B-3 life vest, personal floating device commonly referred as
Mae West because of the busty Hollywood star from 1940's.
It was automatically inflated from CO2 cartridge and has also
tube which allowed to inflate it manually.
Parachute, Type T5 Assembly: In 1941 United States Army
decided to introduce its first parachute – the T5. It was test-
ed since 1940 and the trial jumps were done by test platoon
from Airborne School. The rounded chute has 28 feet (853
cm) diameter and was sewn from 28 gussets (from four
parts each). At the beginning, the nylon fabric chutes were
white or dyed with plain olive color. Since 1943 nylon fabric
was dyed in spotted camouflage pattern.
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