Mobile Sleeping Bag (Apr, 1947)
The Gumby Mk 1.
Mobile Sleeping Bag designed to permit the soldier to get into immediate action without having to fight his way out of the conventional type field unit is demonstrated at right by PFC Robert Wentermuth of Newton, N. J. The suit is not intended for wear in the daytime, only for mobility in surprise attacks at night under sub-arctic conditions.
C’mere Pokey! I have a surprise for you!
Comment by John M. Hanna — January 7, 2009 @ 12:29 am
“One night, it rained unexpectedly, and their zippers rusted. The next day, their courageous assault under adverse conditions led to their nickname, “The Fighting Michelin Men!”
Or add a chest-mounted radio and you’d have a sort of proto-Teletubbie.
Comment by Toronto — January 7, 2009 @ 1:37 am
Half man, half okra, all soldier.
Comment by rsterling78 — January 7, 2009 @ 9:24 am
Ralphie’s little brother?
Comment by nlpnt — January 7, 2009 @ 10:19 am
Aren’t all sleeping bags mobile?
Comment by Myles — January 7, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
Looks like a reworking of Ome Daibler’s “Penguin Sleeping Bag” made in the 1930s:
http://www.alpenglow.org/ski-h.....-1991.html
Comment by Tim — January 7, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
Myles: They are if the bear is big enough.
Comment by Toronto — January 8, 2009 @ 12:18 am
They didn’t work too well or they would’ve been used in the Korean War.
Comment by RBayard — July 19, 2011 @ 4:56 pm