M81 Woodland ACU-Cut Combat Trousers — 50/50 NYCO Ripstop
Combat trousers cut to the U.S. Army ACU pattern, in M81 Woodland, in 50/50 NYCO ripstop — not cotton. Made in the USA. Two sizes, Small-Regular and Medium-Regular, on sale until the run is gone.
Nearly every woodland ripstop trouser sold new today is 100% cotton. This one uses the 50/50 nylon-cotton ripstop the Army moved to for the Army Combat Uniform, because cotton wears through at the knee and seat first. Same fabric class as an issue ACU trouser, same cut, in the pattern that still works better than anything else in mixed timber.
On sale — read this first
These are on sale, and they are final sale: no returns and no exchanges on sale items. Only Small-Regular and Medium-Regular are available and there are no other sizes coming. Measure before you order — the size chart is below.
Final sale covers change of mind and fit. It does not cover a manufacturing defect: if something is wrong with how the garment was built, that still routes through our warranty.
Specification
| Cut | U.S. Army Combat Uniform trouser pattern, per GL/PD 07-14B (5 Nov 2010), Type I |
|---|---|
| Fabric | 50/50 nylon/cotton, wind-resistant poplin ripstop |
| Pattern | M81 Woodland |
| Class | Untreated — no permethrin, no insect treatment |
| Size | Small-Regular and Medium-Regular only |
| Origin | Made in USA |
| Condition | New, unissued |
A note on what this is: the trouser is built to the ACU trouser pattern and in the Type I 50/50 NYCO ripstop that specification calls for, but in M81 Woodland rather than the camouflage the spec itself specifies. It is an ACU-cut woodland trouser, not a government-issue ACU.
Construction
- Waistband with seven belt loops, an internal braided drawstring for waist adjustment, and a button/buttonhole closure
- Covered fly with a three-button closure
- Two side hanging pockets
- Two back single-welt hip pockets with two-button closure flaps
- Two pleated bellows cargo pockets with three-button closure flaps and an elastic drawcord at the top hem
- Two lower leg pockets with hook-and-loop closure flaps
- Sewn-in eyelets at the bottom of every bellows pocket, so water and grit drain instead of collecting
- Double-needle reinforced seat patch
- Reinforced knee patch on each leg
- Drawstring at each leg hem to blouse into boots or cinch against weather
Size chart
Military trousers are sized by two body measurements — waist and inseam — each given as a band rather than a single number. Small-Regular and Medium-Regular are the two sizes in this run; they are highlighted in both tables. The figures are the bands printed on the size label, from Table III of GL/PD 07-14B.
Waist — measure around your natural waist, where the trouser actually sits.
| Size | Waist |
|---|---|
| X-Small | up to 27 in |
| Small | 27 – 31 in |
| Medium | 31 – 35 in |
| Large | 35 – 39 in |
| X-Large | 39 – 43 in |
| XX-Large | 43 – 47 in |
Inseam — measure crotch to leg opening on a pair that already fits you. Both sizes in this run are Regular length.
| Length | Inseam |
|---|---|
| X-Short | up to 26-1/2 in |
| Short | 26-1/2 – 29-1/2 in |
| Regular | 29-1/2 – 32-1/2 in |
| Long | 32-1/2 – 35-1/2 in |
| X-Long | 35-1/2 – 38-1/2 in |
| XX-Long | over 38-1/2 in |
So Small-Regular is cut for a 27 to 31 inch waist and Medium-Regular for a 31 to 35 inch waist, both on a 29-1/2 to 32-1/2 inch inseam. The waistband drawstring gives real adjustment at the top and the leg-hem drawstrings take up length when bloused into boots, so the usable window is wider than a fixed-size civilian trouser — but neither size stretches to a Large. If you measure 36 at the waist, these are the wrong trousers.
If you land right on the 31 inch line, take the Medium-Regular. The drawstring can take in a waist that is slightly loose; it cannot let one out.
Because this is a final sale item with no returns, measure a pair that already fits you and compare before ordering. If you are unsure, send us your measurements and we will tell you honestly whether these will work.
For hunting and the outdoors
M81 Woodland was designed for temperate deciduous and mixed-timber country, and it still breaks up a human outline in that terrain as well as most modern patterns — which is why it keeps coming back. The ripstop weave is quieter through brush than a hard-faced synthetic shell, the cargo and leg pockets take a rangefinder, calls, gloves and a knife without a pack, and the drainage eyelets matter the first time you kneel in wet leaf litter.
The 50/50 NYCO is the argument over a surplus cotton pair: nylon carries the abrasion where cotton gives out, at the knee, the seat and the pocket edges, which is exactly where hunting trousers die.
Care
Machine wash warm, tumble dry low. Do not use chlorine bleach — it degrades nylon and will shift the camouflage. No starch. These are untreated, so if you want permethrin for insect protection you can apply an aftermarket treatment yourself following its own directions.
