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 on the M-1943, and later jackets had smaller brown buttons, then green ones, like those used for the M-1965 field jacket and then the OG-107. Unlike the later M-1965 which replaced it, the M-1951 had buttoned cuffs, a pointed collar, and a separate hood that buttoned onto the collar (the latter could also fit the M-65). It features a second drawstring at the bottom hem and added holes to allow waist drawstring adjustment from outside the jacket, a feature that was later removed in the M-1965 model.