The Modular Sleep System is designed to insulate the user in environments ranging from mild weather to extreme cold weather.

Component

The system consists of:

• a compression stuff sack
• a patrol sleeping bag
  • 50 to 30°F when used alone
  • 3 pounds
• an intermediate cold weather (ICW) sleeping bag
  • 30 to -10°F when used alone
  • 4 pounds
• a vapor permeable bivouac cover

The patrol and ICW bags are used separately, or together, by inserting the ICW bag within the patrol bag, attached by using snap fasteners, to form an extreme cold weather (ECW) sleeping bag system. The ECW bag configuration provides insulation to at least -30°F for a user dressed in polypropylene expedition weight undershirt and drawers and standard cushion sole socks, and to -50°F for a user wearing various layers of ECW clothing.

The stuff sack, when packed with sleeping bags, is capable of being compressed to one cubic foot and fits in the sleeping bag compartment of the large field pack with internal frame. Each bag, either independently or joined together, is compatible with the bivy cover.

Specification

• A-A-55262
• bivy cover:
  • MIL-C-44307
  • PD 95-04

Improvement

• Marine Corps 3 Season Sleep System

National Stock Number

• system: 8465-01-445-6274
  
  • stuff sack, black 357: 8465-01-398-5428
  • patrol bag, camouflage green 483: 8465-01-398-0685
  • ICW bag, black 357: 8465-01-398-0687
  • bivy cover, woodland: 8465-01-416-8517
• system without bivy cover: 8465-01-395-1154
• system, X-Long:
  • patrol bag, camouflage green 483, X-Long: 8465-01-452-1688
  • ICW bag, black 357, X-Long: 8465-01-452-1690
  • bivy cover, woodland, X-Long: 8465-01-452-1695
• system, UCP: 8465-01-547-2757
  • bivy cover, UCP:
  • patrol bag, foliage green: 8465-01-547-2706
  • ICW bag, urban grey: 8465-01-547-2694
  • stuff sack, foliage green, small:
  • stuff sack, foliage green, large: 8465-01-547-2670
• system, UCP, X-Long: 8465-01-551-9876
  • bivy cover, UCP, X-Long
  • patrol bag, foliage green, X-Long: 8465-01-547-2712
  • ICW bag, urban grey, X-Long: 8465-01-547-2697
  • stuff sack, foliage green, small:
  • stuff sack, foliage green, large: 8465-01-547-2670

Reference

• http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/marinefacts/blmsb.htm