Field suit
In the Bundeswehr, the field suit is the basic form of combat suit worn by soldiers both inside and outside the office as a uniform . Colloquially it is also called Flecktarn .
The field suit can be supplemented or modified with various pieces of uniform. Depending on the weather, jackets or gloves can be worn.
A modification and addition is the field suit with combat helmet , equipment and backpack. This is known as a combat suit (sometimes also a combat suit ).
Carrying Permit
Outside of work, training, exercise, combat and combat readiness missions, soldiers of the Bundeswehr usually wear service suits . Wearing the field suit (as well as the board and combat suit ) is also permitted:
- on the way to and from service,
- on the way between military properties in the siting area,
- to deal with private matters on the way to and from work as well as during the service period approved by the responsible superior,
- for private journeys by train as part of the project "Free rail travel in uniform". This includes the necessary routes from the point of departure to the departure station and from the destination station to the destination of the private trip. Headgear must be worn within train stations.
variants
Field suit, splinter camo (1955–1960)
After the formation of the Bundeswehr in 1955, a field suit in a slightly modified splinter camouflage M31 of the Reichswehr or Wehrmacht was immediately introduced into the troops . It was made of tarpaulin and was cut relatively wide, as a faux fur undersuit was worn with winter equipment. This was not food in the strict sense of the word, as it was applied separately and there was no fixed connection to the outer shell. Until the early 1970s, parts of the splinter camouflage suit were still issued, which had to be cut up in order to produce camouflage covers for the steel helmets from them.
Combat suit, hunted melange (1955–1960)
The then newly developed three-piece yellow olive combat suit (colloquially called "felt louse") was tested in 1959 by some units in advance of its introduction. The development was based on the experiences in Russia (partly dry climatic zone with great cold) and the equipment of the Wehrmacht, which had proven itself for several years. Field blouse and trousers were made of a loden-like fabric . The pants and the shoulders of the blouse were lined with a PTFE -like membrane ( Gore-Tex ), which, however, caused crackling noises when moving. Due to the scratching of the fabric on the skin, the combat suit was not popular with the troops. In order to avoid this effect, long olive-colored underpants were also given out for each man, which were specially designed for the combat suit, hunted melange. (The normal long johns, however, were white). The corresponding three-quarter-length outer jacket as a parka was made of water-repellent cotton fabric. Its hood could be pulled over the steel helmet. In winter weather conditions, a faux fur lining or quilted lining was buttoned into the jacket. This remained in use in a modified form even after the introduction of a new field uniform (in which the elbow reinforcement and the waterproof insert in the shoulder area were omitted).
Surplus chamber goods were sold to the armed forces of Pakistan through intermediaries after this equipment was segregated . There the field suit is still in use today with troop contingents in the high mountains.
The hat, introduced in 1959, was made of the same material (with pull-down earmuffs) or a steel helmet. The olive-green woven belt with a grained brass box lock was worn over a field blouse or jacket. In addition, other items of equipment such as belt carriers, large and small storm luggage (the small combat bag remained in use later), NBC protective mask in a shoulder bag and magazine pouches were carried. There was not yet a backpack for this combat suit.
Field suit, olive-colored (1960–1990)
From the mid-1960s, the previous uniform , known as the “work suit”, was used as a replacement for the field suit, jagdmeliert . It was the one-colored olive variant in the color RAL 6014 (yellow olive), which was introduced in 1960 and is based on the uniforms of the NATO partners. The field suit, olive-colored, consisted of field trousers, field jacket, field shirt, field cap (later a boat or beret ) and combat boots, in the early days marching boots , so-called " Knobelbecher" . These were replaced by lace-up boots from the 1970s.
The material used was initially a fabric in the so-called herringbone pattern , until it was replaced by moleskin in the early 1970s . The herringbone fabric retained its green color, while the moleskin fabric took on a light to stone-gray tone with frequent washing. The knee-length olive shirt (shirt, olive, knitted) - recognizable by the button placket with three buttons, it had to be pulled over the head - was then replaced by the field shirt, so that the soldier can appear without the field jacket in summer could. Until then, only the olive shirt could be left off on orders to make it easier to dress , the jacket was then worn on the undershirt. The field jacket was tucked into the waistband, the field belt (belt, field, olive) was in the belt loops of the pants. Later the jacket was worn over the trousers and the belt on top of the jacket.
As a winter addition, the field suit included the combat jacket (jacket, combat, olive) , now known as a parka , as well as knitted five-finger gloves (later replaced by lined leather gloves). Furthermore, in the early 1980s, the olive green (dark blue for the Air Force and Navy) sweater based on the British pattern was introduced, which could be worn over the field shirt instead of (or under) the field jacket. With the introduction of the new camouflage print field suit, the green sweater was no longer issued to the army. A similar sweater in the color “anthracite” can now be worn with the service suit (according to ZDv 37/10).
Field suit, camouflage print (since 1990)
The 1990 field suit is printed in camouflage and consists of field blouse and field pants , an olive undershirt , combat boots and stockings as well as the field cap - material 65% cotton, 35% polyester. It is the field suit that can be used in cold and humid climates. a. is worn in Germany. In addition, the equipment includes field jackets (parkas) and wind / moisture protection jackets and pants with cold boot, as well as under jackets (cold protection), underpants (cold protection) and undershirt (olive, long sleeves) .
Field suit, 5-color camouflage print (current)
Outwardly, the field suit with 5-color camouflage print does not differ much from the field suit, camouflage print , but it is made of more breathable materials. It is designed for hot and humid areas such as for use in Kosovo .
Field suit, 3-color camouflage print (current)
Today The field suit with 3-color camouflage print is colloquially called tropical camouflage or incorrectly (out of date) desert camouflage . It is designed for hot and dry areas such as Afghanistan.
Combat clothing use / exercise (current)
This field clothing 5-color camouflage print is particularly robust, weatherproof (wind and water repellent), antistatic, flame retardant with vector protection, - material composition 49% viscose FR / 49% aramid / 2% antistatic staple fiber - consists of
- short and long underwear variants - polymer or cotton fiber layer,
- lightweight underwear cold protection suit,
- flame retardant fleece jacket,
- Wet and wind protection undersuit and
- Close-fitting combat suit can be zipped together (combat suit jacket and combat suit pants).
The procurement of the LHBw is currently also being carried out in 3-color camouflage printing and 5-color camouflage printing tropics in the test framework.
The "Combat Clothing Use / Exercise" is intended as additional equipment for all soldiers. The previous field suit will not be replaced by the new clothing. The introduction is planned for the 1st quarter of 2015. The fabric materials are each coordinated with the other to create a high-performance clothing system. The wind / moisture protection clothing can be packed in combat clothing. The combat suit has a lined collar, large zippers and buttons as well as retractable knee and elbow pads. The system must not be supplemented with additional clothing in order to maintain its functionality.
The Bundeswehr is taking a different path than the onion skin principle , in order to only have to adapt the outerwear with a different camouflage print to the climate zone. The functional principle of wind / moisture protection clothing and the material design of the outer clothing with conditionally water-repellent contradicts this.
Budget funds totaling 101.1 million euros are currently planned for the “Combat Wear / Exercise” project, of which 1.4 million euros are for the preparation and implementation of the operational test and 99.7 million euros for procurement. In the meantime, an order was placed for the procurement of combat clothing for use / exercise. Soldiers who go into action are additionally equipped with the system.
The introduction should be viewed in connection with the IdZ-Gladius combat equipment .
Multi-tone printing (since 2016)
Since 2016 there has been a new camouflage pattern in the Bundeswehr, the multi-tier print, which is initially only issued to the special forces. The multi-camouflage pattern should correspond to the extended range of operations of the Bundeswehr and offer good camouflage both in Europe and in operational areas such as Iraq , Mali or Afghanistan .
See also
literature
- Marcel Bohnert : The multi-form carriers . Notes on the suit regulations in Afghanistan. In: The Panzer Grenadier . No. 34 , February 2013 ( PDF [accessed March 25, 2015]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e A2-2630 / 0-0-5 - Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr. (PDF) Bundeswehr, October 2016, accessed on January 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Defense and Economy. Stuttgarter Verlagkontor, Stuttgart 1959, p. 20.
- ↑ a b c Uniforms of the Bundeswehr. (PDF; 4.4 MB) Federal Ministry of Defense, March 22, 2016, accessed on January 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Equipment of an Army soldier. (PDF; 47.9 kB) May 9, 2012, accessed January 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Test combat clothing. In: YouTube. WIWEB, accessed on January 5, 2018 .
- ↑ New combat suit use / exercise for the BW. Special Operations Command, accessed January 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Model sheet LHBW Kpf-jacket long ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
- ↑ Bundeswehr.de: New clothing in the acid test. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 18, 2015 ; accessed on January 6, 2018 (images).
- ↑ Bundeswehr.de: The future combat clothing for use and exercise. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 20, 2013 ; accessed on January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Bundeswehr.de: New operational clothing is coming in 2015. January 20, 2014, accessed on January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ No more private underpants in action. In: eyes straight ahead. Retrieved January 6, 2018 (comments on combat clothing use / exercise).
- ↑ BT-Drs. 17/12949
- ↑ Stefan Rentzsch: In any weather, at any time: New camouflage for the troops. In: https://www.bundeswehr.de/ . February 9, 2016, accessed October 8, 2019 .
Remarks
- ↑ At that time still called "combat jacket"
- ↑ There were two variations of the lining - the quilted lining was unpopular because it soaked up quickly when it rained.
- ↑ This was painted green when new, but the paint wore off over time or was sanded off by the soldiers, so that most belt locks appeared in their original brass-colored condition.
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↑ The tenders for the new combat suit were handed over to the Scharrer company on June 28, 2011.
- TL 8415-0319, Issue 1 from May 2011 Combat suit jacket / combat suit jacket long
- TL 8415-0320, issue 1 from May 2011 Combat suit pants
- TL 8415-0321, issue 1 from May 2011 Combat uniform jacket female soldiers
- TL 8415-0324, Issue 1 from May 2011 Combat uniform trousers women soldiers