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2004
Pararescuemen wearing the
MARS "Rain Shadow Jacket Level 5"
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MARS Clothing System (Military Advanced Regulator System)
In 2004, Patagonia commenced work for a SOF customer on an environmental clothing system which was comprised of modifications to what was already in their commercial line. Leveraging their Regulator line of inner layers, this project was dubbed the Military Advanced Regulator System or MARS. Some garments remained the same as their commercially available counterparts but with a color change to Alpha Green, while other items were slightly modified with additions such as sleeve pockets. Later, many components of MARS were produced in Coyote.
In 2004, Patagonia commenced work for a SOF customer on an environmental clothing system which was comprised of modifications to what was already in their commercial line. Leveraging their Regulator line of inner layers, this project was dubbed the Military Advanced Regulator System or MARS. Some garments remained the same as their commercially available counterparts but with a color change to Alpha Green, while other items were slightly modified with additions such as sleeve pockets. Later, many components of MARS were produced in Coyote.
History
The basic configuration consists of a belt, a shoulder harness and a number of individual pouches. Associated with the PLCE webbing system is a series of other similar load carrying equipment, individual items and rucksacks that are produced of the same materials and feature high interoperability.
The Russian military department adopted a regulated sample of a padded jacket for soldiers only in 1915. The cropped robe has proven to be very useful for trench life. At the same time, the first earflaps appeared in everyday life. They called them "Finnish hat". It was the Finns who came up with this model.
SOVIET ERA OF VATNIKS
After the overthrow of the tsar and the coming to power of the Bolsheviks, the production of quilted jackets dropped somewhat, and only a few years before the start of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet leadership began to dress the military and civilians in this type of clothing. The red army especially liked the new uniforms. Wadded jackets and trousers did not restrict movement at all, so it was convenient to go into a bayonet attack and move on skis in them.
