M-1965 field jacket

The M- 65 is a hip-length box jacket of the U.S. armed forces and is often confused with the M-65 parka. It was introduced in 1965 and replaced the predecessor, the M -51 field jacket. Their robustness and the comfortable cut they made not only in the armed forces to a popular jacket. Even in civil fashion ( military style ) and in the outdoor area it is estimated as (recreational) jacket. She looked over decades influential to the fashion of their time and personal was something of a trademark with a high recognition value. So Robert De Niro wore as Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, an M -65, and Götz George gave her with his role as a crime scene Commissioner Horst Schimanski in which he usually an M -65 without epaulettes was even nicknamed " Schimanski jacket ".

Construction

  • Massive brass zipper
  • Four accessible at the front pockets
  • Shoulder flaps on the left and right
  • Material:
  • Removable lining
  • Waist and hem are widely adjustable by drawstring.
  • The collar can be worn either vertically or turned upside down.
  • In the collar a simple hood is mounted behind a zipper. Optionally, the hood ( " Hood" ) of M65 parkas can be buttoned.
  • Adjustable cuffs with Velcro
  • Weight about 1.5 kg depending on size; approximately 2.0 kg with inner lining.

Colors and camouflage patterns

  • Solid colors ( olive, khaki, black, gray, beige )
  • Various camouflage patterns ( Flecktarn, Woodland, Tropentarn, metro ... )

Others

Götz George was wearing the jacket as " Horst Schimanski ," Commissioner in the ARD series "Tatort " and " Schimanski ", which became a distinctive mark a cult object in the scene - movies in a faded beige - colored or gray version where the epaulets were removed. Götz George himself had the idea for this "uniform". The film jacket supposed to have been originally green and have been discolored by the costume designer. One original jacket is at the Filmmuseum Berlin issued (from " Zabou " ) and the Duisburg Culture and Local History Museum, another is located in Essen Ruhr Museum.

  • Military Uniform
  • Military (United States)
  • Jacket
  • Kostümkunde of the 20th and 21st centuries
  • Men 's and boys' clothing
Hood (headgear)
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