i know the Russian Army would fly their troops to a winter training area where the troops would spend the night in sub zero weather with just great coats and a blanket.i assume they did that to show the troops that it was possible to survive with just personal gear.note i said spend the night and not sleep the night!
this was some years ago i read about that so maybe now they have
modern winter gear and not WW2 left overs.
doing that ourselves might be a ok way to find out if it's possible,back yard first folks!!
by the way can someone tell me how to read all the responses
to the posts on one window by scrolling down the page? right now i have to open each post and i sometimes just skip everything and have my say without knowing what everyone had to say.
i did that in the past but forgot how to.....