CS: Misc-Fire Resistant Military Clothing

2001-01-23 Thread Craig & Laura Innes
From: "Craig & Laura Innes", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know of any reports or policies regarding the dangers of synthetic operational clothing or equipment which may have followed a fire on board a ship during the Falklands War? Does anyone know if all the present UK operational cloth

CS: Misc-Fire Resistant Military Clothing

2001-01-24 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Does anyone know of any reports or policies regarding the dangers of >synthetic operational clothing or equipment which may have followed a fire >on board a ship during the Falklands War? Does anyone know if all the >present UK operational clothing i

CS: Misc-Fire Resistant Military Clothing

2001-01-24 Thread jim.craig
From: "jim.craig", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I remember reports that when HMS Sheffield was sunk by an Argentinian Exocet missile, some of the clothing worn by navy personnel had 'melted in the intense heat' and stuck to the bodies of the unfortunate sailors. The main culprit, allegedly, was th