cheeky_monkey said:
Along with the [shitty green garbage bag] rain gear and OD "goretex" cold weather coat right? Because I seem to have all 3, with only the webbing, of all things, being in good condition.
Get over yourself.
Most of us still have the green rain gear issued (Though personally, I never wear it, I unrolled it for the first time in years a few months ago, it still had no-hook slip ons), the differences between the cadpat and the green goretex jacket are marginal, both will keep you dry, and the webbing is still perfectly functional for what you need. It's still issued to certain groups, I know I saw a navy PLQ course conducting mod six, marching around in green combats and wearing webbing... six months ago.
Edit:
Forgot to go on my rant. I'm sick of people refusing to "get with the times". Referring to the tac-vest as "webbing" is one thing, it's not overly harmful, but those of us who wear the tac vest regularly enough to talk about it haven't worn webbing in a long time.
It does however irritate me even more when people refuse to do such things as update joining instructions, kit lists, etc.
"All troops should have the new type of rain gear issued as the old type has been found to be ineffective" was a line in a set of joining instructions two years ago which caused a great deal of confusion and irritation. The joining instructions were referring to the old american style rain gear vs the new green rain gear, but resulted in some very irate people demanding cadpat raingear while waving the joining instructions, despite the fact the american style rain gear hadn't been issued for a long time.
Another one that irritates me is the inclusion of melmac plate/cup on so many kit lists... if I were to approach a flying kitchen with a melmac plate in hands now, they'd likely turn me away!