THE EFFECTS OF MILITARY USE ON SYNTHETIC-FIBRE SLEEPING BAGS

A single sleeping assembly for general issue in the British Army was designed by the Stores and Clothing Research and Development Establishment (SCRDE) to replace the in-service, down and father General Savice and Arctic sleeping bags. This new sleeping assembly consists of a synthetic, hollow, stap...

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Main Author: Claire E. Millard
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.532.1155
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Summary:A single sleeping assembly for general issue in the British Army was designed by the Stores and Clothing Research and Development Establishment (SCRDE) to replace the in-service, down and father General Savice and Arctic sleeping bags. This new sleeping assembly consists of a synthetic, hollow, staple-fibre filed sleeping bag; a waterprcof “bivvy ” bag; a compression sack and a sleeping mat (Davies, 1987). The British