M51 Field Jacket Original Vintage

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The M-1951 field jacket was based on the M-1943 field jacket. The M-1951 featured snap closures instead of buttons and a zipper. The first series had larger brown buttons, like those of the M-1943, and later jackets had smaller brown buttons, then green, like those used on the M-1965 field jacket and later the OG-107. Unlike the later M-1965 that replaced it, the M-1951 had buttoned cuffs, a pointed collar, and a separate hood that buttoned to the collar (the latter could also fit the M-65). It featured a second drawstring at the bottom hem and added holes to allow the drawstring waist to be adjusted from the outside of the jacket, a feature that was later removed from the M-1965 pattern.