(picture property of Oliver S.)
Thanks Oliver!
Flecktarn Australia wrote:I might be wrong but it looks like the brown of the flecktarn uniforms manufactured by SPEKON (1990's) fade to more of a "red" as opposed to the newer uniforms manufactured by WAHLER which fade to more of an "orange." I have different pieces from 1994 - 2009 to make this comparison. The KOHLER products are made for KSK (Special Forces) under contract to the Bundeswehr. I have seen a brand new 2010 pair of KSK pants and they look more like the WAHLER colouring.
CollectinSteve wrote:Flecktarn Australia wrote:I might be wrong but it looks like the brown of the flecktarn uniforms manufactured by SPEKON (1990's) fade to more of a "red" as opposed to the newer uniforms manufactured by WAHLER which fade to more of an "orange." I have different pieces from 1994 - 2009 to make this comparison. The KOHLER products are made for KSK (Special Forces) under contract to the Bundeswehr. I have seen a brand new 2010 pair of KSK pants and they look more like the WAHLER colouring.
It's true that the SPEKON mid to late 1990s stuff seems to be the bulk of the "fade to orange" cloth, but I've seen other companies with it. I can't remember which one off the top of my head, but for sure it's not just SPEKON. The chances are a couple of contractors went in on a big run of cloth and so it's all from the same batch. Or SPEKON sold off some of its cloth to a smaller contractor. Whatever the case, for sure it's not just SPEKON and the range of dates was (IIRC) 1994 through 1997 at least.
To reinforce what Tophe said... BE VERY CAREFUL if you buy any Flecktarn items. Any. There's a ton of commercial stuff out there in standard cut, KSK/DSO cut, and fantasy cuts. I haven't seen anything in ACU design except the genuine one I have, but I wouldn't doubt it.
BTW, you can buy a set of KSK/DSO Flecktarn on German eBay pretty much any day of the week. 99% of the stuff up there is commercial, though almost identical to the official stuff. Gotta look at the tags.
Cheers,
Steve
CollectinSteve wrote:It's a good question and there's no good answer. The jackets are made from a completely different cloth and therefore tend to look a little different than the trousers. Especially after worn for a while. But because of manufacturing inconsistencies, some match better than others. Just look at the trousers Tophe posted above. I bet they are all 1990s production and therefore should be identical.
Steve
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