Looking for tips on cleaning military bags

[browningautorifle]

Well, I still have a hard time imagining buying an NBC bag since they weren't much of a boon when they were issued. They drifted out of service quickly when the day pack came to use. Now there's something we needed for 30 years...

[Sentryduty]

NBC bag since they weren't much of a boon when they were issued.

I still have two kicking around, I actually liked them for everything expect carrying kit in the field, they were perfect for a shower kit, or for smuggling booze back into the biv site. As load carry equipment the shoulder straps were great, but the actual bag was more of a green pillowcase with a drawcord. The small pack as issued in 2005 wasn't bad, it was far more functional, and I have had a lot of patrol miles on mine, there were much better civilian pattern options around, but as something that was spawned from the Clothe The Soldier program, they didn't do too bad.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I still learn even when the OP never shows back up.
Thanks.

[browningautorifle]

a green pillowcase with a drawcord.

Interesting and correct analogy...I found you could fold your raingear and put it in and it was neat. Then stuff in a pair of glove liners and it was a ball. The straps were great compared to the small pack before it. The day pack was nice, of course the civvie packs were better but we couldn't legally carry them, specially as a Snr NCO setting the standard... The clothe the soldier scheme was done by a man that was in my first recruit platoon, he did all of it from Cadpat to ballistic eye wear, right to the boots and gloves. That was so long ago now...

[Sentryduty]

Here is the bag in question for those who may not be in the know:

The CF issued NBC "Nuke Bag".



While Nuke bags were originally intended to carry the "Bunny Suit", boots and gloves, while under threat of Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical attack, the lack of a usable small pack in the 1982 Pattern webbing seen the Nuke bag pressed into service as a ersatz day bag.

It was better than trying to stuff rations and belted MG ammo into your pockets, however, just barely so.

The replacement CADPAT system began gradual rollout in the early 200's and this actual "day bag" patrol pack was part of that system. I got my mine issued in 2005 or so, and most Nuke bags were written off or turned in for surplus.

[browningautorifle]

The day pack also came with several removable outer pouches. They were great.

The NBC pouch needed a frame next to the body to keep it's shape when part full or over loaded. The position of the straps allowed it to turn into a ball when less than perfect packing was the case.