Hello! I'm new to this forum, but I thought I'd share my collection of Canadian military gear with ya'll! Sorry for the quality of the pictures, please let me know what you guys think. I'll post a whole lot more latter on...
I personally use the 82 Patern Webbing on a rather consistent basis. It really is the best LBE I've yet encountered. I have a set in my collection minus the ruck..
I've used the 82 ruck on several hiking trips and it was ok. A few mods were made to make it bearable on long hikes. I upgraded to the 64 pattern ruck and never looked back. The 82 now hangs on the wall in the garage.
The C2 Rucksack was designed in the ealry 1960s as a universal rucksack to replace the WWII vintage US Mountain Rucksacks which were then in use for winter warfare training. After a suitable trials process, it was adopted for Canadian airborne use in the late 1960s.
The frameless C1 Cargo Pack was also adopted in the mid-1960s for more general field use.