Predator BDU has just added several new products from Propper International in the popular A-TACS camouflage pattern. Shipping in November, the new items include a patrol cap, shorts, and the traditional BDU design – a 4 Pocket Coat and 6 pocket Pants.
Available for pre-order now from www.predatorbdu.com.
Canada Goose took their popular softshell Tremblant Jacket which features their Red/White/Blue Arctic Disc logo and reflective tape and modified it for LE use by removing these items. It gives it a lower profile and blends in for street use.
Manufactured from Polartec Powershield, the Tremblant features an athletic cut and is available in XS-2XL.
GSS Gear is Canada Goose’s Authorized Law Enforcement & Military Distributor for the US.
If you’re attending the MiliPol 2011 Exhibition in Paris this week, make sure you visit the booth of Slovenian clothing company Uni & Forma to check out their Sniper Garment System in Hyde Definition’s PenCott-GreenZone camouflage. Uni & Forma produce clothing solutions for the Slovenian military, police, border guard and customs forces – as well as a growing number of European customers – and can be found at stand # 1G 140. More details of their 3-layer Sniper Garment System can be found on their website at: www.ufpro.si.
PrimaLoft® Insulation Technology™, announced that the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has purchased 8,750 additional sets of the USMC Extreme Cold Weather System, which consist of parkas, trousers and booties insulated with PrimaLoft®.
The USMC Extreme Cold Weather System (ECWS) is currently used by thousands of Marines stationed in the coldest areas of Afghanistan and across the globe. This new purchase brings the total number of ECWS currently fielded by the Marines to 58,750.
Developed to allow Marines to maintain the tactical edge during challenging high altitude, cold, and wet weather conditions, ECWS includes a parka, trouser and booties insulated with PrimaLoft®. As you know from previous coverage, PrimaLoft® is packable, lightweight, weather resistant, and very warm.
“PrimaLoft® takes great pride in our work to provide the best possible insulation technology to meet the U.S. Marine Corps mission readiness needs,†said PrimaLoft® Vice President and General Manager Joe Rumiesz in a press release. “We began working with the DoD 25 years ago, and we continue to advance our unique technology to address the specialized gear needs of our men and women in uniform.â€
PrimaLoft® was originally developed at the request of the US Army by Albany International Corp as a water resistant synthetic alternative to down. Now known as PrimaLoft® it is used by the United States Army, Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces.
Viper Headwear was founded by an Army SF veteran. Here, Viper introduces their new cap, the “Quiet Professional” – “A fitted MultiCam cap for Operators.”
Interestingly, the Quiet Professional is constructed from Cordura’s 50/50 Nylon/Cotton material which is a pretty lightweight fabric with No Melt No Drip properties. Natuarrly it’s Multicam and features a 2″x3″ Velcro loop on the front for rank insignia, flags, team/unit patches, or your favorite morale patch and 1″x4″ Velcro loop on the back for nametapes.
According to Viper, they also have Khaki, Digital Desert, and Digital Woodland patterns coming soon. Made in USA!
This is Propper International’s version of the Army Combat Pant. It is made from 3 different TenCate FR fabrics including a heavier duty seat reinforcement as well as the stretch panels around the knees and above the seat. One distinct difference we know that the Propper version has from Crye’s offering is a zippered fly rather buttons. Additionally, the button at closure at the top is located on the front flap rather than the rear and buttons into a fully enclosed hole.
Here you can see the reinforced rear.
The Propper pant utilizes Cry’s proprietary kneepad design.
The kneepad is removable and and the pant features an internal flap that plugs the hole from the inside when the kneepad is not worn.
The pant leg incorporates several cloth adjustable take up tabs.
The height of the kneepad is also adjustable via an internal shockcord that is held in place via a barrel lock contained in the external upperthigh pockets.
Here you can see the low profile take up tabs on the sides of the nonpadded waist band.
Word is that Crye Precision, Massif and Propper International will face off for the final contract for the Army Combat Pant.
Canadian Forces Converged Rainsuit Guide
As part of the Clothe The Soldier program the Canadian Forces have been issued the relatively new Converged CADPAT Rainsuit (CCR) manufactured from a Waterproof, Moisture Vapour Permeable (WMVP) membrane with static dissipative properties. The latter property is particularly important when working around POL and aircraft.
Consisting of a jacket and trousers, the interesting thing about the CCR is the “converged” element of the name. Utilizing the Air Force rainsuit as a baseline, CTS integrated design elements for ground combat forces in order to produce a joint garment.
We’ve mentioned it exists and here’s a shot of the new MARPAT-Woodland variant of FROG.
It’s made from TenCate’s latest Defender-M twill fabric that offers twice the tear strength of the material used just 14 months ago.
