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    Estonian Desert Amoeba/TTsKO UBACS

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    Post by Ghoward2 Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:45 am

    Hey folks! My Estonian buddy came through again with some hot finds. I know some you have the Desert TTsKO, but I don't think I've seen a UBACS, so I figured I would show it off. Very Happy

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    Post by mylle Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:56 pm

    Looks great in an old school camo. I like it a lot.
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    Post by CollectinSteve Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:38 pm

    Someone else posted a picture of this one and it's quite confusing because UBACS shirts were used only after this pattern was no longer in use. Yet yours has a military tag on it. Puzzle!! What's the date on it?

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    Post by jimmyduncan23 Thu Dec 22, 2016 3:58 am

    nice find
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    Post by Ghoward2 Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:24 am

    Hey Steve, here's a closeup of the only tag I can find (it's the one on the front). There's no year on it.
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    Post by mylle Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:17 pm

    Maybe the company just used older existing fabric.....
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    Post by Zedthefed Mon Dec 26, 2016 12:34 am

    >95% Bamboo
    Wow they really CAN make anything from that stuff!
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    Post by Ghoward2 Mon Dec 26, 2016 2:50 am

    Zedthefed wrote:>95% Bamboo
    Wow they really CAN make anything from that stuff!

    Hahaha, I just noticed that.
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    Post by CollectinSteve Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:13 am

    I'm wondering if these uniforms were made for some sort of non-ISAF mission. Maybe police or something other than straight military? It would explain how a long out of use uniform was produced more recently. The full uniform is also the old cut, so maybe the uniforms were old stock that was partially or fully made but never accepted into service? You know, the uniforms were sitting on a shelf, someone said "hey we could use those", the tags were then affixed and away they went into service??

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    Post by Ghoward2 Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:45 pm

    The Estonians are notorious for going "hey, this was issued at one time in the past, why not issue it again?" so I would totally believe that they found some use for it.
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    Post by GE10 Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:45 pm

    It was the official first UBACS before that it was either custom made or handcrafted.
    Used it by EstCoy-9 in Afghanistan 2009/2010
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    Post by ripcord Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:52 pm

    Great photo !!

    I have a boonie in this pattern..
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    Post by CollectinSteve Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:28 am

    I have another picture of the UBACS in use with two other soldiers.  As with the previous pic, standard digital trousers are worn with the shirt.  Amazing that this old pattern was used so many years later.  Estonians are crazy people, and that is a good thing Wink

    For what it is worth, my picture has the label of ESTCOY10, which means production time was around 2010. Interesting that this is the same date as the ripstop TTsKO uniform, which is also a pattern also out of official use at the time.

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