cav Vietnam 1st Pattern Tropical Jacket by Mil-Tec

Replica first pattern tropical jungle jacket badged to the first air cavalry division. 

The first pattern uniform was worn in the early part of the Vietnam war and is normally associated with the special forces and other forces involved in the advisory part of the war. By the time the bulk of the US troops had arrived in Vietnam at the height of the war the standard US uniform was the 3rd pattern tropical uniform which was an improved version of the first pattern which had many design changes.

The first pattern has several distinctive looking differences to the standard 3rd pattern tropical uniform the main ones being the exposed buttons (on the 3rd pattern all buttons are covered by flaps to prevent the buttons getting caught on the under growth) and the fabric cotton poplin not rip-stop.

Reproduction 1st pattern tropical jungle jacket features:

• Cotton poplin (plain cotton, not rip-stop cotton).
• Exposed buttons on all pockets.
• Shoulder epaulets.
• Waist adjustment tabs.
• Front is closed by buttons which are covered by a flap.
• 1st Air Cav shoulder patch in full colour sewn on the left arm.
• US Army and a name tape sewn on above the pockets.