USGI M65 winter hood attachment

[TLW '90]

Does anybody know if they were ever even produced in woodland camo ?
The woodland m65's still have the buttons , but I've never seen one of these hoods in woodland camo and can't turn up an answer on Google.

 

[raf]

I have seen "similar" hoods in M-81 camo pattern for some jackets. Mostly flame-******ant "Aircrew" jackets, and hoods very uncommon for some reason. Most all such hoods were "sized" to the original jacket chest size--as are the hoods for GI field jackets and Parkas.

The M-81 camo pattern "Aircrew" jacket hoods have a completely different attachment system compared to the hoods intended for M-65 Field Jackets and contemporaneous Parkas. Won't say can't be made to work but try finding a "proper" size "Hood, Aircrew" in M-81 camo; uncommon.

I've never seen anything but O.D. "winter hoods" for either M-65 jackets or Parkas.

To add: vintage hoods for M-65 and parkas had decent wool linings and real coyote fur ruffs. The real ruffs are vastly superior to later white synthetic ruffs. Real fur ruffs hard to find in anything approaching original, undamaged condition. There are vendors of such real fur items which can be retrofitted into modern hoods. I plan on experimenting with applying decent unscented hair conditioner onto a syn fur ruff. Doing so transformed syn fur collar on my G-1 into something resembling a real mouton collar.

 

[TLW '90]

Yeah it's looking like they never bothered making these hoods in m81 woodland.
I've seen the aircrew flame resistant hoods which obviously aren't compatible.
I guess I'll just live without, or get one of those face covering helmet liners.

 

[Jon Crow]

I have seen "similar" hoods in M-81 camo pattern for some jackets. Mostly flame-******ant "Aircrew" jackets, and hoods very uncommon for some reason. Most all such hoods were "sized" to the original jacket chest size--as are the hoods for GI field jackets and Parkas.

The M-81 camo pattern "Aircrew" jacket hoods have a completely different attachment system compared to the hoods intended for M-65 Field Jackets and contemporaneous Parkas. Won't say can't be made to work but try finding a "proper" size "Hood, Aircrew" in M-81 camo; uncommon.

I've never seen anything but O.D. "winter hoods" for either M-65 jackets or Parkas.

To add: vintage hoods for M-65 and parkas had decent wool linings and real coyote fur ruffs. The real ruffs are vastly superior to later white synthetic ruffs. Real fur ruffs hard to find in anything approaching original, undamaged condition. There are vendors of such real fur items which can be retrofitted into modern hoods. I plan on experimenting with applying decent unscented hair conditioner onto a syn fur ruff. Doing so transformed syn fur collar on my G-1 into something resembling a real mouton collar.

My N3B parka has a real coyote trimmed hood, spec label says, real fur trim, not from endangered species