MTP "Multi-Terrain Pattern" World

[reneblacky]

Hi Rene,

I do have a nice windproof combat smock in MTP but the file upload manager won't work for me today.

Alex

Whack it up when ya can Alex no rush.

[Composite]

I've been looking at a number of MTP shirts/jackets (camo can't be that good then can it!.....boom boom!)....and there's clearly a number of different cloth types used but I'm ASSUMING the camo pattern itself is standard / universal. The colouring changes but that's common across climate categories...but again, I'm assuming the underlying shapes, curves etc are the same. The palette appears to change for those garments destined for drier areas and a more pink tint seems prevalent.

Are there pattern variations? (shapes, patterns....over the lifetime of British MTP...not colour or climate). We all talk about "early DPM"..."Sparse pattern desert" etc....my question is are we still in the period of "1st pattern MTP"?

As I've said, I've come across a number of material types (not pattern...not garment style...the actual cloth itself) - and there's little point in attaching pics as you can't FEEL the cloth....


- Temperate (+ fire retardant treated version)
- Warm Weather (+ Insect repellent treated version + I assume a "Fire retardant version as well???) ...more Aetex-like in it's feel
- Windproof smock - as one would expect, this feels more man-made, is smoother and less forgiving - the weave isn't overly clear and it's harder to tear
- Gortex - this is probably the easiest to identify...material is shiny, with little "give"

+ NBC suit??? - is there one?

It might be my imagination but I THINK that some treated garments actually FEEL different

Here's some label pics...'not really sure what value they add to the questions about material types and actual camo patterns but I guess they help to illustrate that a variety exists.

[reneblacky]

Uk type pattern I guess would be universal. Show a spread of the pattern? I doubt the US version will have the UK spots in the pattern. The Aust version is derived from the DPCU "bunnies & jelly beans"

[Composite]

....I was gonna include some pics of the patterns...but it soon became clear (or at least it appeared to me) that I'd be posting the same pic 8-10 times! + the colours aren't really done justice by camera.

Actually, there was an Aussie "multi-cam" set for sale at War and Peace....and it was cheaper than the Aussie Navy blue beans set (sweeeeeeeet)

[reneblacky]

Can't get the RAN set my self!!! not at surplus!!! well Aust issued anything these days is not common to find as surplus!!!

[reneblacky]

....I was gonna include some pics of the patterns...but it soon became clear (or at least it appeared to me) that I'd be posting the same pic 8-10 times! + the colours aren't really done justice by camera.

Actually, there was an Aussie "multi-cam" set for sale at War and Peace....and it was cheaper than the Aussie Navy blue beans set (sweeeeeeeet)

Show a spread of at least one example hey.

[reneblacky]

Crap res pic of a RAAF version

[Composite]

Here's a patch of "Temperate" (front and back)




...and here's the "Warm Weather" version (front and back)...you can see the difference in the cloth



....interesting innit? :-) ....errrr.....


Actually only us Brits could call something "Warm Weather"....rather than "Hot" or similar.....I'm expecting to uncover a number of other variants called "Bit Parky", "Phew What A Scorcher" and the particularly rare "Brrrrrrr"

[Alex W]

Figured out that the forum wont work on Safari so switched to Chrome.

Here is my MTP windproof combat smock:

Alex

[Jerry B]

one of the two pairs of mtp trousers I own, the others are in the wash