tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post9072793400602477399..comments2023-10-24T09:21:45.981+01:00Comments on Palladian Guard: How to Paint British MTPColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-54030914877234371832012-06-28T23:36:56.343+01:002012-06-28T23:36:56.343+01:00Can't get far without TLAs ;)
You're righ...Can't get far without TLAs ;)<br /><br />You're right, it does have a hint of purple looking at it again. It was originally black/grey but that particular shirt has had six months' sun bleaching so it's pretty faded by now - hence the odd colour.Colonel Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-58970922648039995732012-06-28T23:32:50.494+01:002012-06-28T23:32:50.494+01:00O you military types and your abreviations and sla...O you military types and your abreviations and slang. :)<br /><br />Col. The scheme looks great and very convincing. Strange though, (And it could be this cheap work monitor) but is that purple in the 1st pic's camo?Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-44816593495667746372012-06-28T23:04:56.147+01:002012-06-28T23:04:56.147+01:00Hi Mike, good to see you back! Yes, a provisional...Hi Mike, good to see you back! Yes, a provisional MTP was rolled out in Helmand in summer 2010, and this new version (with pockets, zips, flaps, velcro etc) was generally issued from about spring 2011, and it's now replaced DPM for everyday use in most places. Having said that I was only given mine at the start of this week ... 'dessies' will still be used for proper sandy warfare Colonel Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-54804750542526106732012-06-28T22:32:37.414+01:002012-06-28T22:32:37.414+01:00Well done Colonel. Early this spring, this unifor...Well done Colonel. Early this spring, this uniform pattern began to show up at British Army Training Unit Suffield. It's a very interesting pattern, and rather reminiscent of WW2 patterns, quite in contrast with the computer generated disruptive pattern that the Canadian Forces wears. So I take it the arid pattern British camo pattern, which is mostly yellows and off whites, will no longerMad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.com