How do you feel about MTP clothing/kit?

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Repro MARPAT? Where can you get that reproed? The Marines trademaked the pattern; it even has the EGA incorporated into the pattern.

Its not counterfeit Marpat just a reproduction of the pattern and colours

this stuff is just a print

http://www.flecktarn.co.uk/uscct0na.html
http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/acu-jacket-marpat-camo-product,14845

but Emerson make a bit more effort

http://www.thecombatstore.co.uk/shop/emerson-tactical-pants-in-woodland-marpat.html

Only ever seen 1 set of real deal and the owner earned them
 
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Repro MARPAT? Where can you get that reproed? The Marines trademaked the pattern; it even has the EGA incorporated into the pattern.

They can only trademark the pattern with the EGA in it because without it, it's CADPAT, the stuff the USMC copied ;) I have a bunch of Tru Spec MARPAT gear that does'nt have the EGA
 
They can only trademark the pattern with the EGA in it because without it, it's CADPAT, the stuff the USMC copied ;) I have a bunch of Tru Spec MARPAT gear that does'nt have the EGA

CADPAT and MARPAT are different patterns. Both are digital patterns with similar base colors, but the similarity ends there, Among other things, CAPAT features heavily on the green shades while MARPAT emphasizes the brown and tan shades.
 
Its not counterfeit Marpat just a reproduction of the pattern and colours

this stuff is just a print

http://www.flecktarn.co.uk/uscct0na.html
http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/acu-jacket-marpat-camo-product,14845

but Emerson make a bit more effort

http://www.thecombatstore.co.uk/shop/emerson-tactical-pants-in-woodland-marpat.html

Only ever seen 1 set of real deal and the owner earned them

Those do look good. Not sure if they'd survive a trademark infringement lawsuit or not, but they do look good.
 
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=23816

some interesting comments about marpat

Pretty sure all combat units with UK forces wear the same as each other most of the time whilst in combat anyway.

Yeah, years ago all our services shared the same patterns also. It's only been in the last decade or so that they've shifted away from that. The Army and Air Force particularly have been in trouble with congress for wasting too much money on patterns that apparently don't work too well. IIRC, congress recently passed a law requiring all future R&D and aquisition be standard again.
 
Who's licensed to produce the latest issued MTP? If I get the trews I'd like to get the real mccoy

Only the MoD manufacturer. It's a trademarked pattern.

Pretty sure all combat units with UK forces wear the same as each other most of the time whilst in combat anyway.

That's correct, but increasingly it's now considered ally for relatively junior service personnel to mix DPM with MTP (on Ops) to show that they are sweats. y common for DPM webbing and load carrying equipment to be in DPM. UKSF have been trialling a mossy type pattern for the northern hemisphere.
 
In dark British woodands (in leaf) I prefer DPM. When I hide a DPM pack with spare provisions it blends in stunningly well. A couple of months ago I hid an old tanky bergen in woodland near junction 2 of the M50 and when I'd walked fifty yards from it, even though I knew exactly where it was I couldn't see any sign of it.
 
And who is that?

Try "George" they did a lot for ASDA as well...:lmao:

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In dark British woodands (in leaf) I prefer DPM. When I hide a DPM pack with spare provisions it blends in stunningly well. A couple of months ago I hid an old tanky bergen in woodland near junction 2 of the M50 and when I'd walked fifty yards from it, even though I knew exactly where it was I couldn't see any sign of it.

That's the Ledbury/RedMarley junction isn't it?
 
Just checked the wife's UBAC shirt and Smock and neither have a named manufacturer in them.

The UBAC shirt is impregnated with insect repellent and is good for 50m washes or 6months in the field, that's good to know...
 
Why does nobody(other than the Swiss amy that is) do a range of clothing and rucksacks in alpenflage, that is a camouflage that really stands out from the crowd :)
 
Why does nobody(other than the Swiss amy that is) do a range of clothing and rucksacks in alpenflage, that is a camouflage that really stands out from the crowd :)

Because then it wouldn't be "Alpenflage", "Beaconflage" or "Fellsflage" doesn't have the same ring to it...;) Apparently it has to be Swiss to be Alpen
 
Just checked the wife's UBAC shirt and Smock and neither have a named manufacturer in them.

The UBAC shirt is impregnated with insect repellent and is good for 50m washes or 6months in the field, that's good to know...

Cool, I'm always a bit wary of buying anything that claims to be genuine or rare on ebay :) I'll see what's about
 
Thanks for the replies, chaps. A MTP smock would be ideal but I can't justify another jacket!! Hopefully the price of the genuine daysacks will come down. £100 for a new one is excessive. On the subject of alpenflage I have a Swiss sniper jacket- super heavy and just cotton. But at least the camo is "unique".
 

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