COLD WEATHER CLOTHING

MCWCS
APECS
Gen III ECWCS
PCU
LEP
ECWCS

All Purpose Environmental Clothing System

Overview

The All Purpose Environmental Clothing System (APECS) parka and trousers were developed to provide the USMC with an all-purpose/all-season set of outershell garments that are lighter in weight, lower in bulk, have lower noise generation, are moisture vapor permeable and have an improved water repellency over the 2nd Generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS) parka and trousers currently used by the Marine Corps.

Features

The parka has a collar with a draw cord for adjustment and a stowed hood, water-resistant slide fasteners are used in the front closure, underarm openings and the two concealed upper chest pockets, two lower pockets with flaps and concealed hand warmer pockets, two upper sleeve pockets with flaps, adjustable wrist tabs, an insignia tab on the left front, and draw cord adjustments for the waist and hem concealed inside the lower pockets. There are reinforcement patches on the elbows. The parka is also designed to accommodate an optional detachable hood with fur ruff for use in extreme cold weather.

The trousers have an elastic draw cord at the waist, a slide fastener front fly, slide fastener ankle openings, lower leg adjustment tabs, two front hip pass-thru openings with flaps, and two leg cargo pockets with elasticized openings and buttoned flaps. There are reinforcement patches at the seat and knees.

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Specifications

Parka
MIL-DTL-32157
Trousers
MIL-DTL-32158

National Stock Numbers

MARPAT Woodland
Parka
X-ShortShortRegularLong
X-Small8415-01-506-62548415-01-506-62598415-01-506-62688415-01-506-6274
Small8415-01-506-62568415-01-506-62608415-01-506-62698415-01-506-6279
Medium8415-01-506-62578415-01-506-62638415-01-506-62708415-01-506-8280
Large8415-01-506-62588415-01-506-62658415-01-506-62718415-01-506-6281
X-Large8415-01-506-62668415-01-506-62728415-01-506-6282
Trousers
X-ShortShortRegularLong
X-Small8415-01-506-54618415-01-506-54768415-01-506-54818415-01-506-5613
Small8415-01-506-54728415-01-506-56128415-01-506-55738415-01-506-5589
Medium8415-01-506-54738415-01-506-54798415-01-506-54908415-01-506-5590
Large8415-01-506-54808415-01-506-55698415-01-506-5591
X-Large8415-01-506-55758415-01-506-5592
MARPAT Desert
Parka
X-ShortShortRegularLong
X-Small8415-01-8415-01-8415-01-506-57758415-01-506-5781
Small8415-01-8415-01-8415-01-506-57768415-01-506-5783
Medium8415-01-8415-01-8415-01-506-57778415-01-506-5811
Large8415-01-8415-01-8415-01-506-57798415-01-506-5813
X-Large8415-01-8415-01-506-57808415-01-
Air Force Tiger Stripe
Parka
X-ShortShortRegularLong
Small8415-01-547-34868415-01-547-34918415-01-547-3495
Medium8415-01-547-35088415-01-547-35138415-01-547-3516
Large8415-01-547-35328415-01-547-35368415-01-547-3544
X-Large8415-01-547-35578415-01-547-3562
Trousers
X-ShortShortRegularLong
Small8415-01-547-29878415-01-547-29988415-01-547-3000
Medium8415-01-547-30088415-01-547-30108415-01-547-3015
Large8415-01-547-30218415-01-547-30268415-01-547-3032
X-Large8415-01-547-30828415-01-547-30848415-01-547-3088

References

  • http://www.natick.army.mil/soldier/media/fact/individual/USMC_APECS.PDF [2003]
  • Marine Corps Concepts and Programs 2004. Chapter 4, Part 5, p. 199.[pdf]
  • Marine Corps Concepts and Programs 2005. Chapter 3, Part 5, p. 205.[pdf]
  • http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/sites/pmice/InfoPapers/Clothing/APECS.pdf [2006][2007][2008]
  • http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/basic_profile.cfm?ident_number=214878
  • http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/basic_profile.cfm?ident_number=214913
  • http://www.goreprotectivefabrics.com/remote/Satellite/Marines/APECS

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