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1958 pattern web equipment [1] [2] was a modular personal equipment system issued to the British Armed Forces from 1959 [1] up until the mid 90s. It replaced the 1937 pattern web equipment that had served the UK's Armed Forces through the Second World War and the first decade of the Cold War and also the 1944 pattern webbing which was used in ...
1908 pattern webbing; 1937 pattern webbing – UK, 1937 onwards; 1942 battle jerkin; 1970 pattern webbing; 44 pattern webbing; 58 pattern webbing - UK, 1958 to 1990s; 61 pattern webbing; 72 pattern webbing; 85 pattern Personal load carrying equipment (PLCE) 90 pattern PLCE; 95 pattern PLCE
The PLCE webbing system replaced the 58 pattern webbing, which was olive drab/olive green (OD/OG) in colour and made of canvas. [3] This system, after having been introduced to the forces in 1960 and considered long obsolete by 1980, was still part of the standard-issue equipment of the British Armed Forces during the Falklands War in 1982.
To accompany the new rifle, a webbing system was developed, based on the British 1958 pattern, which had seen use in nearby Malawi by British forces. This set differed from the original in a number of ways. Generally, the materials were thinner and of an inferior quality than the British version, being non-preshrunk and faster fading.
United Kingdom: British Armed Forces (In service from 1938 onwards; supplemented by 1944 Pattern webbing from 1945 onwards and fully replaced by 1958 Pattern webbing from 1959 onwards, though second-line units could be found fielding it as late as the 1970s) [42] [2] and MOD-sponsored cadet forces (officially issued as late as the 1980s). [4]
The M-1956 LCE continued application of the belt-supported-by-suspenders concept, adopted by the U.S. Army at least as early as the pattern 1903 equipment. [2] The M-1956 "Belt, Individual Equipment" or pistol belt differed little in form and function from the M-1936 pistol belt and would accommodate any of the pouches and equipment that would mount on the M-1936 belt.
Later webbing equipment such as the 1944 and 1958 patterns was still made from cotton but now came pre-dyed in appropriate camouflage colours (the 1944 and 1958 equipments for instance being dyed in Standard Camouflage Colour (SCC) 19 [24] and SCC 15 [25] respectively) and could be cleaned through conventional methods (indeed, fitting ...
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