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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    IHJ-96-OLV - 10.5oz Chino Tanker Jacket - Olive

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    • AppfaffA
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      Edit: I’m an idiot

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      • AlexA
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        Yep - sorry for not making that clearer.

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        • AppfaffA
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          It was my fault, I didn’t even make it past the first photo…

          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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          • ChaintitchC
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            Internal pockets?

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            • AlexA
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              They do not

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              • endoE
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                sorry, newbie question (possibly answered a million times):
                what‘s the difference between a tanker and a bomber jacket?
                (except for the obvious, collar and fabric)

                si tacuisses

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                • GilesG
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                  All I know is one was designed to be worn in planes, the other tanks….. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • endoE
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                    😉  obvious  😃
                    but no differences in cut?

                    si tacuisses

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                    • GilesG
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                      As I said, that's all I know 🙂

                      I am sure there are some people out there who know a lot more than I do about arcane military things…

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • endoE
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                        sure, thanks @Giles

                        si tacuisses

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                        • endoE
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                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CMFAfCSjm1r/

                          si tacuisses

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                          • GilesG
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                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • neph93N
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                              @endo

                              A good resource on the history of the tanker jacket:

                              https://olive-drab.com/od_soldiers_clothing_combat_ww2_jacket_combat_winter.php

                              Bomber jacket is more of a generic (occasionally misused) term. The original bomber jacket was actually the B-3:

                              What you may be thinking of is the MA-1 flight jacket:

                              The key differences between this and the tanker is the zipper pocket high on the arm, the buttoned pockets (originally with flaps) and the fact that the MA-1 is normally made of nylon or some other water resistant synthetic. They were a more recent development than the tanker jacket.

                              “Some of those that work forces
                              Are the same that burn crosses”

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                              • endoE
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                                that's a very interesting source, thank you @neph93 !

                                after all the tanker jacket really seems to be 'a highly satisfactory item' (as Maj. Gen. White put it), making me looking forward to the IH version.

                                and you were right, regarding the bomber jacket I was more thinking of the MA-1, which must have been also what Haraki san had in mind when he created the upcoming.

                                this forum is so educational …

                                si tacuisses

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                                • endoE
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                                  si tacuisses

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                                  • neph93N
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                                    @endo:

                                    regarding the bomber jacket I was more thinking of the MA-1, which must have been also what Haraki san had in mind when he created the upcoming.

                                    Haraki-san’s tanker has been done in a number of different versions, all have the same design as this one, in terms of collar, cuffs, pockets and cut, but they have been done in different colours and with and without lining. This one just happens to be green. The black blanket lined version from a few years ago, with brown waist, cuffs and collar was a beauty. To my knowledge he has never done an MA-1.

                                    Great tune btw  😉

                                    “Some of those that work forces
                                    Are the same that burn crosses”

                                    • Virginia Woolf
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                                    • endoE
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                                      @neph93:

                                      To my knowledge he has never done an MA-1.

                                      sorry, my fault. I meant the upcoming bomber jacket (IHJ-98) resembles more the MA-1 than B-3.

                                      si tacuisses

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        @endo:

                                        @neph93:

                                        To my knowledge he has never done an MA-1.

                                        sorry, my fault. I meant the upcoming bomber jacket (IHJ-98) resembles more the MA-1 than B-3.

                                        I get you! Except the IHJ-98 is a tanker jacket, not a bomber jacket [emoji1]

                                        “Some of those that work forces
                                        Are the same that burn crosses”

                                        • Virginia Woolf
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                                        • endoE
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                                          you are the sublime master of IH knowledge, @neph93,  😉
                                          but is not the IHJ-96 that's the tanker and the IHJ-98 that's the bomber … ?

                                          si tacuisses

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                                          • neph93N
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                                            @endo:

                                            you are the sublime master of IH knowledge, @neph93,  😉
                                            but is not the IHJ-96 that's the tanker and the IHJ-98 that's the bomber … ?

                                            Ah… my apologies! Lazy reading, I assumed you were referring to the 96.

                                            “Some of those that work forces
                                            Are the same that burn crosses”

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