CADPAT Arid Shirts, Pants in the Works for CAN Tac Hel Crews

[The Bread Guy]

This, from MERX (.pdf also attached).....

.... Requirement: The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for flame resistant (FR) shirts and trousers for Tactical Helicopter Crew in Canadian Disruptive Pattern Arid Region (CADPAT ™ AR) that meet the requirements outlined in the
Department of National Defence:

Manufacturing data for shirts TACTICAL helicopter crew, flame resistant DSSPM 2-6-87-2250 dated 2008-11-26
Manufacturing data for trousers, TACTICAL helicopter crew, flame resistant DSSPM 2-6-87-2264 dated 2008-11-26
Purchase Description for cloth, twill, aramid/FR viscose, 170 g/m2 DSSPM 2-2-80-239 dated 2008-11-25.
Specification for webbing DSSPM 2-2-80-101dated 2007-06-01,
Pre-contract award , pre-production and production technical
requirement,
Specification for CADPAT ™ (AR) DSSPM 2-2-80-501dated
2006-25-10,
Directive for evaluation of CADPAT ™ dated July 2004,
Textiles testing,
Requirement for special sizes,
and sealed patterns.

Firm Quantity:
This requirement is for a firm quantity of 1,400 trousers and 1,400 shirts to be delivered to Montreal, Quebec ....

 

[Loachman]

Yahoo.

'Sbout time.

Thanks.

It was worth waking up today just for that.

 

[Laps]

Loach, that's gonna be so (un)sexy to see you in a tight-fitted 2 piece FS... lol

I just hope they'll be better quality than those I've seen trialed at 403 Sqn, especially the one that worn out to look like a CADPAT fleece PJ.

Cheers

 

[Strike]

I can't wait to see the look on the faces of the RSMs when they think we've tucked in the shirts to our combats and have not bloused our pants!  ;D

 

[armoured recce man]

I wounder if they plan to issued them to the crews already in theatre, or they will let them sweat like hell with their outdated kit and green mustang vest...

 

[Bzzliteyr]

Hey on a bright note, at least these might be able to be "borrowed" to equip our armour soldiers with something flame resistant.

Didn't they try to create a new crewsuit like a million years ago?

 

[dapaterson]

Hey on a bright note, at least these might be able to be "borrowed" to equip our armour soldiers with something flame resistant.

Didn't they try to create a new crewsuit like a million years ago?

I recall seeing one male member of the Armd corps whose girth had expanded to the point that his crewsuit looked like it had a maternity panel in front...

 

[Journeyman]

Twice I read the thread title as: CADPAT Arid Skirts, Pants in the Works

...so maybe maternity panels aren't so far out there.

But then, sometimes I'm not too bright.



I said sometimes! 

 

[Loachman]

I recall seeing one male member of the Armd corps whose girth had expanded to the point that his crewsuit looked like it had a maternity panel in front...

I recall seeing a Major so tall that they had to splice a wide band around the middle as a vertical extension - and it was a radically different shade of OG.

 

[armoured recce man]

Hey on a bright note, at least these might be able to be "borrowed" to equip our armour soldiers with something flame resistant.

Didn't they try to create a new crewsuit like a million years ago?

Believe me buzz we don't want to go down that road again......it's not pretty......

by the way how's your job...?

 

[Bzzliteyr]

My job?? You mean, hitting the forward button in outlook?  It's not too shabby.

I intend on heading back to the "maison mere" next year then get back overseas so I can see all those hot rotorheads in their *new* flight suits!!