Canadian military webbing, usage thereof

Jon Skagfeld · #1 14-03-10, 01:50

Finding nowhere else to post this, here goes...

Let's assume a usage timeline of date of adoption from start to adoption of the next generation.

So:

P37 to P51 = 14 years

P51 to P64 = 13 years

P64 to P82 = 18 years

P82 to ??? = ?? years

My question is...did the usage of the P82 end with the adoption of the Load Bearing Vest (LBV)? Or did it end with the further adoption of the Tactical Vest (TV)?

Using an average of the above years-of-usage, median employment would be 15 years. That would put the end to P82 c. 1997.

Make sense?

P82 still in use? Reserves only?

Ed Storey · #2 14-03-10, 03:19

1913 Pattern - 1913-1919 - appx 6 years
1908 Pattern Canadian - 1908-1940 - appx 32 years
1908 Pattern - 1908-1940 - appx 32 years
US Mills Pistol Belt Set - 1914-1919 - appx 5 years
1925 Pattern - 1928-1940 - appx 12 years
1937 Pattern - 1940-1955 - appx 15 years
1951 Pattern - 1952-1985 - appx 33 years
1964 Pattern - 1965-1985 - appx 20 years
1982 Pattern - 1982-present - appx 28 years

1982 Pattern may still be in use for training. The Tac Vest is issued and used for deployments.

Jon Skagfeld · #3 14-03-10, 04:52

I should have realized of course that there was some overlap of usage from one pattern to the next.

Thanks, again, Ed.

Yeo.NT · #4 14-03-10, 05:10

P82 is issued in basic training and is used until said soldier has been posted to their unit after all their trade training.

Jon Skagfeld · #5 14-03-10, 08:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yeo.NT

P82 is issued in basic training and is used until said soldier has been posted to their unit after all their trade training.

Hmmm...Seems to me that I've seen various crse candidates on SQ and DP trg at LFCTA TC Meaford doing their thing wearing TVs only (?)

Or are my eyes deceiving me in that I'm seeing what I want to see?

Yeo.NT · #6 14-03-10, 08:19

SQ and DP are temp issue being a training base. I didn't get my TV issued till after i got posted to a unit which was 2 years after i joined the military

John McGillivray · #7 14-03-10, 15:11

When my son did his BMQ in 2004 different people got issued different kit depending on their future trade.

maple_leaf_eh · #8 14-03-10, 21:59

Many of us know from years of service, that QM is much less energetic recovering kit these days. I probably have a full set of '82 webbing with extras, and a TacVest. No one wanted a one-for-one return when it came time to give me the vest, but I did have to return my Jean Jacket Vest of Many Pockets, body armour and ballistic plates.

On the other hand, I did get a call to return my extra barrack boxes ...