Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated Manufacture Type_Original Items and minimal wear

and minimal wear

unlike the "post" style we usually see

Although it began to be superseded by newer designs in the later half of the century (such as by the M60 machine gun)

this machete was manufactured by the Cruver Manufacturing Company

Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated Manufacture Type_Original Items and minimal wearOriginal Item: Only One Available. Development of the Tropical Rucksack (a. k. a. Jungle Rucksack) began in 1965 when MACV requested a nylon version of the ARVN pack from Natick Labs for evaluation purposes. However, after initial testing the rucksack had to be significantly redesigned in order to strengthen the pack and round off the corners of the frame. The redesigned rucksack was assessed against three Cresson H. Kearny modified Gurkha Australian