I was unsure if I wanted to do two flak vests in a row but here we are. Also I'm a bit late and very behind on releases but that is becoming a norm for me at this point.
The ¾ collar vest is in mind the iconic flak vest for the US Army during Vietnam even though the M52A was probably just as common even in the later years of the war. Movies like Platoon really hammer that in.
I think it's great to show that the Army did use flak vests quite often but usually only when combined with a mechanized force. Scanning through literal hours of archival footage really puts into perspective the vast combinations of gear that was used and how different it could be from one part of the war to the next.
I do wish I had one of the early production vests with epaulets but I did surprisingly find footage of those vests in use so I was happy with that! I also wanted to see if I could find footage of the later M69 variant in use during the war but couldn’t find anything usable.
As always, it's hard to include everything in these short videos but I knew I had to mention that it was still in use much later than one would expect.
Well hope you all enjoyed this, I’ll try to keep making them as fast as I can.
