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 A Long-Term Survival Guide – Military Survival Kits:
The US Armed Forces have developed a number of different survival kits over the years, as well
as a lot of individual equipment designed to help our troops stay alive in hostile environments.
Other countries have acquired similar kits, and some invented a few unique gadgets of their own.
Studying the kits and equipment is fun and instructive, and a source of ideas for your own kits.
Here are a few examples, but most of the kits were constantly being changed and improved upon,
especially during active conflicts, so there are many variations and experimental designs besides
the ones shown here. Some items, such as the Air Force Survival Vests, held different items that
were tailored for each individual mission, so these examples should be considered as typical kits.
E6 Survival Kit: (early Vietnam War issue)
This kit came in a canvas pouch with two lift the dot fasteners and a belt hook.
The pouch held two plastic flasks full of survival items, and a signal mirror.
Inside the pouch are two amber colored flasks, with a list of contents printed on the sides of each.
The tops of the flasks can be removed, to access the contents, then replaced to use the flasks as
water containers. The tops are held in place by wire bails. One flask contains chocolate rations,
chewing gum, bouillon powder, razor blades, leader kit, fish hook kit, fishing line kit, sewing kit,
compass, saw blade, prophylactics, sharpening stone, and matches (in a small plastic match safe).
The second flask has medical supplies, including four Band-Aids, two vials of pills, tweezers,
tooth brush, iodine, and a signaling mirror.
The flasks have rudimentary directions printed for each item, but most of them say things like
“Use As Desired”. They are also marked “WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED, DESTROY OR
HIDE FLASK AND ALL WRAPPERS”, to prevent any items from falling into enemy hands.
A modern version of this kit would be a wide-mouth water bottle, filled with survival items.
 Airman’s Survival, Escape, and Evasion Kit (Issued 1968):
This kit is an antique, since it was made in 1968, before the invention of things like Velcro and
space blankets. The contents were packed in a heavy-duty plastic pouch, which also served as a
water container when empty. The pouch has two loops at the top, so it could be hung on a belt.
This is the #2 packet (#1 was a medical kit), and the plastic sheet, with contents printed on it.
The contents were on a plastic sheet, which was coated with adhesive, like a sheet of flypaper.
Each item was in a separate, sealed, labeled plastic bag, and was placed in the position on the
sheet where its name was printed. The plastic sheet was folded in half inside the pouch. All of
the items are in good shape, except the food and water purification tablets, which would all be
poisonous now, and the sawback knife blade, which broke in half in the sealed kit at some point,
probably due to embrittlement. The wristwatch compass has some crazing on the crystal, but it is
not cracked or broken, and it still works ok. Not bad for a forty-four year old survival kit.
This is how each item was stuck to the adhesive-coated roll, in its designated position.
Contents: sponge, bar of soap, mosquito headnet and mittens, water purification tablets,
flashlight filters, sunglasses, wire saw, arrowhead, flint bar fire starter, firestarter sheets and
tinder, signaling mirror and lanyard, candle, sawback knife blade, fishing kit (in green plastic
tube), fishing line, sewing kit (in green plastic tube), bullion cubes (two packs), candy (two
packs), flashlight and lanyard, wristwatch compass, and water bag (the empty carrying pouch).
This kit has some interesting items, which make it rather unique:
There is an arrowhead, the old hollow-socket style, for making an improvised hunting weapon.
There is the sawback knife blade, which is basically a sharpened hacksaw blade, and which was
designed to screw onto a separate flare gun.
There is a tiny flashlight (just left of the compass), on a lanyard made from the same cord as the
fishing line.
There is a metal match flint firestarter, which is on a lanyard that goes through a hole drilled in
the flint itself; it does not have a plastic handle like the later flints all did. The plastic sheet says
flint and matches, but there were no matches in the sealed kit.
There is a wire saw, which has a type of clip on each end, of unusual design.
The fishing kit and the sewing kit are each contained in a little plastic tube, similar to a match
safe, but the caps press on, instead of screwing on.
The colored squares of plastic are light filters for the little flashlight; it was just wrapped in one
to change the light color to either red or blue, for clandestine use at night.
 AIRMAN’S SURVIVAL KIT: (Issued 2001):
This is a modernized version of the previous kit from 1968. It was also divided into two packets,
with #1 being a medical kit, and this #2 packet being the survival kit. This was done from logical
necessity, because the medicines had to be replaced a lot more often than the survival items.
Here is the sealed kit (left-hand image). It is a large green nylon pouch with a Velcro closure.
Inside are two smaller pouches (second image) with Velcro flaps. Inside each of these is a roll of
nylon material (third image), with a floppy disc for scale (same size as a CD holder).
Contents: (16 Items) Water Storage Bag, Safety Pins, Tweezers, Chewing Gum, Candy,
Signaling Mirror, Mosquito Head net & Mittens, Compass, Fishing kit, Wire Saw, Latex Gloves,
Folding Razor Knife, Space Blanket, Instruction Sheet, Firestarter (Metal Match Flint Bar), and
Enerjet (NoDoze). The smaller roll contains Candy, Chiclets Gum, NoDoz, Gloves, and the red
ring, which is the cap to the water bag (it is folded up underneath the cap). Each item has a
Velcro dot, to secure it to the nylon roll. The larger roll contains the mosquito head net and
mittens, the Derma-Shave folding razor, the space blanket, the signal mirror, the wire saw (in a
piece of folded cardboard), the fishing kit, the safety pins and tweezers, the compass, the
firestarter flint, and the instructions.
This kit (as you might expect) is very basic, minimal survival gear. The compass, signal mirror,
and folding razor are the best items (the razor could be re-sharpened when dull), but the wire saw
tended to break under even light-duty use. The mosquito headnet was most effective when
wearing a hat, to keep the netting away from direct contact with your skin. What’s missing from
this kit is a decent knife, but the Air Force had a good survival knife, that was issued separately.
US Air Force Survival Knife, with saw-back blade.
 World War II Navy Pilot Bailout Survival Kit: (Complete)
Navy Pilot Bailout Survival Kit, World War II: This is a complete kit, showing parts one and two
of the survival kit, radio, smoke signal, survival knife, life raft safety knife, pen flare gun and
flares, 20 rounds of extra ammo, mirror, whistle, strobe light, and drinking water survival vest.
World War II, U.S. Naval Pilot Survival Kit, Gold Pack:
This is a U.S. Naval Pilot survival kit gold pack, from WWII. Gold coins are so universally
accepted that they were included in the survival kits of American pilots during World War II and
Desert Storm. The outer case is a heavy, tire-like rubber that was sealed shut when issued.
Approximate size is 3.5 in. by 4 in. Inside it contains three gold rings and five gold coins: one
George V British sovereign, one Victoria half-sovereign, one Edward VII half-sovereign, one
French 20 franc Rooster, and one French 10 franc Rooster. The idea was that downed pilots
could pay people for help, or barter for things, with the gold.
 Parachute Pack Survival Kit:
This tiny little kit was secured to parachute harnesses, so that airborne troops would have some
minimal survival items available, if they were blown off-course, and separated from their squads.
The outer pouch held a mylar bag, containing a slender cardboard box.
Contents of the cardboard box: Condoms (water containers), matches and strikers, fire-starter
cubes, compass, candy, needles and thread, fishing hooks and line, pocket knife, and instructions.
The instructions told the user to save their parachute, to use the cloth, paracord, and the inner
strands of the paracord for survival tasks (improvising shelter, cordage, fishing lines, and snares).
 U S Navy Pilot Back Pad Survival Kit:
This kit was sometimes secured to the seats of aircraft, like other bailout kits, so that it could be
retrieved easily during an emergency escape. Contents often varied, for different environments.
The kit had a number of snap straps inside, to secure the contents, and straps on the back, to
secure the kit to the aircraft seat. It could also be carried like a backpack, using the seat straps.
M592 Back Pad Kit Contents: Poncho Cover, Gloves, Mosquito Headnet, Instruction Book,
Magnifying Lens, Signaling Mirror, Machete, Sunburn Ointment, Compass, Cotton Line, First
Aid Kit, Emergency Rations, Jack Knife, Oil, Fishing Kit, Whistle, Drinking Water, Sharpening
stone, Pyrotechnic Kit (Signal and Smoke Flares), Salt Tablets, Waterproof Tape, Safety Pins.
 U S Navy Pilot Bailout Kit:
This over-water bailout survival kit has a one-man LRU3 life raft, with CO2 inflation cylinder.
Contents: Signal flares and launcher, match safe and matches, can of survival rations, life raft
repair plugs, dye marker, sunburn cream, compass, strobe light, and a seawater desalination kit.
Most life rafts had sea anchors and small emergency paddles that were tethered to the rafts and
folded up in the raft bundle, so they would not be visible in these pictures.
 PK-1 One Man Life Raft:
This PK1 raft is probably what people think of when they imagine a one man life raft, a simple
open inflatable boat, with a small case of basic survival supplies.
PK1 Survival Kit Contents: Instructions, radio antenna, emergency radio, lifeboat rations,
emergency drinking water, two drinking water kits, fishing kit, and sea anchor with lines.
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