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    UK uniform tissue questions

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    Bert353
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    Post by Bert353 Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:29 pm

    I noticed some differences in the tissue the UK uniforms use for "tropical" and "temperate" weather.
    Of course that's logic.

    In the MTP range they use a 70% cotton/30% polyester mix for tropical/warm meather,

    a 67%polyester/33% cotton mix for temperate weather,

    and a 50/50% Cotton polyester mix for the windproofs such as smocks and so.

    also the "tropical" version has a super "open" weave, after a few washes after new it's really nice to wear on a hot day when a wind is blowing.
    the "temperate" version though I found a bit thin and cold for a "temperate" british fall/winter.

    I also have a long experience with dutch uniforms, and what the British now call "temperate" was the dutch "summer/warm weather" version.
    they had for a "temperate" version a tissue of 65/35 cotton/polyester almost twice the (tissue) weight of the UK "temperate" version.

    Why would the MOD use such a light tissue for the (not so warm) UK winters?
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    Post by Bert353 Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:29 pm

    nobody?
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    Post by CollectinSteve Thu Apr 04, 2019 1:28 am

    Sorry, I've never been able to figure out the logic in British MOD cloth types. Over the years I've seen more than one that didn't make sense to me.

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    Post by Bert353 Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:24 am

    yes, you're probably right, a pity, Iwould really like to know that, because I think that they really can do so much with these different types of tissues these days.

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